Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1916-04-10
SUPERIOR COURT
Verdict Of $230.51 for Plaintiff
in Case of Faulkenham VS..
Stewart-Criminal
Docket Called

= After the calling on the criminal docket
at the superior court Saturday morning
the remainder Of the days session was
taken up with the case of Alice NJ. raulk-
| enham Of Augusta VS.. Frank NJ. Stewart
Of China, the first of the assigned civil
cases for Saturday. In this action it
took the jury Just half an hour to bring
| in its verdict, which was for the plain
tiff for $23O.51.
| The following attorneys were present
at the calling Of the criminal docket by
County Attorney w. H. Fisher: Thomas
Leigh. Walter NJ. Sanborn, NJ S. Holway
B. F. Maher. Frank E. Southland. NJ. E.
Sawtelle, Samuel Titcomb. Herbert E
Locke and Burleigh Martin, all of Au-
! gusta; Ernest L. Goodspeed and Charles
A. Knight Of Gardiner; Emery o. Beane
of Hallowell; F. w. Clair of Waterville
Criminal Docket
The following cases were on the GRIM
inal docket:
81. State vs. William J. Hersey, alias
Fred l.. MARI, charge of cheating by
false pretences. Principal assurities de-
| faulted.
81. State VS.. Ellington Barker, charge
of cheating by false pretences. Princi-
pal assurties defaulted.
| g. State VS.. Louis Napoleon Giroux Of
Waterville, charge of breaking, entering
and larceny in the ticket Office of the
Maine Central Railroad Co. at Water
vile on March 20.
Ga. State VS.. Oliver Hall Of China,
charge of breaking, entering and larceny
in the store of John S. Rowe on March
%. Hall pleaded guilty, stating that he
| had been in Maine eight or nine years
and this was the first time he was ever
arrested for any crime. He was SEN
fenced to one year in Jail and was put
on probation on condition that he return
| to Canada.
65. State vs.. Frank Mcdonald and
Ralph Arsenault, both of Winslow,
charge of breaking entering and larceny
in the store Of Proctor & Bowie Co. on
Feb. Is. Both pleaded guilty and were
remanded to Jail to await sentence.
66. State VS.. Charles Ward Of Gardiner
charge of liquor nuisance. Through his
attorney. Burleigh Martin he pleaded
not guilty and he furnished bail in the
sum Of $4,000.
81. State VS.. Eugene Cline, alias John
Williams of Togus. charge of single sale
of intoxicating liquors. Attorney Bur-
leigh Martin appeared for Cline. The
case was put on the trial list.
6S. State vs. William w. Shaw Of Au-
gusta, charge of single sale. Attorney
Martin appeared for the defendant. The
case was put on the trial list.
50. State VS. Roy Weymouth, aplt.
charge of assault and battery Weeks
G. Weeks Of Fairfield are attorneys for
the defendant.
20. State VS. James Kendrick Of Au-
gusta, charge of intoxication. Through
Attorney Martin he pleaded nolo and he
was sentenced to Imprisonment in jail
for 80 days and was put on probation
on the payment Of costs Of SO.
| II. State VS. John Conroy Of Water
vile. aplt intoxication He pleaded
guilty and was sentenced ito serve 30
days in jail.
The old docket was then taken up
and Probation Officer Foster reported
concerning a number Of men who are
on probation. The following cases were
among those on this docket:
| %. State VS. Fred S. Peters Of Hal
| lowell, charge of forgery. He pleaded
not guilty and the case was assigned to
Attorney Locke.
| 20. State VS. Ed Young, aplt., Of Au-
gusta, charge of vagrancy. Attorney
| Titcomb appeared for the defendant.
The case was put on the trial list.
4S. State VS. William Balduc Of Wa
! terville. charge of common nuisance.
| Through his attorney, F. w. Clair of
Waterville, he pleaded not guilty and
furnished bail in the sum of $780,
40. State VS. James Cote, charge of
common nuisance. Through his attor-
| ney. Burleigh Martin, he pleaded not
guilty.
| SO. State VS. Alvin Howard Of Au-
gusta.
! So. State VS. William J. Cunningham
of Augusta, charge of intoxication Ben
| edict F. Maher appeared for the defend
ant. The case was put on the trial
| list.
| 81 and So. State VS. Lester A. and
Lottie Brown Of Rome, charge Of vio-
lating the law in refusing to send a
child to school. The case was dismiss
ed upon motion Of County Attorney
Fisher.
The three indictments found by the
grand jury at this term of court which
had not been made public We're Cases
81, So and Sc.
FauIkenham VS.. Stewart
The case of Alice NJ. Falkenham of
Augusta VS. Frank NJ Stewart of China
was an action of troevr to recover for
the alleged conversion of sum of
money, which the plaintiff entrusted to
the defendant to place for her in saw