Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1914-05-19


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The May term OF ,upreme Judicia
Court for Oxford Cou ty opened In tn
rooms Of the Busine Mems Club a
Rumford Tuesday me ming. Prayer wa
offered by DR.. Stephe Taylor Of Byron
a member Of the jur, The first fore
noon session was devl ID principally h
calling the docket. large trial liz
was made up, and The assignments ex
tended into the midi OF the secon(
week.
In the afternoon th juries were EN-
paneled ~ follows:
FIRsr p. FL
q. A. Burgess, Andover Foreman
Emerson o. Ames. Rum I'd
W. j. Becker, Albany
Llewellyn Y. Bryant. CT ,nwood
VIC. Conant, Hebron
Alton Damon. Buckbeld
Frank y. Haskell. Norw
James Il. Irish, Hartfor
George n. Keen, waterf VI
X. W. Kilgore, Newry
Charles n. Taylor. Roxb y
Arthur q. Wight, Hanov
SECOND VEL
Josiah ID. George, Bethe, Foreman
Nathan A. stearns. Beth,
Kimer 7. McAltister. Sto nham
Joseph L. Hsines. Rumf ID
John 4. Richardson. Gle d
Octave Levassepr, Rumf.yd
7. n. stevens, Mexico
James Il. Frost. Norway
Charles 8. Dudley. Paris
Henry 8. white, Dixfeld
Isaac Lothrop, Canton
George c, West, Sumner
sUPERNUNE1ARIEs
Stephen TAYLOR Byron
william c. Child. Peru
A. ID. Thsyer, Oxford
r. p. Gleason. Mexico
EXCUSED
Herbert l.. scribner, Paris
Richard Z. Farnum, Woodstock
A portion Of the afternoon session OF
Tuesday was devoted to q memorial
service for the late Charles E. Holt of
Norway and Judge Enoch Foster. A
committee consisting Of A. S. Kimball,
VIM. F. Jones and James s. Wright had
prepared memorials and presented them
at this time. Remarks were made by
Hon. John P. Swasey, Hon. George D..
Bisbee, and Hon. A. Z. Herrick, and
Judge Philbrook spoke briefly in order
ing the memorials placed on the records
of the court.
The first cases assigned for trial were
damage suits brought respectively by
VIM A. Walker and Albert A. Conant
against the Grand Trunk Railway, in
consequence of the accident at Hicks
Crossing in South Paris, in September,
1912, when three people lost their lives
and others were injured in collision Of
the Norway train and an automobile.
In the accident Miss Dorothy Crosse of
Sumner and Miss Bessie Fairclough of
Richmond, Hebron Academy students,
and Harry B. Smith of South Paris were
killed. and VIM E. Walker of Castine
and Forrest B. Conant Of Hebron were
injured. Other cases against the Grand
Trunk on account of the accident are
pending in the United States court.
The testimony in the Walker and Co
nant cases was heard on Wednesday, and
il was agreed to take them to the law
court, that court to decide all matters
of fact, law, and amount of damages.
Dyer for plaintiff in both cases. q. p.
Sweetser of Portland and C. A. Hight
for defence, with Wright and Wheeler of
South Paris as local counsel.
The next case tried was that of James
Crosby, administrator. IS. Maine Gen.
trail Railroad Co. This was suit
brought by James Crosby of Rumford
for the death of his eleven-year. old son,
Howard Crosby, who was killed March
o, 1912. The boy was riding home
on the Memont bakery pung, with
Mr.. Memont and boy friend, when the
pung was struck by train at the Lin
coin Avenue crossing in Rumford Falls
village. Mr.. Memont and the Crosby
boy were killed, the other boy escaped
serious injury. George A. Hutchins and
Matthew Mccarthy for plaintiff. Chas.
Carter of White & Carter, Lewiston, and
Hon. George D. Bisbee of Rumford for
the railroad company. The jury took
view of the scene of the accident Wed
nesday afternoon, and the trial began
Thursday morning.
On Saturday verdict was returned for
the plaintiff for $1,000.
1t is reported that the manslaughter
case against Frank Salatino will not be
tried again, but that Salatino will plead
guilty, and that the state will not ask
for heavy sentence.
1t is thought that the court will reach
an adjournment about Thursday of this
week.