Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1912-01-10
SUPERIOR COURT.
The January Term Opens,
Tuesday Forenoon.
Two Traverse JurieS Are ChOS-
en- on Opening Day.
County Attorney Begins Work with
Grand Jury at Once.

The January term of the Kenncbec
county superior court opened, Tues
day forenoon. A large delegation Of
the members of the kennebec bar
were present when court WAS opened
at II A. N. by Sheriff Charles NJ.
Richardson of WaterNille. Judge
Fred Emery Beane Of HalloweH pre-
sided this being his second term in
this city Of superior court, since his
appointment. The mann business of
the forenoon was the calling of the
civil docket. which occupied the
greater part of the forenoon session.
The trial of cases will begin Thursday
forenoon, at about go.
The first ease on the docket for
Wednesday win be that Of Means vs..
Hoar. c. w. Hussey and Warren c.
Philbrook. are the attorneys in this
case. The second case to occupy the
atten'ion of the jury will be that of
Reynolds vs.. Jones, counsel being +,
+. Brown. and George G. Weeks.
The two juries We're made up. TUES
day forenoon, as follows;
First Jury-Charles c. Stackpele,
Augusta, eforeman); Charles . Knox,
Gardiner; Frank \. Currier. Halo
we'll; John II. Bailey, Winslow; Fred
c. Harding. Albion; Frank w. Colby,
Augusta; Charles Busha, WaterViIle;
Dominique Mathews, Augusta; w. Y.
Hayden. Winslow; Fred King, Jr,
Waterville; George w Sagely, VIM
thror; Chester A. Cooper, Chelsea.
Second Jury-George L. Eimball,
Winthrop; Lewis P. Knox. Gardiner;
Herbert Bickford, Belgrade; John
Lawrey, VassaIboro. Wallace p.
Brann, Hallowell: A. G. Kicker, Oak
land; William H. Niles, HalloWeIl;
George f. Brown, Benton; William F.
Knight, Litchfeld; Bradbury C.
Shay, Augusta. The two juries We're
excused al noon, Tuesday, until $50
". III. Wednesday.
The following jurors, who We're,
drawn for the January term of ceart
have been excused from service: Ar
thur Daviau of Waterville, Sidney A.
Green OF Wateryille, Lueius Hill OF
Augusta, c. A. Jones of Augusta, and
J. n. Williams of Readfield.
Sheriff Charles NJ. Richardson of
Waterville is in attendance at this
term of court and he is assisted by
Deputy Sheriffs b. W. Cote of Au-
gusta, Robert \. Brown of Readfield,
i. Fl. Marshall of Gardiner and Henry
T. Woodland of Litchfield.
The grand jury assembled in the
court room, Tuesday forenoon, and
began work, at once, under the direc-
ton of County Attorney Joseph Will
hanson of Augusta. The grand jur
ors are: A. H. Bailey. Sidney; +.
Walter Blackwell. Winslow; Walter
Branch. Waterville; Harvey E. Grim
Minis, Hallowell; James Dickey, Gin
ton; W. w. Dorr. Randolph: H. f.
Emery, Manchester; J. P. Ferran Au-
gusta; w. E. Haskell. China; The
dore Lemieux Augusta.
Among the attorneys present at the
opening of court were: F. G. Earring
ton, NJ. e. Sawtelle, Walter NJ. San
born, Ernest L. Mclean. VIM. II.
Fisher, Benedict F. Maher, Melvin
S. Holway, and r. A. Cony, Jr.. Au
gusta; M. H. Simmons and Emery o.
Beane, Hallowell; Harvey d. Eaton,
J. A. Letourneau, C. w. Hussey. A.
Fl. Bridges. John E. Nelson. Carroll
n. Perkins, F. w. Clair and w. w.
Thompson, Waterville; Henry L.
Hunton, Oakland. f. f. Peacock,
Readfield,