Oxford Democrat., 1921-10-18

ocroBER TERN. 1871.

Clerk-Donad b. Partridge.
Stenographer-Fred L. Hayden.
County Attorney-Hary N. Shaw.
Sherin-Harry d. Cole. :,
Deputies-Jo6n A. Babb, g. q. Coleman, B
r. Billings.
Librarian-Walter L. Gray:
Messenger-George b. Davis.
The October term of Supreme Judi
cial Court convened In due form at Soutf
Paris Tuesday. After the proclamation
for silence Rev. 81. G.. McGlsufiin o.
South Paris offered prayer.
All the grand jurors were present ex
cept Charles ]. Small OF Hiram. e. b
Woodbury. of Sweden was excused. The
jury as made up follows:
HI; Abbott, Upton, Foreman.
L. P. Bryant. Greenwood.
! r. II. Chandler, Sumner.
| A. r. Chapman, Bethel
Almon Coolidge, Dixfeld.
Eugene O. French, Norway.
n. 3. Hammond, Mexico.
William e. Kenney, Paris.
Eugene T.. Kilgore, Waterford.
| Il. K. Longfellow, Rumford.
Roscoe x. Lord, Brownfeld.
Frank L. Meserve, Fryeburg.
A. Lincoln Purkis, Buckfeld.
Marshall e. Reed, Roxbury.
| G. f. Starbird, Oxford.
This is Judge Dunn's first visit to OK
ford County and In bis charge to the
grand jury he digressed little from the
cut and dried charge to make few re-
marks in regard to the county itself and
the great men, especially lawyers, who
have practiced within its limits or gone
out into the state and nation to do their
work. It was his good fortune In his
early and formative days to attend school
in q Maine coast academy which was
presided over by man, afterwards q
respected attorney,-Judge A. e. Her
rick; because of this he could never
think of the town of Bethel as simply an
Oxford County town but rather 1t par
took something of the holy character OF
the old Palestine town. He was admit
ted to the bar at term Of court presided
over by another Oxford County man,
Judge Enoch Foster, and again on taking
up the active practice of law he became
the successor in an Office of man al
most an Oxford County giant, and one
who studied law on Paris Hill, Israel
Washburn, Jr. "This is . digression," !"
said Judge Dunn, "but feel that no
apology is needed In making It." BE
then proceeded to instruct the jury on
their duties mixing his remarks With
bits of wit and history. he said jury
always reminded him of the description
q man once made of the spinal column.
"The spinal column" he said, "was .
wriggling bone running up the back OF
q man, with bis head and brains on one
end and the man on the other" This
wriggling backbone held the two to-
gether. The grand jury would hear
much of the wickedness OF life and
would have to Judge Of 1t and not let the
passions of man interfere with the judg-
ment of the brain. The law recognizes
only two classes of men-good and bad
the one to be protected and the other to
be punished, and in their deliberation 1t
was to be hoped they would find some
good men to protect as well as bad men
to punish. A grand jury, continued the
Judge, ust consist of at least thirteen
men and not exceed twenty three. It
takes twelve men to convict, which is
the reason for the first number, also for
the second number, so there could never
be q tie.
All the thirty.five persons drawn for
traverse jurors answered to the roll call.
The first jury was formed as follows:
RN. Stetson, Sumner, Foreman.
Clifton A. Bean, Woodstock.
Lawrence W. Littlehale, Lincoln Plantation.
Harlan r. Lord, Denmark.
Herman Mason, Bethel.
Raymond A. McAllister, stoneham.
Arthur r. Millett, Waterford.
A. +. Russell, Canton.
Woodbury. Russell, Norway.
D. H. Tebbets, Greenwood.
A. d. Thayer, Oxford.
e. NJ. Walker, Bethel
The second jury was made up Of
these men:
Lawrence A. Clifford, Milton Plantation. Fore
man.
Malcolm G. Briggs, Paris.
Llewellyn n. Chandler, Brownfeld.
Guy L. Curtis, Norway.
Marion H. Douglas, Dixheld.
M. Doyen, Mexico.
A. g. Eames, Newry.
B. A. Evans, Rumford.
W. III. Flint Sweden.
Webster Kilgore, Norway.
Ernest Lewis, Porter.
George Hay, Rumford.
Donald P. Chapman OF Paris, Alfred
Corliss of Hartford, <. E. johnson Of
Hebron and A. E. Watson OF Stow were
excused; and Mark P. Shaw OF Paris
and Arthur 8. Hall Of Buckfsld were
excused subject to call.
Following are the supernumeraries:
Harriet Abbott, Fryeburg.
Fletcher I. Bean, Mason.
Herbert I. Bean, Albany.
George W. Walker, Lowell.
OF course many eyes were turned to.
ward Miss Abbott as the first woman to
take part in jury duty In Oxford County.
There was q large number OF lawyers
present at the reading of the docket.
Among them were:
walter P. Perkins, Cornish.
| A. K. Stearns, Rumford.
Merton Kimball, Norway.
b. NJ. Mcdonald, Rumford.
Alton G. Wheeler, South Paris.
Eugene r. Smith, Norway.
George A. Hutchins, Rumford.
Albert Beliveau. Rumford.
Ralph T. Parker, Rumford.
| Walter L. Gray, South Paris.
George N. Atwood, South Paris.
A. j. Stearns. Norway.
| George r. Ashworth. Rumford.
| Fred r. Dyer. Buckfeld.
John p. Swasey. Canton.
William Gallagher. Norway.
| Harry NJ. Shaw, South Paris.
H. q. Hastings, Bethel.
| w. G. Conary, Norway.
Matthew McCarty, Rumford.
| D. j. McGillicuddy, Lewiston.
At the preliminary reading some thir'
.y-five cases were marked for trial.
The first case for the jury came or
Tuesday afternoon by assignment at the
MAY term at Rumford. Il was the case
of j. R. Poole & Company, grocery
brokers of Boston, vs.. A. Gauthier q
Son, Wholesale grocers OF Rumford
Matthew McCsrty was attorney for tht
plaintiff and Albert Beliveau for defend
ant.
This is case for an alleged breach o.
contract. The plaintiffs sllege that OF
a certain day of May in the year 1920 th'
defendants agreed to purchase 800 case'
of prunes, but when tho time OF deliver
Ing came denied making . contract, ant
shipped the prunes back to Boston
where they were resold on . falling mar
ket. The damage claimed BY plsintih'
Lis for the difference IN price received b!
reselling, plus freight and carriage
| amounting to $299.78.
Now the manner OF doing business b!
1.-The Poole Company 10 to send out sales
men who make the sales, returning tn
Same to tho home Office whore contrac
lis drawn up In duplicate, sent to pur
chaser, who signs It, returning one b
Boston and keeping the other himself.