The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1918-09-26
The Supreme Judicial Court.
Justice Warren c. Philbrook of Watervillt
Presiding.

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at the Court House last Tuesday with the
following officers and jurors in attend
ance: Judge, Warren C. Philbrook OF
Waterville; stenographer, Fred 5. Rand
of Augusta; clerk, George ]. keating,
Belfast; chaplain, Rev. Charles W. Mar
tin, Belfast; county attorney, Walter A.
Cowan, Winterport; sheriff, Frank A.
Cushman, Belfast; crier, Charles 3.
Adams, Searsmont; messenger, Willis b.
Fletcher, Belfast; deputy sherlifs' A. b.
Pavson. Brooks, in charge of First Trav-
erse Jury; W. M. Berry, Stockton Springs,
Second Traverse Jury, and j. A. G. Beach,
Belfast, Grand Jury.
GRAND JURORS Carl Adams, Liberty;
Everett Nj. Dow, Burnham; F.. Z. Dunton,
Winterport; Chas. A. Frohock, Lincoln
vile; w. D. Hartman, Prospect; Henry
Hawes, Stockton Springs; James II.
Howes, Belfast; Lewis F. Marden, Bel
fast; George F. Mariner, Belmont; Her
bert Mehuren, Montville; Curtis b. Mitch
ell, Unity; Dana B. Moody, Troy; Ira +.
Pendleton, Frankfort; John W. Pendle-
ton, Islesboro; C. A. Phillips, Palermo;
j. w. Plummer, Freedom; James A. Rob-
bins, Searsmont; Albert Shorey, Waldo;
M. /. Stevens, Northport; Clyde Ward,
Thorndike; Mark C. Ward, Searsport; B.
F. Wentworth, Brooks.
FIRST TRAVERSE JURORS. Chas. o.
Dickey, Northport, foreman; Jacob L.
Ames, Jr., Unity; Edward Banton, Mont
vile; j. w. Dean, Freedom; y. W. Grin
die, Prospect Ernest A, Partridg ge, Stock
ton Springs; Joseph c. Plourd, Monroe;
F. E. Pollard, Jackson; Fred X. Poor,
Belfast; Manley Rich, Winterport; F. M.
Stevens, Swanville; H. H. Treat, Frank
fort
SECOND TRAVERSE JURORS. Giles
G. Abbott, Belfast, foreman; Frank ..
Allenwood, Belmont; R. X. Blood, Nor
rli, Fred Cole, Winterport; Henry Cum
ningham, Brooks; Willis j. Greeley,
Liberty; c. L. Payson, Knox; Percy Serb
ner, Searsport; Leroy c. Stone, Troy;
Orren Tibbetts, Searsmont; Fred Tilton,
Burnham; Marcellus Veazie, 1slesboro
Charles B. Eaton Of Belfast is the only
supernumerary. Edwin G. Billings of Mon
roe was excused from the Grand Jury.
Willis B. Fletcher of Belfast, Amos
Nichols of Searsport and William Rossiles
of Lincolnville were excused from the
Traverse Jury.
Both juries were excused Tuesday noon
until Wednesday morning and again
Wednesday morning until p. m.
Among the out-of-town attorneys were
j. H. Montgomery of Camden, Judge
Ellery Bowden and County Attorney
Walter A. Cowan, both of Winterport,
Fred w. Brown, Jr., of Brooks, c. W..
Hussey of Waterville, Frank Brown of
Waterville and George w. Morse of Ban
gor, Judge James Libby of Unity; Chas.
E. Gurney of Portland, w. c. Conary of
Bucksport
Assigned Gases.
WEDNESDAY, d
o. C. Roberts, coll, VS.. E. Small,
Brown, Jr. Ritchie and Libby.
Ephraim O. Shaw vs. Leslie F. Nash,
Fred Waldo Brown; H. C. Buzzell.
THURSDAY.
Alma H. Cole VS.. Harry L. Pendleton,
Cowan; G. E. Thompson and H. c. Buzz
zell.
Lewis E. White VS.. Charles Vinal ct al
Cowan. Norwood.
Frank Kenney VS.. John P. Nichols.
Cowan.
Dutch Brothers VS.. W. H. Richards,
Greer Richards.
Arthur Ritchie, John Lovejoy and Ken
meth Rollins, Trustees VS.. P. F. Drake.
Richards. Cowan.
Judge Philbrook was busy Tuesday
afternoon and evening in hearing divorces,
referred cases, etc. The case in equity
of Lotta B. Carver, ct ais VS.. Charles
H. Wright and Hannah Francis Crockett
was the first taken up with R. F. Dunton
and j. H. Montgomery of Camden, at
torneys. 1t was brought to procure the
Interpretation of the will of the late VIM.
C. Wright, who died in Northport March
"a, 1898. He left real estate to the value
of $1,000 and personal to $583.65. The
will was probated and allowed at the
time and the present question raised is in
regard to the inheritance of the Wade
children, the children of the late daugh-
ter of Mr.. Wright, who were not men
toned in the will. Judge Philbrook re-
served his decision.
Max Kachisky, with George Hopkins
and Hiram Hoffses as witness appeared
before Judge Philbrook Wednesday morn
ing for admission to citizenship. His
plea was filed in May, 1918, and the law
required that witnesses should have
known him personally five years prior to
that day or May 1918. Neither could
take oath of knowledge prior to June,
1913. and the case was dismissed for the
time being. He is native of Russia and
came here from Boston.
The case of The City National Bank of
Belfast VS.. Mary H. Bates assigned for
trial Wednesday morning with Dunton g.
Morse for plaintiff and A. W. Patterson
for defendant was opened and defaulted.
Both juries were excused Wednesday
morning until p m.
The case in equity of Preston M. Prem
tiss of Dixmont VS.. James E. Coombs of