Daily Kennebec journal., 1918-01-26

Matters in Supreme Judicial court for
the latter part of the afternoon Thursday !
were extremely quiet Clifton Luce Of
Athens was brought into court and pleao-
ed guilty to the charge of breaking, en-
tering and larceny from the store OF Il.
f.. Gould Of Harmony. a coat, flashlight,
:13 in money and batteries being among
the articles enumerat ted in the charge.
Luce pleaded guilty and William Folsom
room acted as council for the boy. Luce
is only 10 years old and appears to have
been brought up under circumstances not
conducive to his morality. In an attempt
TO ascertain something Of the boy
earlier record sentence was deferred by
The presiding justice until Friday.
4 divorce hearing was also in order
with w. B. Brown as attorney. The Ii
helant was Mrs. Mae l. Page of Madi-
son. who was married March 1916 in Brad
ford. VT, to Jas. -. Page. The couple
lad not lived together for two weeks be-
fore unpleasantness began to be notice
able and they lived together but a very
few weeks in all She came to Madison
and has been living at the home of her
daughter in that town Mrs. Page OBJ
tanned a divorce from her former husband
because of his intoxicating habits. This
was about eight years before her last
marriage.
The case Of STATE vs.. James Williams
Queen was defaultel and the cash la... of
slc0 was forfeited to the county. An In
IL I,ol a1ai N OF
Queen By the grand jury on the charge
of Illegal practice of optometry. The
case was heard il the lower court and
Queen was ordered to furnish bail in the
sum Of 500 for his appearance at the
higher court
The cases o. State VS.. Hector Burbe
for breaking, entering and larceny were
continued as were the cases of the State
vs. Martin Stafford. uttering forgery and
state VS.. Peter Gilbert. Aplt., for sale of
liquor. Other cases on the criminal
docket continued We're: State VS.. Ernest
Brown and James Brown of West Athens
for malicious mischief; State VS.. W. j.
Henderson, Aplt. for violation Of the
game law state VS.. David Murra Aplt.
for truancy: State Us. clyde Monroe, for
breaking, entering ana larceny; state VS..
Alfred Collins. Aplt. non-support; S.ata
VS.. Geo. w Fields. Apl. assault ana
battery; State vs Zachari;ts Hensbv.
-Aplt., assault and battery: State vs.. LIN
tor Irwin. Apl:., decacing school building:
State VS.. John Nollo. Anlt, search and
seizure; state vs. orie NJ. Petley for as
saulting officer: State vs.. Henry Bagley.
breaking, entering and larceny; State vs..
Wifred Murtha fer Illegal possession.
On the equity docket the case of Kate
J.. Hudson vs.. inhabitants nf Fairfield,
the bill was dismissed II the case Of
w -. Royce Company ct ais, vs.. the
Smith Publishing Co, concern at one time
doing business in Skowhegap, which has
been before the courts since 1912 a decree
or Oct. ;, 1918. So far as the receiver IS
concerned it was stated at this term tina.
the case would be. agreed upon. In the
case of Levi w. Weston VS.. the Skowhe-
gan Manufacturing Co, the distributins
OF assets and reducing of stock was re-
ported and the cases of A. Il. Burton, E.
A. Webber and G. NJ. Lancey VS.. the
Fuller-Osborne Co. and Isdor r. Cohen
and Charles Green vs.. National Auto
matte Cutoff Co were both dismissed
without prejudice. The case of Florence
T. Ciley vs.. Samuel W. Herrick of Har-
mony is now in the law court, having
gone there on report while the case of
Samuel w. Herrick VS.. Florence l. Cilley
has also been taken to the law court. The
case of Fred +. Lawrence, trustee vs.. II.
n. Westervelt was dismissed and the
cases OF inhabitants Of Skowhegan VS..
Martin B. Heselton were also ordered off
the docket.
In the following cases during the term
further action: The United States Light
and Heating Co. VS.. Wilfred +. Hackett
OF Skowhegan; F.. J. kimball. CoIr VS.. Fl.
]. Fogg; The j. l.. Mott Iron Works VS..
A. o. Burrll; Augustus S, Burke vs. Vol
ney Morgan; inhabitants of Skowhegan VS..
Inhabitants Of Carroll; Theodore L.abrle
vs. Emily Bouchard and Hay. The entry
OF neither party was made in the case of
Inhabitants of Prentiss VS.. The Inhabi-
tants of Skowhegan while the case of
Herbart A. and Bernice D. Hight VS..
William st. Clair and logs having been
settled was ordered. neither party no fur
ther action. The case of Inhabitants Of
Embden VS.. Inhabitants Of New Vine
yard was continued by agreement while
In case of BENJAMIN L. Steward and c. r.
Marston VS.. Geo II. Wilbur and Lester
c. Wilbur. buildings and land the bank
ruptcy of defendant was suggested IN
the case of Alphonsne Lefond of Madi-
son. Petr. for habeas corpus vs.. Mrs. Ger
trude :. Wight. superintendent of the
Woman's Reformatory. Mrs Lafond was
reported as being at liberty by her coun-
sell W. B. Brown and the case was dis
missed. In the case of Or. l.. " Eillng-
wood OF Athens VS.. Amos Clark. deceased.
the death Of the defendant was suggest
ed and the case Of Elver c. Rice VS. Myra
y. Miller. was defaulted by agreement as
was the case of Garfield Proctor Coal VS..
Olive B. Gilman ct al. Pleadngs are to
he filed in the case OF the First National
Bank Of Skowhegan VS.. George t. Wash
burn on or before March ]. Cases on the
civil docket continued were: Judge Tur-
ner Buswell. Admr. vs. Mary E. and
Homer w. Cooley; Lowell and Covel Cp.
VS.. 0aetano Debe: The Coe Mortimer Co.
VS.. Horace O. Blaisdell
Announcement has been received by
Mrs. c. c. Luce of the marriage of her
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