Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1914-10-20

of Hartford resulted from . large seizure
OF liquor at Hartford. In each CASE
sentence had been imposed In the lower
court OF 800 and costs and sixty day.
In jail. Irish appeared In court Friday
morning, with Judge Braun Of Lewiston
a. his counsel. After the matter had
been discussed, one of tho cases was mol
pressed, and In the other, this being Q
first offence, the sentence OF the lower
court was vacated, and q new sentence
was imposed OF q fine of 500 and costs
of S25.
Frank Anastacio or Austrachis Of
Rumford retracted bis plea In an appeal.
ed search and seizure case, and the sen.
tence of the lower court, q fine Of 500
and costs, was affirmed.
William Riel of Mexico pleaded guilty
to malicious mischief, the charge being
the shooting of . heifer. Mr.. Hutchins
appeared for him. he was given sen.
tence of four months In Jail.
Jake AngelowItz Of Berlin, N. e., the
plaintiff 10 the civil suit tried on Thurs
day, had been indicted jointly with Joe
willard, also Of Berlin, for the larceny OF
tire from the automobile
wrecked at Gilead. He pleaded not
guilty, and it was stated to the court
that he had been bound over in Berlin
for the same offence. he was allowed
to 90 on his own +secognizance.
There was quite q lively discussion
Friday morning by the attorneys over
the case of Ed q. Peters of Rumford.
Peters some six years ago took sentence
on some liquor cases, and as has been
the custom for some time In the case Of
persistent offenders, an indictment for
nuisance, to which plea of guilty had
been entered, was placed on file. Re-
Gently complaint of single sale was
made against Peters, and County Attor-
ney Dyer brought forward the old nui-
sance indictment and asked for sentence
on it. Judge Brann of Lewiston, Peters
counsel, entered vigorous protest, but
Judge Haley said he bad no discretion
except to impose sentence II the county
attorney 30 moved, and he fixed 1t at
$500 fine, and three months in Jail.
In the case Of Edward Mcdonald of
Portland, young man indicted for
breaking and entering and larceny, the
breaking and entering was mol pressed,
and for the larceny he was sentenced to
two months in Jail, after an appeal in
his behalf had been made by his counsel,
Harry E Nixon of Portland.
Victor l.. Kneeland of Frysburg plead
ed guilty to the forgery of q check for
$3.50. E. E. Hastings addressed the
court in the young mans behalf, and
the indictment was filed and he was al
lowed to 90 on his own recognizance.
Frank Potter of Dixfield pleaded not
guilty to an indictment for assault.
County Attorney Dyer said he was salts
fled that the man was mentally ire
sponsible, and he was released with the
understanding that he is to be cared for
by the municipal officers Of his town.
Frank Janacci of Rumford, for whom
Mr.. Beliveau was counsel, pleaded guilty
to assault and battery on Deputy Sheriff
Landry, and the case was placed on file.
An appealed case against Janacci for
fast driving on the toll bridge was mol
pressed on payment of S. costs.
Joe Sabalouskie and Alex Sabalouskie
of Rumtord retracted their former pleas
in complaints for intoxication, and paid
each fine of $40 and costs of $40. An
indictment against them for assault
on Deputy Sheriff Landry was placed on
file after they had pleaded guilty.
Harry c. Chase Of Mexico pleaded
guilty to breaking and entering and lar
ceny. The charge was that he broke
into the garage Of Herbert Mitchell OF
Roxbury in the night and took an auto.
mobile which he drove to Dover, N. H.,
where he was arrested. Judge A. E.
Stearns spoke in Mr.. Chase's behalf, and
assured the court that as far as be could
learn, the respondent had no intention
of retaining the car in bis own posses
sion, but that he took 1t under what he
considered an urgent demand that on &C
count of family matters he should get
into New Hampshire as soon as possible.
Judge Haley imposed sentence OF not
less than two years nor more than four
years in state prison, with recommen-
dation of three years.
The single sale cases against Pat Riley
and Beccie Ann Riley we're all mol pros.
sed except one against Beccie Ann Riley,
in which plea of guilty was entered
and 1t was continued for sentence.
Homer Truman of Norway was ar
raigned as a common seller, and pleaded
not guilty. He had no counsel, and as
sured the court that be could not be
ready for immediate trial, as the wit
nesses whom he should want were not In
town. Under the circumstances, 1t was
decided that the case should be contin.
ued to the March term, and Truman was
ordered to furnish bail in the sum OF
$500.
The last sentence to be imposed was
upon Fred Warren of Canton, who bad
pleaded guilty to three indictments, for
sodomy, assault with intent to commit
sodomy, and having obscene literature
and pictures In possession for circula-
ton. While waiting in the dock for his
case to be reached, Warren suffered
nervous collapse, and had to be taken
into an ante-room for treatment. He
finally returned supported BY an officer,
and sentence was imposed of not less
than two nor more than four years in
state prison, with a recommendation of
three years.
A few other appealed cases were taken
off the docket in the following way:
Two complaints for single sale
against Condeuzie Basili were mol pros.
sed on payment of costs Of $40 in each
case.
A complaint against Dermont a. Rob-
bins for illegal speeding of automobile
was mol pressed on payment of $40 costs.
An appealed case against Fred S. De.
Coster and an indictment for nuisance
against the same man were mol pressed
on payment of s25 costs in each case.
In the cases against Lyman W. Smith
of Canton, who did not appear, bail was
ordered defaulted. This was cash bail
put up by Mr.. Smith to the amount of
$4,000, which will be turned over to the
county treasury. l..
DOMESTIC INFELICITIEs.
Rather more than the average amount
of divorce business came before this ses-
sion OF the court. Hearings In these mat
ters were sandwiched In with the other
business at frequent intervals, and full
evening session was held Thursday for
the purpose OF hearing these cases, and
on Friday evening session was held to
complete the hearing in the contested
Stetson case.
The case which attracted most atten-
ton and nearly filled the court room
with spectators was that of Stetson vs..
Stetson. In fact there we're two cases,
both parties having brought libels for
divorce, and the two we're heard to-