The Republican journal., 1913-05-08

veioped in the checkered career of Ernest
Annabel, a sorrowful- looking little chap, who
| said he was 10 years old, but looked much
Younger. He vas indicted for forgery. Arthur
! Richie was assigned as counsel for him. It
was brought out that Ernests life thus far in
| the cold world has not been one long play time
! He said that he was born in Bath and when
! four weeks old he was placed in children's
! home and never saw his father and mother
to remember them. He was given a good
/ home in East Peru with man named Dana
/ Gordon, but when he was nine years old Mr.
1 Gordon died and Ernest was sent to home for
| friendless boys in Portland. When he was old
enough to work he left and has been adrift
without home or friends ever since. He
worked for time in Searsmont, then in East
| Orland where he drew $3.50 month for wages
and bought his own clothes out of that
! After staying there six months he thought
/ that perhaps he could do little better some
where else and he got job in Bucksport,
where he saved up money enough to take
/ trip to Niagara Falls, ito see the sights" He
worked his way back to Maine and got Job
with Berry & Corners. lumber concern at
/ Burnham. He was sent to the store frequent
| y with orders for goods and one day he want
ed a sweater SO badly that he made out an
order for valued at 81. He didn't think
at the time he was doing wrong. For this he
arrested and locked up in the Belfast Jail
until man in Waldo went his bonds and set
nun 10 Work on MS farm. ne tnought that he
wasn't used just right and came back to Jail of
lis OIL accord.
The boys story was brought out mainly by
kindly questioning by Judge Philbrook. Shar-
III Cushman put in good word for the boy
and told the court that he thought he could
look after him and get him job. I'm going
TO let you so with the sheriff; he's the best
friend you ever had" said the judge and the
boy released on his own recognizance
The Commercial correspondent gives this
report of another case: A Salvation Army ro-
nance, which began in the "penitents' bench"
in the barracks in st John and ended in court,
was brought out in the trial of Freeman
RoCerts OF this city, indicted for the desertion
of his wife and child Roberts pleaded not
guilty.
The principal witness was Mrs Roberts, who
said that the first time she the man who is
now her husband when she was sergeant
OF the Salvation Army corps in st John and
Freeman came to the penitents bench. of
which she had charge. She labored with him,
he became converted, friendsh p sprung up
which ripened into love and on Aug 6, 1907,
they We're married in the army, after AN ac-
quaintanceship of but few months. Mrs
Roberts said that she had been trying to make
man of Freeman ever since, but hadn't sue
ceeded very well They came from St John to
Belfast, then went to Massachusetts and finally
came back to Belfast.
Mrs. Roberts said that on Jan. Both her
uUSDdnu leII HeT destitute Win Two children
to take care of, one, of which was his and the
other hers by former marriage She said that
since that time he had contributed only $4 to
her support and that she had subsisted on
what she could make sewing and by the help
of charitably inclined people Of the city. She
told long and vivid story of the troubles she
had gone through; how she had got her hus-
band out of Jail when he was arrested and the
hard work she had to induce him to go to
work.
Mrs Hattie Riggs and Miss Margaret Dunton
testified to helping the woman with money
and provisions and as to her destitute condi-
ton.
Freeman Roberts testified in his own defense
that he was now rs years old and had given his
age older than it was when he obtained his
marriage license as he not then of legal
age. He said his married life had been one
continual row and he was nagged and jawed at
from morning till night His wife objected to
his smoking and when he gave her his pay
envelope she gave him ten cents to buy tobac-
co for wholesome weeks his tobacco money
only five cents. Mr. Roberts went on to
some length in relation to the family jars and
claimed that he had to leave his wife because
life was unbearabe.
Mrs F O Roberts, mother of the respondent
testified that she had taken kindly interest
in the wife and family of her son, had always
helped them and would have done much more,
but Freeman's wife would not accept the aid.
She said that far she had observed life
between her son and his wife was a continual
fight.
Roberts recalled and said that he would
take of his child, but wouldn't go back
and live with his wife, anyway. The jury
cogitated upon the troubles OF the Roberts
family for about an hour and brought in YER
dict of guilty. Defendant recognized in the
sum of $500.
INDICTMENTS.
The following indictments, on which capases
were issued April 18th, were not made public
until Thursday morning:
State VS. Ralph A Snow of Belfast, comm on
seller, and two on single sale.
State VS. Arthur Libby of Stockton Springs.
single sale.
State VS. Charles Pinkham of Stockton
Springs, drinking house and tippling shop.
common seller and six on single sale.
State VS. Ralph Wood of Belfast twelve on
single sale.
State VS. Homer Carter of Belfast single
sale and tipping shop.