Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1917-10-16


Ellis W hitman. Buckheld.
Judge Cornish gave the grand jury
Q charge which was very clear and ex.
Pilot, not only impressing upon them
the necessity of faithful performance
of their duty, but describing to them the
methods Of their routine work so thar
no ono need have any doubt a. to what
he was expected to do and what his
privileges and his restrictions were.
James E. Irish OF Hartford was ex-
cused from service on the traverse
jury, and Ii 10 rather an unusual cir
cumstance that he Was the only one Of
the jurors who asked to be excused.
Ii 10 often the case that 90 many seek to
be excused that the court 10 left short OF
men.
The traverse juries were empaneled as
follows:
FIRST JURY.
Alphonse L. Van DEN Kerckhoven. Bethel,
Foreman.
George Fhgg, Mexico.
T. Walter Gordon, Woodstock.
Perry Judkins, Upton.
Leland e. Kim6ail, Hiram.
e B. Knox, Peru.
Philip A. Lovejoy, Rumford.
Howard D. McAnster. Paris.
Leslie Z. Newell. Sumner.
William 81. Sawyer. Porter.
Seward p. Stearns, Paris.
SECOND JURY.
G.w walker, Lowell. Foreman.
Edward 8. Abbott, Norway.
Herbert i. Bean, Albany.
Irving Bryant. Stow.
Willis Day, Brownfeld.
Fred G. Eames. Rumford.
Elmer Harnden, Fryeburg.
Luther II. Irish. Buckheld.
Clarence 4. Jones. Sweden.
v. n. Perkins, Andover.
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sUPERNuMIRARIEs.
John 81. Howe. Bethel.
Clayton 81. Lovejoy, Oxford.
Perley L. Pingree. Denmark.
barry 4: spillsr .t Norway.
No cases were ready for trial on
Tuesday, and the calling of the docket
and the making up of the trial list for
the term took mp the remaining time OF
the day until well along In the after
noon.
Among the members of the bar who
sat within the rail at the opening OF the
court are three who had been In practice
for some time before any of the others
came upon the scene. They are Hon.
George D. Bisbee OF Rumford, Hon.
John p. Swasey of Canton, and Hon.
James s. Wright Of South Paris. All
three of them have been large factors
in the life and the history OF Oxford
County during the past several decades,
and ali are still engaged in the practice
of the profession which they have
adorned. While the gray begins to
show on the heads of some Of the others,
these three belong distinctively to the
older bar which some Of rs can remem-
Der more than forty years ago.
A visitor also who is now OF the older
generation was Hon. Edward L. Paris,
" hose home town Ia Paris, though most
of his life and law practice has been In
New York. Although he has reached
the fourscore milestone, there Ii little
except his silvery hair to give testimony
to that fact.
Tuesday afternoon, on motion OF
Hon. Albert ]. Stearns, Cecil <. Brown
of Norway, who recently passed the
state bar examination, was admitted TO
practice. Mr.. Brown Ia graduate OF
the University of Maine law school.
Wednesday was naturalization day,
and the first hour and half was devot-
ed mainly to making new citizens,
eleven being admitted In that time.
Most of them were natives OF CANADA,
though one or two were born In Eng
land, but all we're English subjects.
They are good looking lot OF men,
and according to their appearance
should make good citizens. Their
names are:
John Charles McKinnon. Mexico.
william Ray W Williams, Mexico.
Lawrence B. Fisher, Rumford.
walter Heslop, Oxford.
George Heslop, Oxford. \
Joseph Trebilcock, OXFORD.
James II. Mcleod, Upton.
Henry Enman, Upton.
Hormidas Breton, Rumford.
Andrew O'Donnell, Rumford
John r. Susbury. Rumford.
Tn two cases the application was held
nm One man who lived In Canada
until he was Is, when Questioned oy
Judge Cornish as to his ability to read
and write English, stated that In the
scbool he learned only French and that
he had never learned to read or write
English. Judge Cornish after . little
consid Grafton ordered the case con-
tinusd, without calling any Witnesses,
saving that he did not think 1t advisable
to make n citizen of man who could
not rad the constitution or . Law In
the language Of the country.
In the other case the petitioner when
nm estIoned a. to whether he had ever
hasn in court, admitted that he had
hsan three times arrested for intoxica-
lion. and had paid fines ut Rumford.
Hs e a husky lad, who works -
river driver, and answered IN vo,y
honest way that he sometimes drank.
| It appeared that there nad oeen ons
hearing on his petition three years ago,
and that IL was continued ON accoun'
of his habits. After hearing all the VIE
nesses, Judge Cornish took the mattel
under consideration, to be decided later
The f3rst case tried, which was begun
wednesday, forenoon, was Eunice Ridlor
"a Fred G. Small. Elias Smith OF Lin
inotou attorney for the plaintiff. james
WRIGHT for defendant, with whom
| Alton @. Wheeler was associated In tn'
trial of the case.
Mrs. Ridlon, the plaintiff, 10 the widow
If Joahua Ridlon Of Hiram. The defend
mt live In Cornish. The suit wa
h,ouoht 70 recover for Q certain amour
- nina timber cut from parcel OF liant
On Hlram Hill, ownership Of consid
s-.his fraction Of which 10 claimed D!
~. nl.intif. The standing timber va
.oid hv Cyrus n. Goodwin, Who claim
ss,ls 20 the land By deed, to David East
~ cut and aaVod it into 001