Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1924-01-05
Waldo County Supreme Court


The following cases assigned for
trial at this term have been default
ed:
Littlefield vs.. Sargent; Harvey We.
Perry; Waldo Trust Co.. vs.. Elan
ders: Waldo Trust Co.. VS.. Perkins ct
all Waldo Trust Co., vs.. Thompson;
Sullivan vs.. Partridge; Ritz Carleton
Hotel Co.. VS.. Partridge; Hannah &
Son. W.. Partridge: Gilgie VS.. Part
ridge; Trapler & Co., vs.. Partridge.
WiIistt W. Robertson
The entire afternoon Thursday and
a part Of Friday forenoon was de-
voted to the civil suit brought by Joe
WilIett of Pressure Isle against Rosc
coe L. Robertson, a Belfast taxi driver
and special police officer. The suit
is the outcome Of an alteration on
Main street Oct. 18th, when the plain
tiff alleges that ne was beaten and
assaulted by the defendent over a
bill which the former owned the lat
ter, and that the defendent after
beating him up, took him to the po-
lice station and locked him UP. using
his power as special police officer to
do so. While he admitted that he
had consumed nearly quart of split
during the day and that he did not
remember all that took place, Willett
said that as near as he remembered
Robertson struck him first and that
when he, the plaintiff crossed the
street to Rolersons car to pay his
bill he had no intentions Of making
trouble.
Rolerson's story is entirely eon-
trictory. He says he was standing
beside his car on the corner of Main
o,,I ffr1, e.trn IN, n
Oct. Il, when Willett came across the
street and after q brief conversation
grabbed him by the throat and hung
on viciously." that he, the defendent.
struck him in the jaw and eve in self
defense to break his hold and that he
was obliged also to slap him once or
twice in order to take MIN to the sta
ton alone. He said he locked the
plaintiff up and went back to his car
and called night Waterman Elmer
Whitehead. and as they were looking
over the place where the alteration,
took place. they glanced up and saw
Willett in the street They then took
him to the county jail in Rolerson's
car.
When asked how he got out OF the
station Willett made answer! Il shove
on. the door and she open and l walk
out Willett is employed on the
farm Of Ralph Hayford, keeper Of the
city poor and on the day in question
had been having a holiday. He had
previously hired Rolerson's car and
according to the testimony the alter
cation was about the bill, Robertson
claiming it was Sl2 or $14 and WilIett
that 1t was not more than two or
three.
The arguments and charge were
made this morning and the case went
to the jury about II o'clock.
The verdict for the defendent.
The remaining indictments found
by the Waldo county grand jury were
made public this afternoon. State VS..
Russell Barter Of Searsport, forgery;
State VS.. Dclbert Bowen. Monroe,
cheating by false pretences; State
VS.. Wilbur w. Dorr. New Haven,
Conn. for trespass: were arraigned
late today. Barter pied guilty and his
case was continued from day to day,
the respondent being allowed to go
on his own recognizance. Bowen hav-
ing given satisfaction and paid cost
was discharged without bail. Frank
Page of Frankfort pied guilty to as
sault and his case is continued to the
last day of the term for sentence.
Ethel Norton and Albert Sawyer
alias Albert Bertrand srraigned on a
statutory charge pied guilty and were
remanded to Jail to await sentence.
Mrs. Norton and Sawyer eloped from
Portland and were located by the for
mer's husband. Leroy Norton in Win
terport where they were working on
n farm. They have been in the coun-
ty Jail since they were unprecedented
several months aCo