Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1913-04-19

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NJ \. Sanborn, Belfast, single sac.
Considerable delay Was caused. this
morning. IL getting started on the
| cases assigned For the day, and il was
| 10 o'clock before the first case wis
opened. In the meantime the court
heard Il divorce case, but the decree
| has not as yet been signed.
The first ease before jury was
| opened about 10.15 before the second
traverse jury. of which +. p. Web
| ster of Thorndilse is foreman. The suit
| is one Of account annexed, and brought
| by Miss Aida Head, a school teacher
of Trey, who owns a farm in that
town, where she lives when net teach
| ing. She alleged THAI she sold TO one
burlington NJ. Barker, also OF Troy
one band OF hay at s5e. five bushels of
| potatoes ut $3.50. and four tons Of hay
amounting To $50. With a total of Si32.-
| q. S,i.e claims that the defendent
agreed 70 work il UP for her on The
farm but that his work was inferior
| and his prices cxorbitant. She aisO
| claims that lie took the four extra tons
| for good measure thai not being
included in the bargain. Miss Heald
testified as to the trade and work done
| by the defendcnt.
| The defense claims that Mr.. Barker
| Gid work up the bill and that his work
was all right prices reasonable al
that he ewes nothing to the plaintiff
Hon. John r. Dunton appears for tn
plaintiff and Mr.. Manson of Manson &
Co0lr.dge of Waterville for the de-
Tense.
| IN opening 4 case on the second day
| of the term, Hon. r. F. Dunton re
| marked: I'm all my law practice.
| which has extended over quite a num-
her Of years. | never before, except
once. had case of this kind" He
| referred to case brought by Herhert
| Payson against John w. Hobbs, for
malicious prosecution. And yer in this
shert week there are Two cases
| brought A curious coincidence.
The second opens this afternoon,
when George Rose, Jr., of Morrill,,
minor, through his father and nex'
| friend, George Rose. sues Charles
| Merservie for $1,000 for malieiously
| prosecuting him.
| The case is the outcome of a sun
| day school row. at least the partici-
i pants i'll ii were on their way HON"
| from Sunday school IN the peaceful
| wales of Morrill, last November. When
/ EVE Merserylc tic Young daughter OF
| the defendant, riding along in her ia
| theirs team passed group of boys,
her neighhors and friends. 1t is alleged
by the nla.nlin that as she passed
| them, she struck at them with whip.
and some one in the group picked up
| n niece OF frozen mud and threw ( at
| EVE. 1t struck her in the head IN
eictine. she saws a bad wound, mere
| serafch.. saws the other side. How
eyer that may be. George Rose Jf
! wE9 happened to be III the group of
hoVs. was arrested soon after, and
hailed into court, charged with ASSAULT
ing Evie with a piece OF frozen mud.
He protested his innocence, but new
ertheless, he was arrested. At the
! herring he was discharged, another
hoy admitting that he threw the mud.
thus the case on trial in the supreme
| indici;l court today. Arthur Richie
Ianaears for Rosi and II. {. Buzzell for
| the defense. Anothc. coincidence in the
case is that it is the second case in
two DAYS brought by a minor, the
other being that Of Fred II. Curtis Us.
William Gould yesterday, with YER
dict of $2739 for the plaintiff.
| Hon. William p. Thompson OF Ban
rar. recorder of decisions of Maine. and
| n former resident of Belfast arrived,
last night. for brief business trip in
| connection with the supreme judicial
court.
Mrs. Cecil Clay of Portland is the
| guest of her mother, Mrs. Caroline
| pollan, on Congress street. Mr.. Clay.
| court stenographer. is at present at
tsnding the April term of the supreme
| judicial court in Hancock county
| Tha supreme judicial court will hold
| ma session, saturday, Patriots day.
| TIE Jurors were excused. this after
| noon, until 20 A. NJ. Monday.
| Prof and Mrs. Edward Fletcher ar
! rived this morning, from Wolfville,
| \. S., where the former has been
| teaching music for the past few years
He is suffering With a nervous break
down and forced to take 4 rest. The
| txo children of Prof. and Mrs. Fetch
err Gretchen and John. are guests Of
their grandmother Mrs. John Fletch-
err at whose home Prof. and Mrs
Fletcher are also guests. The children
have been here several weeks.
Work on the Cobe country place in
Noythport. which is to cost in the
neiglborhood of 100000 is being
rushed with a crew of q carpenters at
| ,-.,,,l, II will taEa another wear TO