Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1911-09-20
The Supreme Judicial Body
Of PisCataQuis.
Juries EmpanelIed and DayGiven
To Assignment Of Gases.
Liquor Dealers Expecting to Suffer
During This Term-.0iher Notes.

Dover, Me. Sept 19.-(SpeciaD.-The
for Piscataqus county convened here this
morning with Justice Albert NJ Spear
presiding. Prayer was offered by Rev
. II. Barnard of the Methodist church.
The Two traverse jurors and the grand
Jury were empanelled and practically all
of today was given over to the assign
acnt of cases for trial.
he grand jury began it's work of inVcs-
'tiEIting the criminal cases to be brought
netore it under the direction of County
AuorHey q. &. Brown of Milo. sheriff
i'eble and County Attorney Brown are
alter the liquor dealers in strenuous
manner and it is expected that quite Il
lengthy string of liquor indictments VIII
nc reported when the grand jury com
p t,s its work.
There were II cases left over from the
May term and all were assigned for trial
Turing the first three days of the present
form and il seems probable that several
Of them viii be tried during the present
wrcl1 Among the most interesting OF
term af court are the Guilford 1owage
cascs in which eight residents Of Abbot
1Bd Guilford bring suit against the Gull
ford Wooden Co and the NJ. l.. Hussey
Woolen co. of Guilford for alleged dam
tees caused by flowage OF water. The
two wooden companies constructed Il
new dam in Gulford village two years
ago aud the plaintiffs claim that this
dam caused decided rise in the water
MP along the river and seriously dam
aged their property. Tie suits are
brought through the office of John S.
Williams. Esq. of Guilford. and associat-
cd with Mr. Williams will he Atty. Gen.
William Il. Pattangall of Watcrville.
Hudson q Hudson of Guilford appear Tor
the defendants. The cases are somewhat
complicated and they are causing much
discussion AMONG the legal fraternity in
this county. =.
The members of the new grand jury em-
panneed today are: E. G. Bailey, San
geryille; David o. Curtis. Greenville; f.
e. Dean. Medford: Harold X. Farnham,
Dover: Cornelius Huff, Welington Au-
eustus T. Hussey, Guilford; Fred B.
Knapp. Blanchard Fnsd II. Lander. Sc
bee; J, \. Laid, parRnan Olaf Lundin.
WILLIAMSBURG b. {. Phillips. Shirley
Frank H. Roberts. Abbot; {. II. Keed.
Ornevllc; John q. Sawyer, Foxcroft
Walter II. Snow. Milo; William H. Stin-
neford. Brownville. c. +. Sargent, At
kinson Richard Williams. Monson.
The traverse jurors are: Oscar Bick-
ford Kingsbury: \. l.. Bartlett. Blanch-
ard +. d. Blake. Sangerville; c. p
Brann. Atkinson; Washington w. Delano
Abbot; Chester II. Davis. Wellington. r.
c. Davis Elliottsville; George V. Dean
Rarnard Edwin Edes, Guilford; l. s
Gould. FoXcroft; Charles L. ulover. Bow
erbank: l.. + Hodgkins, Milo; A. T.
Hatch. Guilford: L. 5. Hoyard. Brown
vile: ". c. Huse Orneville; George c.
Harrington. Parkman: W. Harry Hughes
Monson; l. f. Johnson, Brownville: J.
T. Littlefeld, Shirley; Leon w Luce,
Lake View; L. L. Moore. Sebec; Valen-
tine Patterson. Willimantic; Henry Pack
ard. Foxcroft oscar W. Riddle, Monson;
George W. Russell, Medford; Ernest ].
Smith. Dover Joseph II. Taylor. Dover;
Edwin Williams, Williamsburg. Sidney
p. Young, Greenville.