Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1910-10-25

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there is no charge of sale of liquor Al
such.
County Attorney Parker concurrec
briefly 10 most of what Mr.. Wright hat
said, and stated that he should not have
felt that the facts justified an indictmen
| If he had not felt that the respondent
ought to have known that the prepare
tions sold were being used for improper
purposes.
Judge Cornish said that he considered
that the respondent had already suffered
severely in the matter, and he imposed
fine of 800 and costs of $40, which was
Immediately paid.
James Dixon and Fred Weston Of
Rumford, respondents in an appealed
case for keeping and depositing liquors
with intent to sell, retracted their plea
! in the lower court, and pleaded guilty,
and the case against them was continued
for sentence, they being allowed to 60
on their own recognizance.
PETE AYorTE CONVICTED OF ASSAULT,
Wednesdays first trial was that of
Peter Ayotte of Rumford, indicted for
assault and battery upon Miss Bernice
Tribou on Sunday evening, April Gath
last. Mr.. Mccarthy defended the re-
spopdent AyOtte is young man OF
about 20, who works in the International
paper mill at Rumford. He has once
before been in trouble in this dourt, hav-
ing forged time check belonging to
another workman which had been give.
him by mistake.
The assault occurred in that part of
Rumford known as Virginia, which fig
ured quite largely in the court proceed
ings of the past week. Miss Tribou,
who was assaulted, is a Young woman
who is employed at the telephone central
Office on Exchange Street in Rumford,
and lives in Virginia, nearly mile from
the office.
On Sunday evening, April "a, Miss
Tribou left the office for her home a
little after s O'Clock. When she got to
the foot of the "Falls hill" she realized
that man was following her. He fol-
lowed her until they had got up the
main hill and some distance beyond,
when he grasped her from behind and
threw her down. She screamed, and
people who heard her screams coming
toward the scene, the man let her go
and ran across the road and into the
woods on the other side.
At a lower point in the road Miss
, Tribou and the man who was following
her had passed three people who were
ON their way home from church. Two
of these three people were on the stand
and testified positively that they saw the
man distinctly when he passed them,
and that it was Peter Ayotte He had
on a light suit, light cap and tan shoes.
They also saw the man who made the
assault run across the road afterward,
and he was dressed in the same way.
| Deputy Sheriff Elliott testified that
when he questioned Ayotte on Monday
he asked him what clothes he had or
the night before, and Ayotte told him
he had on dark clothes and rubber boots
but later admitted that he had on ligh
clothes, a light cap and yellow shoes
Ayotte also made other contradictory
statements to him.
For the defence, besides Ayotte him
self, a number of other witnesses were
put on, principally young men and com
| panions of Ayotte, who we're with hin
on Sunday during different parts of the
evening. From their testimony it ap.
peared that Ayotte came from the Strath
glass Park entrance across the foot
bridge to Congress Street at little be
fore s o'clock, and that he was abou
that part of the town until we'll toward
10 O'Clock. He was not with any o
them all the time, at one time gopt
after some cigarettes, and at another
time coming up the street alone; but the
witnesses fixed the various times of tn
evening quite closely, and if their esti
mates and their recollections of times
were strictly correct, it would have beef
i'm possible for Ayotte to have been a
the place where the assault occurred
nearly mile distant, at the time wheI
it must have been done.
The case was we'll argued by both Mr.
Mccarthy and County Attorney Parker
The Jury was out twenty-five minute
before returning verdict of guilty.
JOHN sLEGUs ACQUITTED OF LARCENY
After a case in which most of tn
testimony had to be taken through a.
Italian interpreter, and another In whic
the witnesses, though of various origin
all spoke English, another variation wa
struck iu the case of John Slegus, wher
there was only one witness who spok
J English, all the parties being Poles
John Wiskont Officiated as interprete
for this case. The case also got ava
from Virginia, the location being o
River Street 10 Rumford Falls village.
, 81 assume" said Judge Cornish, "tha
! this case is from Rumford, and If an
one on this jury has heard the case dis
, cussed so as to have formed an opinio
on It, he may be excused"
. No one of the jury arose, but in repl
to the question of the judge II the jur
, was satisfactory, Mr.. Blanchard, VIII
3 defended Slegus, said that he would lik
to have Mr.. E. K. Day of Rumford, th
foreman of the jury, excused. Mr.. Da
e being from Rumford, has seemed to b
! an undesirable juryman in tho crimins
5 court, as he was excused from every Cas-
tried during the week. To take th
: place of Mr.. Day as foreman, the coui
r again called the "vice-foreman," as h
: termed him, e. G. Buzzell of Fryeburl
4 who served as foreman Of the jury |
= every trial it had.
Q John Slegus was indicted for the la
+ ceny Of $37 90 In money, the property
Q Peter Sulkovitch, who lives up stairs {
e 20 River Street. Although the none
t was his, the principal witness, and tn
y one who was In possession OF the none
Q was Mrs. Sulkovitcb, a good lookir
II young woman whose flow of laugual
|. would have kept the stenographer an
d the rest of the court very busy If 1t ha
Q not been boiled down in coming throue
e the interpreter. The money, in bill
}, was in large wallet in bureau draw
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