Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1911-01-16
ABOUT 4 HEIFER.
Stephen Norris Claims Ex-
Housekeeper Stole Animal,
But Defendant, Bride Of One
Night, Says NAY"
NaearaAy lzueASter Gnnfinnos eAao
Recorder Lancaster Confines Case
to Next Saturday.

Did Mrs. Grace FarriS- Royce steal
meter from Stephen Norris, when she
took the animal from Mr. Norris barn
GA the North Belfast road last Thurs
,lay forenoon and carried it TO the
t4one Of one Of her relatives III South
Clinu. or VAS she simply taking some
thing that vas her own property? Mr.,
Norris claims that Mrs. Farris- Royce
stole the heifer while she maintains
that tEt, heiier belonged to her, and
tic probleIa that the court now has on
its han0S is that OF whether or not the
h,.Ife" was stolen at all. And mean
while So far as is known. the heller Is
peacefully chewing her cud out IN
South China.
IT will he remembered that the We
man IN the case was arrested Friday
afternoon on q warrant sworn out by
Nh. Norris and gave bail for appear
ance before the court Saturday morn
ing. tut while that legal action must
havc been the cause of some annoy
a:ce 20 her ii appears that at tie same
time there was an undercur"ent OF
happiness p,rvading here WHICH, no
doubt Offset To considerable degree
the unpleasant thoughts which fol-
lowed the event OF the afternoon, tor
Willie at the time of the service OF the
warrant she was Mrs. Grace l.. TarriS.
When she came into court Saturday
morning she gave her name as Mrs.
Grace T. Royce. all of which indicated
that she had been implicated in aneth
or case in which Dan cupid had been
the Judge. ana by whose verdict she
nod become Mrs. Henry G. Royce.
When arraigned before Recorder
Lancaster saturday morning Mrs. Far
rls- Royce was represented by e. W.
Whitehouse and pleaded not guilty to
the charge preferred against her. In
i1er story to the court concerning her
life on the Norris place she stated that
Sic went there jan |. 1910. in the ca
pacity of housekeeper for Mr. Norris.
and admitted that at that time she
thought that she might STAY there
always" She didn't stay that length OF
time. however. for always has no
limit and she said she left the Norris
homestead Jan. 8, 1911. When asked re-
gaFding her reasons for leaving the
Norris place. among other questions
being that Of whether or not Norris
had made proposals to her to which she
would not become partner. she re-
Piled that he had.
But to come down to the heifer The
defendant claimed that Norris had
given the animal to her and that it
was always considered hers during her
life on the farm. She further said that
Norris. in the presence OF her parents.
had allowed that 'the heifer Vas
Gracie's" She and her children, two OF
whom were with her the greater part
of the time. had fed and cared for the
animal, which was the condition upon
which the heifer had been given her.
1t also came out in the testimony
that when she vacated the Norris
homestead she left her boy there TO-
lock out for the heiter and some other
property which belonged to her. Re-
garding the transportation OF the heif-
er to South China. the defendant al
lowed that she considered the animal
her, property and that she could do as
she wished with il.