Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1910-10-18

time specified in the statute, and Charles
W. Day of Stow was excused by the
court. Marshall Spring of Hiram was
excused on physicians certificate Of
disability. This is an unusually small
of requests for excuse.
The traverse juries as empaneled were
as follows:
FIRST JURY.
+. X. Day, Rumtord, Foreman.
Ellis \. Blake, Denmark.
J. Herbert Carter, Bethel.
Z. Z. Buzzel, Fryeburg.
J. Willis Durham. DiNhed.
Perley Q. French, oxford.
Elbrilge Cannon. Norway.
William +. Ke 1dall, Bethel.
Oscar L. Newell, Sumner.
Charles A. Wakefield, Porter.
W. W. Watson, Waterford.
Leslie e. Whitman, Greenwood.
SECOND JURY.
Ernest +. Clason, Paris, Foreman.
win Z. Andrews, Woodstock.
:. q. Bean, Albany.
Carl {. Blake. Brownfeld.
L. 4. Bradford, Hebron.
Oscar X. Delano Peru.
4. q. Farnum, Rumford,
George A. Holmes, Hartford.
S. p. Rand, Andover.
Gilbert w. Tilton. Buckheld.
william Walker, Mexico.
Charles A. Young, Paris.
sUPERNUMERARIEs.
Alfred b. Hebbard, Norway.
Enfield 5. Plummer, sweden.
Abbott A. Russell. Canton.
The deputy sheriffs in attendance are
Harry D. Cole, jsiler, l.. l.. Niles Of
Rumford, j. NJ. Bartlett of East Stone
ham, and James NJ. Day of Bryant's
Pond.
The docket was called, and trial list
was made up. Judge Cornish informed
the bar at the start that the civil cases
must be put into the first week, as with
the amount of criminal business it would
be necessary to begin on it Monday
morning of the second week. Accord
ingly the trial list covered only the first
week, and was practically all in the last
three days of the week. No one is ever
ready to try his case before Thursday
any way.
AS made up, the trial list contained
thirty five or more cases, but it was evil
dent that few of them were actually for
trial.
There was little to do Tuesday after
noon, except hearing before Judge
Cornish in a suit brought by the Cleve-
land Pneumatic Tool Co. of Boston
against the U. S. Nickel Co. of which
w. n. McCrillis of Rumford was presi-
dent. The suit was for the price of
pneumatic drill shipped by the Cleve-
land Co. to the Nickel Co. for trial, to
be returned if not satisfactory. The
machine was pronounced not satisfac-
tory, but was not returned until long
time after the proper time had expired.
Blanchard appeared for the Tool Co.,
and Stevenson for the Nickel Co.
Judge Cornish ordered judgment for
the plaintiff.
Wednesday morning the naturalization
petitions were taken up, and five men
were admitted as citizens, after they and
their witnesses had been fully examined
by Judge Cornish as to their qualifica-
lions for citizenship. They are Giovanni
Bussolari of Rumford, native of Italy;
Andrew Anderson of Rumford, native
of Sweden; Hiram Scovil Sleeves OF
Mexico, a native Of Canada; William
Henry Dennings Smith and John Gabriel
Mckay of Norway, both natives Of Nova
Scotia.
The cases assigned for trial were other
wise disposed of before they were reach
ed until Friday, 80 that for the first three
days of the term it was merely necessary
to excuse the jurors until the next day.
Friday morning there was opened the
case of
NORWAY VS.. MINoT.
This was a suit brought by the town
of Norway against the town of MinOt, to
recover for pauper supplies furnished a
man commonly known as "Will Work, !"
but who stated on the stand that his
name was Willis II. Works. The aid
was furnished by the town Of Nor
way during the year 1909.
Works was a native of Vanceboro, but
his father died when he was child, and
he came with his mother to western
Maine. They lived at different times in
Norway and Oxford, and in The late
nineties went to Minot, where the moth
er died in 1901. The son, who works at
various kinds of jobs when he works,
aud seems not to be over-industrious,
remained in the family of an uncle IN
Minot for a while after his mothers
death, finally leaving there early In 1908
at the family's request. Since that time
he has been in various places, in Minot
and elsewhere. The question at issue
was whether he had continuous resi-
dence in Minot for five consecutive
' ears, so as to have pauper settlement
in that town, The case therefore de-
pended upon fixing the dates of his be-
coming a resident Of the town and leav-
ing it. Works memory Is very foggy,
his mother is dead, and outside testimony
had to be the chief reliance.
A. ]. Stearus and j. NJ. Libby for Nor
way; Wright for Minot.
The case was completed Friday ex-
cept the judges charge, which was given
Saturday morning. The jury was out
less than an hour before returning a
verdict for the plaintiff for $3.50 IS.
On the first day of the court Judge
Cornish announced that he would hear
the divorces all together on some day
toward the last of the term. AZ there
was 30 much time available, he departed
from this plan sufficiently to hear one OF
two old cases during the first Of the
week, and few of the new ones on Sat
urdsy. He has not - yet made any de-
crses, but has simply heard the testi'
mony.