The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1918-01-03
The Supreme Judicial Court.


$ tuesday at 10 a. M, with the following
=. officers and jurors in attendance:
+ Judge, Albert M. Spear of Gardiner.
/ Stenographer, VIM. H. Cornforth OF
: Auburn.
Sheriff, Frank A. Cushman of Belfast.
A Clerk of Courts, Geo. l. Keating OF
n Belfast.
= County Attorney, Walter A. Cowan of
n Winterport.
+ Chaplain, Rev. Arthur E. Wilson of
Belfast.
Crier, Chas. S. Adams of Searsmont.
Messenger, Willis B. Fletcher OF BEL
last.
GRAND. JURY. The Grand Jury or
e ganized with H. A. Dodge of lslesboro,
r foreman; Charles w. Bagley, Liberty;
Olney r. Bagley, Troy; Dana j. Banton,
Freedom; James Carleton, Winterport;
Carol Clements, Monroe; G. W. Dow,
Morrill,; Percy G. Harding, Prospect;
q Charles G. Hemenway, Searsmont; l.. T..
McKeen, Swanville; W. E. Nelson, Pa
lermo; William F. Patterson, Belfast;
Wentworth Pease, Burnham; o. G. Rob-
erts, jackson; Ralph D. Shute, Belfast;
Ralph j. Thompson, Montville; Alvah G..
Treat, Stockton Springs. Arthur Colson
of Searsport, Edwin W. Downer fUnity,
Charles Mcneil of Frankfort, Dana Proc
tor of Lincolnville, Anson M. Shibles OF
Knox and C. F. Spaulding of Brooks
were excused.
This jury broke all Waldo County rec
ords by reporting through the County
Attorney that they they had found no in
dictments and were ready to report to the
Court at IL a. m.
FIRST TRAVERSE JURY. The first
traverse jury organized with Charles E..
Coombs of Islesboro, foreman; F. G. Ellis,
Brooks; Carroll A. Estes, Troy; w. S.
Foss, Belmont; Charles D. Grant, Frank
fort; George L. jackson, Searsmont;
/ Walter Marden, Winterport; Frank r.
Riggs, Belfast; Homer Tasker, Winter
port; Fred L. Toothaker, Belfast; Albert
Watson, Burnham; Renfrew Wilson,
Searsport.
I SECOND TRAVERSE JURY. The second
traverse jury organized with Frank l..
Blanchard of Stockton Springs, foreman;
VIM B. Bowdoin, Prospect; H. c. Brown,
Northport; Jordan w. Coombs, Belfast;
Oscar B, Dow, Monroe; George S. Lowell,
Montville; R. E. Page, Jackson; E. j.
Parmenter, Palermo; Leon L. Richards,
Lincolnville; Clarence H. Smith, Waldo;
Harold Ward, Unity; Roland Woodbury.,
Morrill,.
Stanley Higgins of Knox, James Parse
of Searsport, E. H. Simpson of Thorn
dixie, Maurice d. Towle of Belfast were
excused from Traverse Jury. Geo. O..
Hatch called as Juror from Belfast is
not resident here and Frank A. Riggs
of Belfast was substituted.
Deputy Sheriffs J. A. G. Beach was in
charge of the Grand Jury; Frank A.
Littlefield of Monroe of the First Traverse
Jury and Silas E. Bowler of Palermo of
the second.
Both jurieS were excused for Tuesday
afternoon, when Judge Spear was en-
gagged in routine work of cases to be set
| tied out of court.
Among the out-of-town attorneys pres
ent were Walter A. Cowan of Winter
port, Albert L. Mudgett of Bangor, W.
G. Conary of Bucksport, Seth M. Nor
wood of Brooks, John A. Morrill,, Auburn,
Geo. H. Morse, Bangor. Chas. S. Taylor,
Belfast's new attorney, was present fol
the first time as a member of Waldo
County Bar.
Assigned Cases.
The following cases have been assigned
for trial and disposed of:
WEDNESDAY.
Frank Oakes vs. Howard Harmon,
Ritchie, johnson & Perkins. Defaulted
for $50.
O. C. Roberts, Collector VS.. C.E. Small,
Brown, Jr; Libby.
Harold Moulton VS., Harry Knowles,
Bangs; Maxwell.
Chas. F. Drake VS.. Horace Lane. Cowan
Bowden and Buzzell.
Emma G. Lane by nearest friend, Nit
tie L. Gowen, App. from decree of Pro-
bate Court Andrews & Nelson; Nor
wood.
Kate A. Lane, Appl. from decree of
Probate Court in estate of c. E. Lane.
Norwood.
Ephraim Bragdon VS.. Geo. O. Danforth.
Dunton; Libby. Continued.
Arthur Ritchie, Assignee VS.. Philip R.
Porter. Ritchie; Larrabee.
Charles w. Lancaster VS.. P. D. H. Car
ter. Buzzell. Two cases> Both have
been defaulted.
F. l.. Dolliff VS.. H. C. Had!ey ct ais.
Dunton & Morse; Brown, Jr., for II. C..
Hadley.
A. B. Payson VS.. L. l. Bickford. Nor
wood; Brown, Jr.
N. N. Whitten vs. T. l. Huxford. Nor
wood; Dunton. Continued.
L. E. Cookson VS.. D. B. Eastman. Nor
wood; Buzzell.
The case of Charles F. Drake VS.. Her.
ace Lane, Frankfort parties, was opened
before the second jury Wednesday morn
ing. 1t was brought to recover $122 on
an account covering the years 1915 and
1916 in a lumber deal. The plaintiff
claims to have overpaid the defendant
with checks, cash, produce, etc., to the
above amount. Mr. Cowan for the plain
tiff introduced an itemized account. The
defence denied the claim with bill in