Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1914-10-15
THE SAGADAHOC
OCT. SUPREME
COURT AT BATH

| Bath, Me-, Oct 1.-THE October
term of the sagadahoc supreme court
opened here Tuesday with Associate
Justice Warren c. Philbrook, presiding
justice, Fred II. Thompson, clerk, Ed
ward w. Brigham, county attorney,
Wilbur c. Oliver, sheriff. Robert Jack,
crier, c. C. Abortion, Edward Bullock,
Samuel Nelson, f. w. Atkins, depu-
ties, and Fred S. Rand, stenographer.
There was an unusually large at
tendance of spectators and the follow
ing members of the legal fraternity,
including Judge William T. Hall,
Charles w. Newell and H. r. Drew of
Richmond, Hon. William B. Shelton
OF Lewiston, Hon. E. w Wheeler,
c. E. Sawyer and j. II. Rousseau of
Brunswick, e. P. Spinney of North
Berwick, Messrs. Hogan, Hughes,
Hunt, Trott, Sprague, Plummer, Kee-
San, Glidden. William T. Hall, Jr.,
County Attorney Brigham of this
city.
Court was opened with prayer by
Rev. II. A. Corey of Wesley NJ f.
Church. The following jurors were
cmpaneled:
Grand jurors-Oscar r. Adams,
Bath; William r. Bowker. Phipps-
burg; James W. Brown, Bowdoinham;
Ralph Z. Call, Richmond; Alfred c.
Carr, Bowdoinham; Joseph w. Cor
nish, Bowdoin; Harry G. Deering,
Bath; Fred 1. Hall, Topsham; How
ard G.. Head. Georgetown; G. II. Lit
tlefield, Richmond; E.. Randall Leon
ard, Bath; Harvey Mahar. Topsham;
Alvah Mallett, Topsham; ]. Houghton
Mcclellan, Bath; Wallace S. Reed,
Woolwich; Charles Rose, Bath; Harry
w. Theabeaa, Bath; Seth C. Watson,
Richmond.
First Travers Jury-George c. Paine
of Richmond, foreman; Charles II.
Barnes, Topsham; Granville A. Dur
rell. Woolwich; Ernest NJ. Everard,
Bath, Rufus Lombard, West Bath;
Marshall c. Merriman, Bowdoin;
James E. Perry. Phippsburg; Harry
Powers, Richmond; Drummond r.
Stevens, Georgetown; Albion E. Ted
ford, Topsham; Alfred E. Trott. Wool
wich; Fred 3. Wyman, Phippsburg.
Second Travers Jury-Charles W.
Dingley. Bath. foreman Erland L.
Brown, Bowdoinham; J. Hall Denham,
Bath; Fred S. Meacham, Bowdoin;
Fred Orr, Topsham; Joseph w. Rand
lett, Richmond; Benjamin e. Savage,
Bath; Eugene II. Sprague, Bath; Jes-
sic w. Taylor, Topsham; George w.
Thompson, Fowdoinham.
Alexander NJ. Cutler and James L.
Spinney, both of Bath, were excused.
The supernumeraries are William T.
F. Hatch; James c. Perry Phipps-
burg. and George 1. Smith. Bath.
The grand jury organized.
On motion of Joseph M. Trott, Rod
pey f. Ross of Bath was admitted t.
the bar. Mr.. Ross is graduate of
Bowdoin College and Harvard Law
School, class of 1913.
Associate Justice Philbrook estab-
ished an unusual precedent in the his
tory of Sagadahoc county supreme
court by having a trial under way at
the morning session of the opening
day of court 1t is the appeal case of
George A. Ederson of Richmond from
the trial before Justice Spaulding, in
which he was found guilty of owning
dog which killed a number of sheep
in Richmond in 1913. The value of the
sheep was estimated at 500. II. r.
Drew is counsel for the inhabitants
and c. D. Newell for the defendant
It is reported that the session will
be a short one, and all business will be
finished before the close Of the week.
George H. Litchfield of Richmond
was elected foreman of the grand jury.