The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1919-01-09
The Supreme Judicial Court
Justice Charles ]. Dunn Of Orono Presiding

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The January term of the Supreme Ju-
dicial Court for Waldo county opened at
the Court House last Tuesday with the
following officers and jurors in attend
ance: Judge, Charles j. Dunn of Orono;
stenographer, John l., Hayden, Portland; :;
clerk, James H. Cilley of Waldo; chap
lain, Rev. Charles w. Martin of Belfast;
county attorney, Ralph l. Morse of Bel
fast; sheriff, Frank A. Cushman of Bel
fast; crier, Silas E. Bowler of Palermo;
messenger. Perlie R. Gray, Belfast. Dep
uty Sheriff j. A. G.. Beach was in charge
of the Grand Jury; Deputy Sheriff Frank
f. Webster, Waldo, 1st Traverse; Deputy
Sheriff Walter j. Bean, Montville, End
Traverse.
GRAND JURORS. The jury organized
with L. F. Marden of Belfast, foreman,
and Mason |. Stevens of Northport, clerk !;
Carl Adams, Liberty; Everett M Dow,
Burnham; F. E. Dunton, Winterport;
Henry Hawes, Stockton Springs; James
H. Howes, Belfast; George F. Mariner,
Belmont; Herbert Mehuren, Montville;
Curtis B. Mitchell, Unity; Dana B.
Moody, Troy; Ira F. Pendleton, Frank
fort; C. A. Phillips, Palermo; j. W. Plum
mer, Freedom; James A. Robbins, Sears
mont; Albert Shorey, Waldo; Clyde
Ward, Thorndike; Mark c. Ward, Sears
port; B. F. Wentworth, Brooks.
FIRST TRAVERSE JURY. Frank S.
Beach, Northport, foreman; Everett L.
Bennett, Montville; W. W. Blazo, Bel
fast; Elmer Decrow, Belfast; Clarence A.
Estes, Troy; Edward T. Gilbert, Monroe;
B. F. Grant, Palermo; J. w. Ingraham,
Knox; M. X. Nickerson, Swanville; Harry
E. Staples, Brooks; Frank L. Ward, Pros
pect; Edmund Wilson, Belfast.
SECOND TRAVERSE JURY. Frank A.
Bramhall, Belfast, foreman; Frank Glenn
ents, Waldo; Thomas Carew, Winterport;
Russell Heal, Lincolnville; John Innes,
Searsport; Russell Nealey, Winterport;
Joseph G. Packard, Searsmont; Per-
cy B. Redman, Belfast; Clarence E.
Read, Belfast; Horace Robbins, Sears
port; Elijah Ritchie, Belfast; Joseph
Wing, Thorndike.
So many were excused from the trav-
erse juries on account of illness with in
fluenza that five were drawn from the
oft To fill and WaHnaSdau W
morning both iuries were completed.
Those drawn from Belfast were Messrs.
W. w. Blazo, Elijah Ritchie, Frank A.
Bramhall, Willis S. Hatch and P, D. H.
Carter. Messrs. Hatch, Carter and Eden
A. Hamilton of jackson were supernu-
maries.
Among the out-of-town attorneys pres
ent were Messrs. ElIery Bowden of Win
terport; Fred w. Brown, Jr., of Brooks;
Charles w. Hussey of Waterville; Carl
c. Jones of Augusta; H. H. Gray, Mil
bridge.
The two cases from the Municipal
Court Judge Maurice w. Lord, were the
UOullu OHcl CdSC VI otdtC Vs. w llhlS
Crocker for larceny of horse, etc, and
the appealed case OF Henry N. Fernald
VS.. Nellie D. Fernald, for non-support of
minor children.
The grand jury reported at 3 p. m. on
Tuesday having found two indictments as
follows: Winnie A. Crocker of Brooks
for larceny and Clifton Gibbs of Knox
for assault.
The equity case, Enoch Andrews VS. F.
A. Cushman, opened late Tuesday after
ternoon before Judge Dunn, was an ac-
ton on mortgage.
The first case to be opened from the
assigned list was that of the town of
Monroe vs. the city of Belfast The jury
was drawn excluding all from Belfast and
Monroe. The action was brought to re-
cover S153. II on account of supplies fur
nished Albert L. Newcomb, a pauper.
The case occupied all of Wednesday,
The case of Edgar F. Hanson of Belfast
VS.. John NJ Kilgore of Worcester, Mass,
was brought 10 recover ABOUT 90, UUU due
on amount of breach of contract in Petit
Manan dealings. 1t had been heard before
Judge King, who died before he had rem
dered his decision. Mr.. Kilgore and his
attorney, H. H. Gray of Milbridge, have
been in town this week at the Windsor
Arthur Ritchie, ESQ.,, is Mr.. Hanson's
attorney and the case was assigned to be
heard before Judge Dunn Wednesday
evening
Tony Croce of Searsport reported to
the Court that he had lost his natural
zation papers in a fire and was given
permission to apply for duplicates at the
department of commerce, Washington,
d. c..
Assigned Cases
WEDNESDAY
Inhabitants of Monroe VS.. City of Bel
fast Dunton & Morse; Ritchie.
Milton B. Hills vs. M. F. Darcy. Dun
ton Morse; Swain, Carpenter & Nay.
THURSDAY
Elizabeth N. Adams VS.. Eola M. Doyle.
Dunton; Buzzell