Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1914-03-17

March Term, 1914.

March Term, 1914.
Hon. Arno W. King. Justice Presiding
Charles +. Whitman, Clerk
c. o. Barrows, stenographer
Frederick 3. Dyer, County Attorney
William 0. rockingham, sherin
John A. Titus, Jailer.
Samuel II. Eaton, Crier
Walter l.. Gray, Librarian
Ernest j. Record. Messenger;
In the first week of court all cases for
trial except one have been disposed Of.
The remaining case for this week is the
trial for granddaughter of Frank Salatino
of Rumford, accused of killing Joe
Parish by shooting on the 22d of Feb
ruary.
Hilda Kokkonen was indicted for the
murder of her husband, but she is now
in the state hospital, and will not be
tried at this term.
No civil cases have been tried before b
jury. Two criminal cases were tried,
one resulting in conviction and the other
in acquittal. A number of respondents
have pleaded guilty, and paid fines or
taken Jail sentences.
The remaining business is not likely to
occupy more than two or three days be-
fore final adjournment.
At the hour of opening Tuesday morn.
ing there were assembled in the bar
most of the active practiciDg attorneys
of the county, and number from other
counties, most of whom are visitors here
occasionally. Among these were F. O..
Purington of Mechanic Falls, Walter P.
Perkins of Cornish, Fl. P. Sweetser of
Portland, Hon. F. A. Morey of Lewis.
ton, and Hon. Samuel w. Gould of
Skowhegan.
A brief prayer was offered by Rev. r.
j. Bruce of the Norway Congregational
church. The grand jury, which was
empaneled in October, was called, and
all of the seventeen members responding
to their names, they proceeded immedi-
ately to their room.
The rest of the forenoon session was
occupied in calling the docket, and as
signing cases for trial. Between twenty
and thirty cases were placed on the trial
list, but few of them were for actual
trial.
Tuesday afternoon the traverse jurors
were called, and the juries were en-
panied as follows:
FIRST JURY
Rufus II. Douglass. Mexico, Foreman.
Dana Bishop, Rumford.
Arthur Jack, Denmark.
NJ. A. Lapham, Greenwood.
Milton L. Luce, Hartford.
+. II. Marshall. Hebron.
Floyd 4. Morgan, Woodstock.
ii. r. Robinson, Peru.
Charles L. Small. Canton.
VIM. E. Stearns, Hiram.
Warren c. Slower, Brownheld.
SECOND JURY
A. Wesley McKeen, Fryeburg, Foreman.
b. W. Allen. Buckfield.
Frank Bennett. Paris.
Cyprus Bosworth, Sumner.
Lemont +. Cole, Bethel.
Alberto +. Copeland, Bethel.
w: B. Cummings. Albany.
John +. Grover, Dixfeld.
NJ. A. Howard, Andover.
Silas A. Mcdaniel, Potter.
Robert Z. Shaw. Paris.
Charles r. Starbird, Oxford.
After the juries were organized, Judge
King excused B. W. Allen of Buckfield
from serving, as he has an aged father
who requires his constant attention.
The case of Nelson P. Cummings OF
Paris VS.. the Dirigo Mutual Fire Insurance
Co. of Gorham had already been assigned
for trial on the first day of the term, but
as il was found on consultation that there
was no disagreement as to the facts of
the case, it was not tried before jury.
Instead the case was briefly presented to
Judge King, who took it under advise
ment, to give decision later In the
term, to which decision either party
may take exceptions and carry the case
to the law court.
Nelson P. Cummings, the plaintiff, in
1912 purchased what was known as the
George W. Stevens farm in Paris of Kate
S. Rounds of New York, paying three
hundred dollars of his own money, and
borrowing a portion of the purchase
price from the Paris Trust Co. A deed
was executed to Nelson P. Cummings,
but it was discovered that he was min
or, and therefore new deed was execut-
ed to his father, Bert F. Cummings.
Shortly after the transfer of the proper
ty, Nelson P. Cummings applied in his
own name for insurance on the build
ings in the Dirigo Company, and poll
cy was duly issued for the sum Of $1,000.
Some weeks afterward the buildings
were burned.
Payment of the insurance is refused
by the company on the ground that in
his application Nelson P. Cummings
stated that he was the owner Of the pro-
perty, whereas he never was, and that
further he stated in the application that
the premises were occupied by himself
and tenant, whereas he never occupied
them himself but they were occupied
only by tenant. Because Of these mis-
representations the company refuses to
pay the loss.
The plaintiff was represented by Mr..
Gray and Mr.. Wright, and the defendant
company by Hon. Samuel w. Gould OF
Skowhegan.
A day or two later, Judge King filed a
decree in favor Of the plaintiff for $1,000
and costs.
Wednesday was day when really con-
siderable business was transacted,
though mostly through conferences of
attorneys, as little of it was done in the
court room. The juries were excused
for the day at an early hour.
Two men were naturalized Wednesday
forenoon. They were Karl Herman Nc
Keen of Paris, a farmer, native of Fin
land, and Richard Abraham Saleeby, q
Syrian, of Norway, now working as a
mechanic. who hopes to enter the minis
try and go back to Syria as missionary.
Except for few divorce cases, there
were no more hearings until after the
grand jury had finished its work, and
the court room was very quiet place
for day and half.
CRIMINAL BUSINESS.
The grand jury finished Its work so as
to report Immediately on the opening OF
the afternoon session on Thursday. The
indictments made public are:
Hilda Kokkonen of Paris. Murder.
Frank Salatino Of Rumford. Manslaughter.
Harry Brandt Of Rumford. Assault with In
tent to kill.
nd hot.