Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1908-06-30
HasSam-Moor Case Con-
tinued to Wednesday
The Charge Is Assault With
Intent to Kill.
Baktis Brothers Fined $40 and
Costs For Assault.

pal court started in fairly we'll yes
terday and Recorder Lancaster was
kept busy for the greater part of the
day with the details of the cases
which We're brought before him. The
business Of the day began in the morn
ing with the case of Mayhem Hassam
of Chelsea who it will be remembered,
came into the police station Sunday
evening and surrendered to Deputy
Marshal Parmenter and who stated
that he thought he had shot one James
Moore in the leg.
Hassam was arraigned on a charge
of assault with intent to kill and enter
ed a plea Of not guilty, and at that
point the case was continued until
o'clock Wednesday afternoon, in or
der to have the necessary evidence at
hand. Hassam was ordered to recog-
niZe in the sum of $500 for appearance
and as the required securely was not
forthcoming he was committed to
Jail
At the same session of court John
Rooney was fined S. for intoxication
and James Routh, who was up against
similar charge, got Is days in Jail.
Late in the afternoon another chap
ter in the Hassam- Moore case was
opened when Moore, who had been
taken into custody by Deputy Sheriff
Moore, was brought into court and
held as Il witness in the sum of $500 for
appearance Wednesday afternoon. The
required bond was furnished by Mrs.
Mary }. Carson and Mrs. Cora f..
Moore Nee Carsom, wife of the wit
ness.
The evening session of the court was
devoted to the trial of Peter Baktis
and Speros Baktis, who had been ar
rested in the afternoon on q complaint
sworn out by Nicholas Freligos
charging them with assault and bat
terry upon his person, the alleged as
sault having been committed Sunday
night.
This was family affair, the assail-
ants being brothers and the assaulted
cousin Of theirs, and as the testimo-
ny was all in Greek it had to be IN
travelled through the medium of an in
terprcter, but from what could be
gathered the trouble centered in a
push-cart which was for sale and
which Peter coveted and had offered
the sum of ST. for the purchase there
of, but had been unable to secure be-
cause Nicholas mad gone him a few
dollars better.
The brothers pleaded not guilty but
the evidence for the prosecution show
ed that they made q joint attack up
on the person of Nicholas and while
one pulled his hair the other applied
his hand to Nicholas neck in such a
way that it interfered with his res
piration. At this juncture according
to the evidence, for the prosecution
showed that they made a Joint attack
upon the person of Nicholas and while
one pulled his hair the other applied
his hand to Nicholas neck in such a
way that it interfered with his respi-
ration, At this juncture, according to
the evidence, James kaules came to
the rescue of Nicholas and caused the
brothers to desist from harrassing
their cousin.
The evidence of Speros tended to
snow that he was not assailing Mich
olas but was trying to break up the
fight, and it afterward came out that
Peter was struggling for the same
worthy object. At this point, however,
when it began to appear as if the four
parties concerned in the trouble had
all been trying to avert it the court
brought the case to a close by impos-
ing OH each of the respondents sem
tence of $40 and costs or 80 days in
Jail