Daily Kennebec journal., 1916-09-18
SUPERIOR court
Grand Jury Returns Is Indict.
ments-Criminal Docket Will
E Be Called This Morning
Last Civil Trial Saturday

| The grand jury which had been in
| session since last Tuesday. reported at
the Saturday forenoon session Of the
| superior court, returning Is indict-
ments, Of which eight were made pub
lic An indictment was returned
against Sadie Strickland for the al
legged murder of her baby by drown
| ing. The indictment reads that Sadie
| Strickland on Aug. l, last, at Water
Vile upon one Arthur Strickland, an
infant male child. feloniously. wilfully
| and Of her malice aforethought did
make an assault and him, the said
Arthur Strickland then and there fell
oniously. wilfully and of her malice
aforethought did kill and murder. The
| government alleges that on the day in
| question the Strickland woman, who
was 16 years of age, this very week.
and unmarried, threw the baby into
the Messalonskee stream at Water
vile. It is alleged that the girl made
confession to the police of Water
vile and that she gave as a reason
for throwing the child into the stream
| that the child was suffering and she
wanted to end his troubles.
The other indictments made public
Saturday were as follows: Robert
Grant Of Portland, robbery Of SIS on
the person of Marshall Perry at Wat
erville. July 4. last; Harry Clark of
| Waterville. sodomy; Ely Smith of
Waterville. assault on George Lar
comb, June "a, last: Edward Baker of
Gardiner, larceny of $35 from w. F.
| Wingate, May TO- at Gardiner: George
| nol
| last; Fred Bredo of Gardiner. embez-
| element Of money from the American
Express Co., July 20, last; Christie
pher Miller Of Togus, liquor NUS
| ance; William Hughes of Winslow,
breaking. entering and larceny from
the store of Proctor 6, Bowie Co. at
Winslow. June II. last.
Criminal Docket Today
The criminal docket will be called
at the opening of court this morning
at 10 o'clock and the trial list will be
made up.
Last Civil Case
The last civil case assigned for
trial this term was before the court
Saturday, it being that of Pauline S.
Rogers of Belgrade VS.. Stephen B.
Blaisdell and George Tracey, both of
Oakland, an action of trespass on real
estate. Samuel Titcomb Of Augusta
was attorney for the plaintiff and C.
n. Perkins of Waterville, of the firm
of johnson 6; Perkins. appeared for
the defendants. The jury returned a
verdict for the plaintiff in the sum of
1921.
The question involved In the case was
of the size and location Of a cedar lot
on the lockwood place In Belgrade. this
lot having been reserved in a conveyance
of standing timber made by the plain
tiff to Mr.. Tracey. The plaintiff claimed
that the defendants trespassed on the ce-
dar lot on the south side Of the West
road in Belgrade, cut down and carried
away trees and insisted upon doing Sc
after they had been given notice to re-
F., frain. The total amount Of damage
claimed by the plaintiff was s1653.75.
| The witnesses for the plaintiff were EN-.
| cry Rogers OF Belgrade: his wife. who
was the plaintiff; and Nathan Knowles OF
Belgrade.
| Mrs. Rogers testified that about Janu
ary q, last. she saw some men cutting
down trees upon her wood lot. that she
notified Mr.. Blaisdell that his men were
cutting down her trees. and that he hac
said they were going to cut every tree
there down to eight inches. She had for
bidden it and her counsel had written tt
| Messers. Tracey and Blaisdell, giving
them notice to stop cutting, but they
continued cutting after that for som'
time She also testified that the defend
| hot <ha1y = <ht
notice from Attorney Titcomb and tina
Mr.. Tracey had said he was going t.
cut every tree large enough to make {
cedar stake or a beanpole.
Witness upon cross-examination testi
fed concerning 'he conveyance Of timber
to Mr.. Tracey and stated that she hat
not sold the lot east Of the wood road.
i Emery Rogers estimated that there
were 1915 trees on he cedar lot and tina
Of these nearly 1915 had been cut by thu
defendants and their employees. Othel
| testimony he gave corroborated tina
given by Mrs. Rogers.
Nathan Knowles Of Belgrade gave tes
! timony regarding the number Of cedal
trees cut from the lot.
The defence claimed that the cedar lot
WAlCn was TcSeTVcO III LILO SoiA'Sy eAANS
had not been touched and the defendant:
had cut only where they had right tt
according to the conveyance.
| George Tracey and Stepaen Blaisdell
the defendants, testified that they had Gu
nothing on what they claimed to be thu
cedar lot and also gave testimony regard
ing the brvipg Of the trees on the ROCK
wood place.
Austin Kenney and Ed Wadleigh o.
BELGRADE, who had done the cutting fol
! Messrs. Blaisdell and Tracey. testified
that they had not cut on the cedar lot
where they had been told not to.
In rebuttal Mr.. and Mrs. Rogers ant
son, Owen Rogers, and Edward P. Nc
Kisic Of Belgrade gave testimony. and II
sur-rebuttal Ed wadleigh testified.
The case with given to the jury at 81
p. NJ. and the verdict was returned short
ly after 6 o'clock.