Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1911-10-24
Court Busted with Criminal Trials.
A VARIETY OF MATTERS TAKE ITS ATTENTION
IN THE LAST DAYS OF THE TERM.

The case of Lulu L. McCrillis vs. E
L. Tebbets, ior certain spool bars hat
BY the defendant, but which really hing
ed on the line between lots 81 and 40 II
the third division of lots in Rumford
was on trial when last weeks paper wen
to press. Like all cases of such nature
this proceeded very slowly, and took uI
considerable more time than at it
former trial. The only striking feature
of last weeks part of 1t was the dis
covery of an apparent monument tha
served to strengthen the plaintiffs case
During the recess of the court over Sun
day Mr.. McCrillis and some of his sur
veyors with others visited the country
In the vicinity of the disputed territory
and found q circle of stones with al
opening in the center, mostly overgrowr
with moss and roots, about thirty fee
from what had been claimed by thu
plaintiffs surveyors as the northeast
corner of house lot No. Z, on the line o.
lot No. 81, and on Tuesday this find was
des cribed by number Of witnesses.
Practically three days and half were
occupied by this case, which was triet
with much ability, and needless to Say
the evidence was exhaustively presented
1t was given to the jury little after
O'Clock Tuesday afternoon, and about 6
o'clock they reported verdict for the
plaintiff of $17950. This verdict shows
that the jury considered the disputed
territory as the property of Mrs. McCril.
lis, but in the matter of damages is con-
siderably below the amount claimed,
which was over $500.
WORK ON CRIMINAL BUSINESS BEGINS.
The civil trials of the term having
been completed with the McCrillis-Teb-
bets case, work was at once begun on
the criminal docket. Herbert Kelley of
Lincoln Plantation, on two cases Of
single sale, paid fines of $50 90 and $500
costs in each case, and plea of guilty
was entered to an indictment as COM
mon seller, and it was continued.
Wednesday morning the dock was
filed up with respondents who were
prepared to plead guilty. Some of them
had previously pleaded not guilty, but
now retracted. Pleas of guilty were
entered in the cases of Bert Gordon OF
Rumford, for keeping and depositing
liquors for illegal sale; Archie Arsenault
of Rumford, larceny: Loren NJ. Gordon
of Rumford, keeping and deposlting,
and nuisance; Frank Roy, nuisance, and
in his case judgment of the lower court
was affirmed in another liquor case
Fred Prue, two cases, keeping and de.
posting, and nuisance; Ed Casey, two
cases, keeping and depositing, and nui.
sance; Casper Barney, nuisance; Peter
Ayotte. assault with intent to commit
rape. In the case of Joseph Coughlip,
who had pleaded not guilty to two in.
dictments for larceny, one Of the indict'
ments was mol pressed, and he retracted
and pleaded guilty in the other.
CONVICTED OF FELoNIoUS ASSAULT
A jury was then drawn for the trial Of
Frank Potter of Carthage, indicted fol
assault with intent to commit rape
County Attorney Parker appeared fol
the state, and Judge A. E. Stearns fol
the defence.
Potter is q man perhaps thirty-6ve
years of age, not of particularly evil ap
pearance, but also of an appearance
which does not indicate high degree ol
either intellect or refinement.
The assault was charged as having
been made in the town of Mexico, or
the night of the 23d of September, upon
Zelma Brown of Rumford. The girl
who is thirteen, is rather small for hel
age, but is intelligent aud of good ap
pearance. She told her story with some
show of emotion, but very clearly and
distinctly.
From her story it appears that on the
night in question she went from hel
home in Rumford to the public library
and then on down to the flats, where 6
band carnival was in progress. The re
spondent, Potter, was there with 8
wagon in which were two barrels, ont
containing apples. He asked her to helI
him sell apples, and offered her quarter
il she would do so. She got on his
wagon, and he then drove across the
river into Mexico, and up on the Rox.
bury road to lonely place, where ht
made the assault. She was later left a
the house of Mrs. Haines on the HarloW y
Hill road, and late in the evening Deputy
Sheriff Small was summoned. Mr.. Small
arrested Potter at his home in Carthag'
q few days later.
Another girl of about the same age
who lives on the fats, testified that Pot
ter tried to get her to 60 on his team ant
help him sell apples that same evening
but she refused to do so.
| Judge Stearns put on no evidence To-
the defence, and In his argument urget
that no physical harm had been done tt
the girl, and spent most OF his endeavo
in contending that while there may hav'
been anassault, it was not proved beyont
a reasonable doubt that 1t was al
assault with intent to commit the crim'
alleged. The jury was out only few
minutes before returning verdict o
guilty as charged in the indictment.
JURY DISAGREE IN NUISANCE CASE.
Fred A. Furbish of Rumford was mex
placed on trial, on an indictment charg
| ing him with maintaining liquo
nuisance at Magalloway Plantation, OF
and since the first of May of the presen
year. County Attorney Parker for th
state, Judge Stearns for the defence.
As an exhibit for the state, at the be
ginning of this case, Deputy Sheriff A
W. Hart of Wilson's Mills brought In
suit case, and began taking quart bottle
of whiskey out Of 1t, and placing then
on the table. After four had been pa
raded, Judge Hanson asked II tba
wouldn't be sufficient for the purposes o
} the trial and the rest OF the lot was al
lowed to remain in the suit case.
Deputy Sheriff Hart was tho first au
most important witness for the state
and his plain, blunt and ready testimony
which didn't always stop with direc
answer to the question, was decided.
entertaining, especially under the fire Q
, cross examination by Judge Stearns. 1r
cidentally 1t appeared that the courts Q
, the Aagallowsy region are not versed
all the technicalities Of the law, an
have rather informal way OF enforcn
the statutes. 1t seems that when Deput
r Sheriff Hart arrested Furbish on CON
/ plant of three single sales of liquor, an
, took him before Trial Justice H. "
, Pickett, Furbish was told that he coul
, settle the cases for thirty-flve dollars
{ and that be, not having the thirty.iv
, dollars. was allowed to 60 after givin
Z the officer a mortgage on the goods
his store, In lieu of bond for his al