Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-09-27
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September Gfagd JuIyRe
ports After Busy Session.
Jury Finds for DEPENDENT in
!. Case Of Foss vs.. Stevens.
Ned B., Local Horse, Gets a New
Mark at Madison Fair.

The grand jury for the September tern
of the supreme court reported at 1913
Saturday morning. That body. new
one this term, has had very busy SEES
sion and an unusually large number OF
witnesses have been summoned. Many
of these came from Jackman and as g
result of the efforts of County Attorney
Folsom of Norridgewock several indict.
ments in that plantation were obtained
The jury reported 26 true bills and the
following "a were made public by Mr.. Fol
som:
John Groves and Kelsie Allen, both of
Mercer, malicious burning of property.
1t will be remembered that these men
were arrested on the charge of burning
the village hearse in that town on the
morning of July 4, last. They were given
a hearing in the Skowhegan municipal
court and bound over by Judge Lawrence
to await the action of the grand jury in
the sum of 500 each Allen, who from
the evidence submitted in the lower court
fair, secured bail. Groves was not so for
tunate and was committed.
Evareste Gousse of Jackman and Alec
P. Lemieux of Greenville, violation of the
game laws; Ernest E. Hayes of Skowhe-
gan, forgery Arthur Wentworth of Ca
1aan, larceny; Phillip Blair Of Jackman,
arceny; Robert X. Snow of Skowhegan,
,Xtortion; George BuZzel of Skowhegan,
Nuisance; Vede Gilblair of Fairfield, nui-
sance; William Jordan of~Fairfield, nui-
;ance; George Murphy of Bingham, two
indictments, single sale and common SELL
9r; John Blair, Jr., of Jackman, three in
1ictments, single sale, common seller and
nuisance; Edwin Smith of Harmony, two
indictments, sale of cider and nuisance;
Amidee Romeo of Jackman, nuisance;
Mary Romeo of Jackman, single sale and
common seller; Phillip Blair of Jackman,
single sale; Napoleon Bernier of Jackman,
common seller; Marco Lavongna of Can
ton, Oxford county, nuisance. 1t is al
eyed that hits man, an Italian, is the pro-
prietor of the store at Madison where
oeer is sold to the laborers en-
iployed on khe erection of the plant
Of the Hollingsworth & Whitney Co.;
Frank Locatelli f Madison, common
;eiler. This man is the clerk for Lavong-
Ia, so it is alleged. 1t is understood that
le has left for parts unknown to avoid
arrest.
The jury in the case of Foss, Admir-.
Us. Stevens returned a verdict Friday for
he defendant. This was a suit to recov-
81 a COW which had been taken from
jeremiah Stevens on a writ of replevin.
1t seems that Stevens bought yoke of
,Aen from Mr.. Foss, deceased, giving in
payment his note secured by a bill of sale
IF the oxen. he did not pay so the oxen
we're taken, and also one red Durham
cow he claims.
At the conclusion of this case. No 81
IN the continued civil docket was reached,
hat of Goodridge by Gdn VS.. Buzzell.
rhe action is brought by the plaintiff to
'ecover for personal services rendered the
defendant. When court came in Saturday
norning the case was taken from the
Jury and will be settled without a trial.
All the parties live in Canaan. T. B.
Barrett for plaintiff, Walton & Walton
FOR defendant.
At the conclusion of the above hearing
both juries were discharged until 1915
Monday morning. Judge Bird left on the
noon train to pass Sunday at his home
in Yarmouth. His stenographer passed
Sunday in Portland.