Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-09-23

! ii'i VI inc uelcDce anu W lillian A. hill
! Of Sidney was called to the stand as
ne INST witness. 3o testified that lie
| hirl worked fer the respondent at her
~ss,tdney and was employed in
caring Tor the stock when the officers
Tor the prevention of cruelty to am
mails came there last spring. None OF
the cattle on the place We're sick at
the time of the visit Of the officers and
none have died. The barn was a welt
bmt one and afforded proper shelter
Cor cattle.
| On cross examination by County At
tornoy Hildreth the witness testified
| that one of the head of cattle did not
eat on account Of weakness.
:'ourty Attorney Hildreth-"And you
fed those cattle four or five times a
day."
Witness-"Ycs, sir. 1 did"
| County Attorney-"And after feeding
| those cattle four or five times day
you could not put any flesh on those
/ Cattla?"
Wtness-"Well, 1 do not know. The
cattle were thin
| Continuing on cross examination the
| witness testified that he saw the cattle
leave nay without eating it. but 1t was
not the best quality OF hay. Those
| we're not the thinnest cattle that he
/ had seen. The stock have been better
fed since the visit of the officers for
the prevention of cruelty to animals.
| County AttorDey--''Does Mrs Wood
ard feed grain to her stock now?"
Witncss-"No sir
| At this point a recess was taken I'M
| til o'clock in the afternoon.
| This term the jurors work under the
new law passed at the last session of
| the Legislature which did not become
operative until July under the refer
endum. 1t is Chapter 10 and reads in
part as follows:
| When VenlreS for jurors are return
| ed to court, the clerk shall, at the COM
| mencCment of each term prepare an
| alphabetical list of the names of the
several persons returned as traverse
| jurors; and before they are empan-
neled the court shall cause to ascertain
whether all 50 returned are present
and those desiring to be excused shall
make application therefor when his
name is called and thereupon be heard
on said application. The clerk shall
then place separately on tickets in a
box the names OF all jurors legally
| summoned and in attendance and not
| excused and the names shall be drawn
| from the box by the clerk after having
| been thoroughly mixed, one at a time,
and the first II persons whose names
are drawn from the box shall compose
| the first jury and shall be empanneled
| by the first two being sworn and then
| the other ten in succession as they are
| drawn, and in such division as the
| court directs or all at the same time;
and the next T. SO drawn shall be em-
panncled~ and sworn in like manner
and shall compose the second jury"
| At the afternoon session of court the
case of State versus Hannah Woodland
of Sidney, charged with cruelty to
| animals, was resumed.
Theodore w. Longley of Sidney
testified that the respondents cattle
| were in thin condition but that they
did not have the appearance of being
starved.
| On crOss-eXamination the witness
testified that some Of his cattle were
as thin as those of the respondent.
Silas d. jackson of Augustt. testi-
| 1ieu IfdL ne saw Tic StOCh u" IltU ny
| the respondent and it was in bad con-
| dition. The RESPONDENT also had the
best pasture in the town of Sidney.
on cross-examination the witness
| testified that he didn't believe that the
COWS owned by the respondent should
| be watcred more than once a day.
Henry O. Ward of Sidney testified
| that he lived near the respondent and
| he never thought that any of her cat
| tie suffered because of lack of food.
ON cross-examination the witness
| testified that it was the custom in the
town of Sidney to water cattle once a
| day.
J. Emery Nash of Sidney testified
| that he visited the respondents place
after the officers had been there. He
| found the cattle to be thin but they
did not look as if they had been starry
| ed and they were not diseased.
On cross examination the witness
testified that he never saw any weak
| lettering cattle on the day of his visit
| to the respondents place.
William G. Folsom of Sidney testi-
| fec that he never saw any signs that
| the cattle on the Woodland place had
suft cred on account of the insutficiency
| of food The custom in his town is not
| to give cattle much grain in the win
| ter time. The witness fed the cattle for
| the respondent at one time and he
was told to feed them with hay.
Fred Dudley of Augusta testified
that he was at the Woodland place
one day last May when the officers
| were there He said that the cattle
was in fair condition as near as he
could see and he did not see any ami
mails that were weak or starving.
on cross-examination the witness
| testified that he did not think that he
| told Officer Fletcher that the respon-
dent did not cut her hay until late in
! the season as she could get help
| cheaper after that time.
Ernest C. Wvman of Sidney testi-
| fed that he hauled and delivered grain
to the respondents place from Bel
grade during last winter.
Frank f. Taylor of Sidney testified