Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1916-03-28

that II be five years, which is the max
mum under the statute. Sleeves was r
leased under q, 900 bonds, Florence L,
dfa Sleeves, whom he married In Mexic
and her sister, recognizing with him fl
bis appearance.
| Wednesday morning Leon o. Irish {
Hartford pleaded not guilty to an indie
ment for nuisance. The case was col
tinued to the next term for trial, Ml
Irish furnishing bonds in the sum q
$500. Mr.. Hutcbins appeared for Nj
Irish.
EIbrldge n. Harlow OF Dixfleld plead
ed guilty to an indictment for nuisance
The court was addressed briefly by Nj
Hutchins, counsel for Mr.. Harlow, an
County Attorney Beliveau, and 1t wa
stated that the offence of the responder,
who keeps confectionery store, wa
selling Jamaica ginger. Judge Hale
imposed fine of 800 and costs, or sixt.
days in jail.
TRIED FOR ABORTION.
Like the first case of the week, the sec
ond came from Mexico, (Ridlonville)
and also like the first, it was concerned
with the relation of the sexes, though II
different way. 1t was the trial of Jess,
Perry of Mexico, charged with admins
tering drug TO Ethel Weir, with th'
purpose OF destroying her child before
birth.
County Attorney Belfveau for th;
state. Hutchins for defendant.
Jesse Perry is q resident of Mexico
now 28 years of age. Miss Weir is q very
slight, small figure of a girl, now 2l year,
OF age. She is evidently not In the bes
OF health, and under the strain of givipe
her testimony was at least twice over.
come and the court had to wait for heI
to recover.
According to the testimony of Miss
Weir, che met Perry In the early summer
of 1914, at Ridlonville. where she was
employed part of the time as domestic
and stayed part of the time at hel
brothers house. She and Perry began
keeping company, and after time main.
tanned Illicit relations.
In the following winter, as she testi.
fles, she discovered indications Of preg.
nancy, and when she told Perry about Il,
and told him they must be married, be
told her that If they were married under
those circumstances 1t would disgrace
both Of them, and both their families.
He gave her fifty cents, and told her to
buy dozen "big brown pills." by some
name which she does not now remember,
and take them as he directed. he went
with her to the door of q drug store In
Rumford, and she went In and bought
the pills, which she took. Perry also
brought gin to her room and gave it to
her for the next few nights. A while
after that she was Ill at her brothers.
house, with indications of o miscarriage.
This was in March, 1915.
1t was brought out in the course of the
that there was shooting affair
later, and the details being asked, Miss
Weir testified that In November follow.
Ing she met Perry as he came from bis
work at the Oxford mill at night, and af-
Ter some conversation in which he re-
pulsed her, she fred shot from a
revolver, not hitting him, and as she
says intending only to scare him. 1t was
i'm mediately after the shooting affair that
the complaint was made and Perry was
arrested In this case.
DR.. A. L. Stanwood Of Rumford testi-
fed to treating Miss Weir for facial
erysipelas in the winter of 1915, and at
that time at her request making an ex-
animation. As the result of the examin-
alton, and Of what she told him, he pre-
sumed that she was pregnant, though it
could not be told positively in the early
stages of pregnancy. There was also
other testimony corroborative of certain
features of Miss Weir's testimony.
In bis own defence Perry stated that
be never bought any drugs for Miss
Weir; never gave her money to buy any {;
never gave her any gin; that the matters
Of marriage, her condition, or an en-
deavor to procure an abortion, were
never mentioned between them. The
drug clerk who Miss Weir testified sold
her the pills testified that he never sold
her any pills, and that be never saw her
to know her until about the time of the
shooting affair.
Quite lot Of testimony of neighbors
was introduced by the defence to show
that Miss Weir was not sick in bed at the
time she alleged, but that she was
around and out every day of the time,
and appeared about as usual. There
was also testimony by number Of the
residents of that part of RidIonville
where the parties lived that Ethel Weir's
reputation In the community for truth
and veracity was bad.
It was also alleged that Perry broke
off with Miss Weir because of her con
duct with other men, and mass OF tes-
tlmony was put 10 to show that while
she was keeping company with him, she
was going around With other young men
of the town.
All of Wednesday and quite part Of
Thursday were occupied with the trial
of this case, and 1t was given to the jury
q few minutes after o'clock Thursday
afternoon. After being out only half
an hour, they returned verdict OF
guilty.
Exceptions and q motion for new
trial were filed by Mr.. Hutcbins, and the
case goes to the law conrt. As required
by the law, Judge Haley fixed the sen.
tence, which was one year In the county
Jail. The respondents father and an
other man recognized for bis appearance
In the sum of $1,000.