Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1912-03-19

MARCH TERN. 1919.

Hon. George 2. Haley, Justice Presiding.
Charles r. Whitman, CLERK.
~ A. Hayden, Stenographer.
Ralph T. Parker, County Attorney.
j. Melvin Bartlett, Sheriff.
Harry d. Cole, Jailer.
W. A. Bicknell, Crier.
Walter L. Gray, Librarian.
w. A. Barrows, Messenger.
Only twice in eleven years has there
been term of court a short as the one
which adjourned Saturday forenoon after
completing its business. Two cases
were given to the jury. The one civil
case tried resulted In verdict for the
defence, and the one criminal case, SO
short as hardly to constitute trial, was
taken out Of the hands of the jury by
the presiding justice, and a verdict Of
acquittal ordered.
One respondent was sentenced to state
prison for . term of two years, In an
assault case, several were given short
Jail sentences. and few hundred dollars
was paid in fines.
For once the court did not open
promptly on time Tuesday morning
This was because of freight car being
of the track at Falmouth, and Judge
Haley, who started from his home in
Saco in the morning, was on the train
from Portland, which was held up some
more than an hour until the track was
cleared.
During the period of waiting the at.
torneys' room and the library were the
center Of good-natured but somewhat
cyclonic Taft Roosevelt discussion. Nat
urally the supporters of the strenuous
colonel may be- expected to be some
what emphatic in their views and the
expression thereof, but the Taft men
were no whit behind them 10 enthusiasm,
and bound to keep their flag flying to
the last. The sentiment was by NO
means one-sided, but was fairly evenly
divided. Nor, though the discussion
started Tuesday morning, was 1t con-
fiued to that period, but 1t kept up
through the following days of the week.
Among the attorneys from outside the
county present at the opening were Hon.
William T. Haines of Wateiville, Hon.
II. w. Cakes of Auburn, Fred v. Mat
thews of Portland, Walter P. Perkins of
Cornish, r. o. Purington of Mechanic
Falls, Harry L. Cram Of Portland, and
D. Eugene Chaplin of Bridgton.
At about II o'clock the train arrived,
and very soon after Judge Haley in his
robe entered the court room, and bust
ness proceeded. Prayer was offered by
Rev. c. G. Miller of South Paris.
Sixteen members of the grand jury
answered to their names, and were In.
structed by the court to proceed at once
to their room and begin the considera-
ton of business.
A trial list of some thirty cases was
made up on the call of the docket, but it
appeared at the outset that most of
them were not for trial, and when IL
came to the actual assignment, it was
evident that there was NO intention of
trying more than two or three of them
at most. Therefore the making of the
assignments was an easy job.
About two hours Tuesday afternoon
was given to hearing in the suit of the
Hydraulic Press Manufacturing Co. of
Mt. Gilead, o., against John F. Wood of
Shows Falls, Paris. This was for the
value of an evaporation, heater and apple
butter cooker purchased by Mr.. Wood of
the company, and used by him in the
fall Of 1909 for making boiled cider. A.
j. Stearns appeared for the plaintiff
company, and presented the testimony,
which was entirely in the form of q
deposition made by the general manager
of the company in Ohio, With some let.
ters of Mr.. Wood attached. Hon. A. S.
Kimbsll conducted the case for Mr..
Wood. The defendant admitted the re-
ceipt Of the apparatus, but had declined
to pay for it because of defective in
strument furnished az part of the outfit.
This was q saccharometer, little in
strument with which to test the cider.
The one furnished by the company was
alleged to have been off the true scale,
40 that when the cider showed 20 de-
grees by il, correct instrument showed
only IA degrees. In consequence of this
Mr.. Wood realized only about half price
for the large quantity of boiled cider
which he made on contract.
The case was heard by Judge Haley,
without jury. Decision will be given
later.
Wednesday morning the traverse
jurors appeared according to the sum-
mons, and were empaneled a. follows:
FIRST JURY.
Elmer A. Harnden. Fryeburg, Foreman.
Clarence Z. Barker, Bethel.
Charles H. Barker, Lowell.
George p. Downing. Norway.
A. A. Eastman, Canton.
A. T. George, Hebron.
Archie T. Heath, Gilesd.
o. l.. Mason, Porter.
Ambrose B. McIntire, Peru.
Walter s. Millett, Milton Plantation.
Charles NJ. Newton, Andoyer.
Joseph w. Simpson, Rumford.
SECOND JURY.
Alvin r. Perkins. Browndeld. Foreman.
C. r. Bartlett, Greenwood.
Walter 4. Bartlett, Bethel.
Fred s. Beck. Woodstock.
W. Z. Bowker, Sumner.
Irving Cole, Rumford.
w. 4. Given. Mexico.
Elisha T. sampson. Hartford.
Stephen j. Spaulding, Buckdeld.
wallace r. Strickland, Paris.
John L: Tubbs. Waterford.
r. Z. Woodward, Mexico.
sUPERNUNERARIEs.
Frank n. Bumpus, Paris.
George H. Dunn. Norway.
George Morris, Oxford.
Immediately after the empaneling OF
the juriss trial was begun of the suit, W.
Scott Robinson w. Tascus Atwood ct al,
executors. This was suit brought by
W. Scott Robinson Of Hartford, q we'll
known Oxford County man, against
Tascus Atwood and Fl. j. Chase of Au-
burn, executors OF the will Of Charles V.
Martin of Auburn, and was to recover
for services alleged to have been render
ed Mr.. Martin by Mr.. Robinson, in the
loading of some hundreds OF cords of
wood on the cars at Hartford.
Miss Winifred n. Robinson, daughter