Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1921-09-22
Internal Revenue
Case Before the
u. S. District Court

Portland, Me. Sept. 21.-Judge
| Clarence Hale opened the Sep
| TENDER term of the L. S. District
Court for civil and criminal cases at
| 10 o'clock Tuesday forenoon. Prayer
was offered by Rev. J. Roy Packard,
All the forms and ceremonies incl
dent to the preliminurieS of every
| term were carried out and the grand
jury was empanelled 'and proceeded
to consider the accumulation of mat
tors since the June term in Bangor.
I Trial jurors will report Thursday,
and the civil docket will be taken up
with two cases on the list,-~while 10
new entries were flied in the Office of
/ Clerk George c. Wheeler today.
Arthur +. Brainerd. a retired bust
ness man of Winthrop, was appoint
ed foreman. Milton Is. Davis of Ber-
wick, Augustus Patterson of North
Edgecomb, Albert G. Rollins of this
City and Melvin D.. Tibbetts of
Rangeley were excused. Other mem
bcrs Of the grand jury are:
George II. Bean, West Ninot. farm
er: Eugene /. Cummings, Wcstbrook,
pies, lumberman; Clarence l.. Cream
er, Greene, farmer; Chesley +. Ed
son, South Poland, carpenter; Frank
+. Fesscnden. Z. Brownfield. far
mer Ernest l.. Glidden, Finalhaven,
carpenter; Charles w. Gross, Lisbon
Falls, conductor; Edward l.. Haskell,
Turner Center, employee T. c. c.;
Clarence T. HIATT, Mechanic Falls.
farmer; Elmer f. Langton, kittery
Depot, farmer: Leon Mosher, Wilton.
farmer: Fred c. Mosher, Temple,
road patrol and road builder; Wen
dali r. Maxwell. Webster, farmer:
Richard II. Norris, Auburn, farmer;
Charles Z. Ray. New Gloucester,
merchant; Arthur J. Swasey, South
Berwick. painter.
Suit is brought against James f.
Douglass, otherwise knowp as James
C. or James T., Of West Gorham, to
recover $320S4 which it is alleged in
the writ he has declined to pay to
the collector of internal revenue as
fee for the privilege of manufacture
ing sweet cider.s
w. Il. Smith of Bangor seeks to re-
cover S554.12 which he claims he
paid to Leon o. Tebbetts of Augusta,
internal revenue collector, under
protest Sept. 10. 1920. This payment
was in consequence of demand under
provisions of the internal revenue
law with respect to retail liquor
dealers.
This assessment was to cover six
months prior to June 80. 1910, and
the property at II French street in
! Bangor was attached to enforce the
governments claim. He made an
appeal to the commissioner of inter
nal revenue in Washington and it
was denied. His payment was to
lift the attachment and was under
protest.
Suit in the sum OF $4,000 is enter
ed by the Windsor Print Works of
North ADAMS against G. f. Hatha-
way & Co. of Waterville. shirt manu-
facturers, to recover for shirtings
sold defendant.
Compagnie du Port de Rio Janiero
institutes an action against the Mean
Morrison Mfg. Co.. contractors, and
handling plant which was built by
defendant for the plaintiff, collapsed
within five years from the time of
completion, in 1916, and the catas-
trophe caused great loss. 1t was con-
structed at Rio Janiero on q contract
that was drawn Sept 0. 1912.
Damages are asked in the sum of
$500. 600 and the, case is taken up
here as the defendant is a Maine cor
poration.
James A. Armour OF Chicago
brings suit against the Yellow Cab
Co, a Maine corporation in the sum
Of $4,000 and alleges that he was
knocked down in that city Feb. II,
this year, sustained severe injuries
and is permanently disabled as a re-
suit. He alleges that the machine
was being driven recklessly and at
excessive rate of speed.
Suit is brought by the United