The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1916-09-28
ADDITIONAL COURT NEWS

Among the cases Oh the assigned +
list several more have been disposed
d as follows: LeroY Walton vs.
Henry Fogg defauted, Ezra NJ.
Deanc Is Edgar D. clark, Aplt., de-
faulted: Chas L. Philbrook vs. Philip
4. Porter. defanted and continued
fer judgment; George J. Ward vs.
Philip X Porter. continued and as
signed for second ease on first day oil
next term: Mary T.. Gibson, Admrx..
vs. Samuel G. Wing, assigned for first
day of next term, Frank r. Holden
Is VIM J. Henderson and Frank K.
Holden Is W. J. Henderson and John
/ Mccormack. Peter Richard y Ar
mold Brown. entered neither party no
further action Commissioners were
|appointed in the case Of Nm. H.
/ Boyutou IS Shawmut Mfg. Co. in
which the attorneys We're Butler b
Butler for the plaintia and Weeks x
t Weeks fer the defendant
Judge \. VI Spear viii be the audi
tor named in the case OF Rev. \. o.
/ LacroiN against the Catholic bishop
of Portland.
The case of LOUIS G. LeGendre OF
Balm against Err NJ. Fletcher of
Madison. was in order for trial Tues
day afternoon aud Was opened by
James Thorne Of Madison, attorney
for the plaintiff Mr.. Fletcher was
represented by A X. Butler of the
Law firm of Butler x Butler, Show
i hogan. \ drawn jury was called
for before opening the ease and Chas.
Carnage was appointed foreman OF
the same. II WAS an action brought
for Islander by Mr. LeGendre against
Mr. Fletcher and $1,000 was the
amount of damage sought II seems
that LeGendre at the time of The ty
phoid fever epidemic in Madison was
engaged in the bakery business there
and was furnishing a large number
of patrons with kind of bread
known as the Butter Crust variety.
LeGendre claimed that Mr.. Fletcher,
who was superintendent of the Madi
son Water Co, made SlanderOuS
statements regarding his bread TO the
effect that there were typhoid germs
in the same and as result he was
forced to go out of business and
/ leave town almost penniless Mrs.
Matte Boiler claimed that Mr..
Fletcher had so stated to her regard
ing typhoid germs in the bread at
the time her daughter was in poor
3, health from typhoid effects. VIII
, liam Hamilton, who at previous
term brought suit against the Madi-
son Water Co. owing to his illness
t with typhoid fever. was the baker
S for Mr.. Legendre and was one of the
Witnesses in his behalf. The tesd-
mony of number of witnesses for
Mr. LeGendre was heard when Mr..
S Butler, attorney for the defense en-
T.. tered a motion for non-suit because
of a variance in the witnesses state
ment from the allegation in the writ.
This was granted by Judge King.
l. Whether the case will again be taken
t into court remains to be seen.
The case of Alton Richardson Jr.
of Wateryille against Ed. SHIRLEY and
u j. +. SHIRLEY of Fairfield which was
S opened by Edward F. Merrill, law
yer for the plaintiff, was Withdrawn
from the jury, the decision being left
a TO Judge King. 1t was an action of
replevin. Mr.. Richardson it appears
sold a pair of horses to the defend
ants in 1913 and took a mortgage on
e the same. One of the animals died
T. and the mortgage was not paid and
f he was unable to obtain possession
of the living horse The defense
l. seemed to be based on the fact that
i they, the Shibleys. did not get the
e horse in the manner and form de
! clared against them, both Of the men
having been under twenty-one years
of age when the deal was put thru.
. Geo. Chapman Esq. of Fairfield APP
, peared for the Shibleys.
The criminal docket was finally
disposed of yesterday forenoon. In
the case of State VS. James and Ern-
e. est Brown of West Athens for malic-
ious mischief it having been alleged
that they had killed a sheep belong
ing to a Bingham party, both men
were allowed to go on their own
5 cognizance. the case being continued.
l The case of State VS. PeTley Crom-
F. well of Harmony for forgery was
I continued because of an import
f ant witness being unable to come TO
t. Skowhegan until the last of this
! week Judge King handled the
E breaking and entering and larceny
cases in which Edward Vigue Med
ford Galway and Alphonso Galway
WIZ AobAtl htIN ltHltlilA, IdI
ticularly of the youthfulness of the
parties. The breaking and entering
4 was mol presses in one of the cases
and all of the charges against AL
phonso Galway were mol pressed.
Alphonso claimed that he was not
guilty of the charges against him.
$ but that his brother had given him
, some of the stolen articles. Vigue
= and Galway were sentenced each to
seven months in Jail, their other
: charges being continued until the
April term of Court. to be dealt with
at that time as seems best Proba-
ton officer Butler is to come in con-
tact with the boys in the way of at
tempting to improve them during
their term of confinement. Hector
Burbe. who was brought back from
the State Hospital, where he was ad-
Judged sane by the Superintendent of
the institution. was arraigned at the
bar and retracted his former plea of
not guilty to breaking. entering and
larceny and pleaded guilty His
case was continued until next term