Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1912-01-13
GRAND JURY
Is Expected to Rise Some
time on Saturday.
Defendant Will Take The futile
Case TO Law Court.
Sidney Farm Case on Trial the En-.
tire Day, Friday.

A verdict of $l440 for the plaintiff
was awarded by ths jury, Friday fore
noon in the superior court, in the
case of Albert j. Pike of Richmond
VS.. Stanley o. Holden of Wayne.
This case was continued from Thurs
lay afternoon, the testimony having
been submitted before the closing of
the court in the afternoon.
The fourth case of the January
erm of the superior court was start
ID. Friday forenoon, being that of
,ernard Dougherty of Sidney VS.. Mrs.
eliza Goodwin, also of Sidney The
ction was to recover for ene-haif of
,ertain expenses of maintaining the
arm, which the plaintiff claims 10
AVE paid for the defendant, while he
vas living upon her farm, and run
ing it with her on equal shares.
Mrs. Dougherty, the wife of the
laintiff, was the first witness, and she
astified that she was present at an
interview Mr. Dougherty, and Mrs.
GOODWIN, in which Mrs. Goodwin
sked her husband and her to move
her farm and run it with the de-
'ndant, sharing expenses and profits
iually. Witness said that her hus-
and did agree to move upon Mrs.
oodWin's farm upon the terms that
RS Goodwin offered him. She said
nat while she and her husband lived
n the farm, she kept an account of
| that her husband paid out fer
lrming expenses and charged one
If of it against Mrs. Goodwin. The
amized account was produced by the
illness in court.
Atty. Sanborn, in cross examination
the witness. brought out the state
ent that Mrs. Dougherty set her
WI price .on the different things,
hfeh her husband claimed to have
lid for, that We're used on the farm.
ross examination also brought out
fact that the money which Mrs.
oodwin paid to the plaintiff was not
down in her book, as was the mon
which Mr.. Dougherty paid out
Mr.. Dougherty, the plaintiff, testi-
that Mrs. Goodwin asked him 10
n the farm for her on halves and
lie would furnish half of the labor
d pay half of the expenses. He sa I'd
at he agreed to carry on the farm
these terms. Witness identified the
ferent items. which his wife had
arged against Mrs. Goodwin, and
id they represented one-half of the
penses of the farm. He said that
rs. Goodwin sold her farm last fall
I'd he asked her for a settlement inn
ediately after the sale, which she
fused 10 make.
Atty Sanborn asked the witness if
thought the account made out
'ainst Mrs. Goodwin was a fair one.
answered, Yes"
Frank Rowe of Sidney testified that
received 500 from Mr.. Dougherty
n fertilizer and understood that Mr..
ougherty paid for it. himself. He
lid he made out the receipt to Mrs.
GOODWIN, as he was requested to do
V Mr.. Dougherty.
Richard L. Abbott of Sidney testi-
ed that he had hauled furniture. ro-
ltoes and phosphate for Mir. Dough-
rty and that Dougherty paid him for
{.
Clarence J. Robinson of Sidney. the
rst witness fer the defence, testified
lat in his presence. Mrs. Goodwin
ad asked Dougherty to send her a
i'll of what she owed him, and that he
card Dousherty say she owed him
My about $lt. Ee said that he had
we'd with Mrs. Goodwin for some
Myth of time at her home in Sidney.
Mrs Goodwin, the defendant. testi-
ed that she had known Dougherty
" many Years, and that in Janual Y,
go she made an agreement with him
~ which he was to run her farm en-
hares, and she was to ray half of tie
eneral expenses and receive half the.
Ncome. She said that he agreed TO
i've her half of the eggs the hers
I'D and half of the butter made. but
had failed to live up to the agres-
tent. She denied that she ever agreed
o pay for any of the articles. which
we're charged against her by Mr..
)ougherty.
Court adjourned, at this point, un-
il $50 A. NJ. Saturday, when the case
will be resumed.
In the cSse of Susan D. futile of St
Albans, vs., Emma Fl. Merrill. of Hal
DWELL, which was tried. "Wednesday,
md a verdict of $413.40 in favor of the
plaintiff awarded by the jury, motion
or new trial and exceptions were
He'd by the defendant, and the case
will go to law court.
The grand Jury has been very busy
or the past few days, and that body
vill probably rise sometime during,