The Republican journal., 1916-09-28
The Supreme Judicial Court.

Inc oeptemDer term of the Supreme Judi
cial Court opened at the Court House Tuesday.
September 26th. with the following officers
and jurors in attendance:
Judge, George Bird of Portland.
stenographer, Arthur H Whitman of Port
land VI
Clerk. George l Keatng of Belfast.
Chaplain. Rev Blair of Belfast.
County Attorney. Walter A Cowan of Win
terport.
Sheriff. Frank Cushman of Belfast.
Crier, Charles Adams of Searsmont
Messenger. Willis Fletcher of Belfast
Deputy sheriff. J G Beach of Belfast has
charge of the Grand Jury; Elmer Webster of
Searsport the First Traverse jury and Willard
Berry of Stockton Springs the Second Trav-
erse Jury.
THE GRAND JURY. The Grand jury organ.
lied with A Nickerson of Swanvile as fore
man: ] Q Brown. Searsmont; Chas Carr, Free.
dom; Marshall H Cilley. Linconville; LlewelIyn
Clark, Winterport; L W Cook, Brooks: Charles
Drake, Frankfort: John W Goodwin, Monroe:
Roscoe Hartman. Prospect; f Hunt, Unity:
H E Kinney, Burnham; Frank Ladd, Islesboro:
George c Lamphier, Stockton Springs; R S
Littefeld, Waldo; W S Morse, Belmont; M ]
Nelson. Palermo; A T Nickerson, SwanviIle.
Foreman; John Penney, Knox; Byron M Rog
Charles Swift, Belfast; Charles Thorn mpson.
Northport; Samuel X Thompson. Montville:
Nicholas Walton, Thorndke.
The FIRST TRAVERSE JURY. Ralph Hay-
ford. Belfast, foreman; Hollis M Black, Jr.
Frankfort; Alfred M Ferguson, Belfast; Ches-
ter A Gray. Montville; Carroll Greely, Free
dom; ] Hall, Belmont; Sanford Howard. Bel
fast; T l Huxford. Brooks; B D McGray, Knox;
c M Moore, Monroe; Rodney P Morang, Lib
erty; l. c Stevens. Jackson.
THE SECOND TRAVERSE JURY Orrin !
Dckey of Belfast, foreman; Leonard Corn
forth, Unity; W fernald. Lincolnville; George
w Cove, Searsmont; 7 B McAllister, Burnhsm:
Agie Perkins, Winter ort; Damon Shan
non. stockton Springs; Fred E Spratt. Palermo;
T E Thomas. Morrill, Frank w Thompson,
Troy; M NJ Whittum, Searsport, Joel Wood.
Northport.
SUPERNuMARIEs. Roscoe Knowles of
Winter9ort; E Pike of Searsport and James
Webster of Swanville.
Robert P Coombs. Islesboro, of the Trav-
erse Jury, excused.
Among the out-of-town attorneys present
were Arthur Littlefeld and Merritt A john
Judge James Libby of Unity, M Staples of
Washington, Seth M Norwood of Brooks, Eli
lery Bowden of Winterport, Harry E Bangs of
Searsport, Walter A Cowan of Winterport.
Herbert E Locke of Waterville, w Hussey
of Waterville, w Runnells of Searspurt.
Job II. Montgomery and Oscar E. Emery of
Camden.
Tuesday forenoon was taken up with calling
jurymen. Judge BIRD instructed the juries
and the remainder of the morning was taken
up with assigning cases, etc.
Both juries were excused Tuesday afternoon
when Judge Bird was engaged in hearing di-
yorce cases, motions, etc.
The case of C H Bellows vs. Eben Little
field assigned for trial Tuesday was deferred
to Thursday, Judge Bird advising settling or
referring.
The case of L White, VS. Clark was re.
ferred to Ellery Bowden of Winterport.
The case of Gerry VS. Gerry was heard before
the Judge on motion for support and custody
of minor children.
The first opened before the first
traverse jury Wednesday morning, l. M. Cum
mings of Prospect VS.. c. P. Curtis and the
Stockton Springs Trust Co.. Trustee. E. G.
Pike of Searsport was made temporary fore
man for the case. The plaintiff sold the de-
fendant two cows for $125 He received a
check of 62. so and refused to take check.
which he did not consider good, for the bal
ance Later the defendant returned one of the
cows, claiming she was not as represented
The plaintiff claims that according to the
trade the defendant still owns the COW ard
should pay for her. Buzzell: Bangs and
Ritchie
The Grand Jury reported indictments A.
3.25 o m, Wednesday and none have hean
made public.
The divorce case of DIR c Edward Britto vs.
Grace Rritto. Stockton Springs parties. was
heard before Judge Bird Tuesday afternoon
Merritt Johnson of Rockland appearing for
the plaintiff, Arthur S Littefeld of Rock
land, attorney for Mrs Britto, withdrawing
the defense The case was entered at the
January term and was opened at the April
term and deferred to this term. The plain
tiff had 80 witnesses to testify in his behalf
and the defence nearly as many. DIR Britto
testified that he was married at Boothbay
Harbor Nov 10. 1901. and lived in Rockland.
where he practiced medicine. Shortly after
his marriage Mrs Britto began to find fault
constantly with him. objected to his treating
his poor patients; to his night work; listened
at his Office door to his private consultation:
refused to set his meals, when the regular
hour was over; would follow him in his pro-
fesslonal calls and IN every way possible an
| noy him with loud talk and cross words He fur.
nished her team and driver, cottage motor
boat, etc, and IN Stockton built house to
please her, doing everything possible to make
life under the conditions bearable, but failed,
Was forced into bankruptcy, lost his patients
and finally became Ill and discouraged He
separated from her Sept 18. 1914, and had
since lived in the home Of Edgar Colcord in
Stockton. Miss Hattie l. Rhoades of Rock
land, domestic in the family in 1902, Mitch
ell Hartley, and Mr.. Long, his drivers, and
general assistants, his father, Martin Britto of
Rockland Miss Lizzie Cocord, Mrs. Susan
llbbetts and Miss GOlcOrd, a trained nurse,
who knew of his domestic affairs in Stockton
| Springs, substantiated his staten nts and
ADDED many minor incidents when Mrs Britto
tried to make life miserable for him in public
and private life, saying that sh, never cared
Tor MIN but married him because of his title.
All testified that they never heard DR.. Britto
speak unkindly to hie wife, and that he al
ways tried to make peace. Mr. johnson in
troduced three Rockland depositions-one of
the hotel proprietor-whos stated that Mrs Brit
to's loud talk was public nuisance. In clos
ing the case Mr. Johnson remarked that DR.
Britto could not be expected to endure what
the evidence in the case had SO conc,usiyely
proved.
Assigned Cases.
The cases marked for trial were assie ned as
follows:
G H Bellows VS. Eben Littlefeld, Brown:
Littlefeld and Ritchie.
| E White VS. A E Clark; Cowan; Buzzell.
Helena Wilton, Comp, VS. W C Patterson
Buzzell; Richie.
Charles W Gray VS. E Harmon ct ais. John.
son; Hartman.
| Edward Brltto, lbt, vs Grace Britto,
A johnson: A I.ittlefeld