Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1924-10-15
NILES |. PERKINS, FORMER TREASURER At
NATIONAL HOME ADMITTED TO kENNEbEC BAR
Chief Justice Cornish Wei
comes New Member At
Opening of Supreme Judicial
COurt-Kennebec Bar And
Library Associations Reflect
. Oficers-Jury Trials And
Court Cases Assigned

Niles L. Perkins. treasurer at the
National Soldiers Home at Togus.
and well known in this city was ad-
mitted to the Kennebec Bar on Tues
day at the opening of the October
term Of the Supreme judicial Court
which is holding at the Kennebec
County Court House. Attorney Per-
kins who was at one time treasurer
of the city of Augusta was later ap-
pointed as a member of the staff of
the National Home and has been
employed there in various official ca
pacities for several years.
Chief Justice Welcomes New Member
In a short address of welcome to
the new lawyer, Justice Leslie c.
Cornish, presiding at the term of
court. expressed his pleasure that
Attorney Perkins should take his
cath in a court over which he was
presiding. He urged upon Mr.. Per-
kins that he should read over SEN
tence by sentence the oath which he
had taken because he said that If a
lawyer lived up to that oath he is
. sure to be a man of integrity and
honesty.
The session was opened with a
short prayer by Rev. DR.. Stuart B.
Furves of St. Marks Episcopal
church of this city. The assignment
of cases for trial was then taken up.
I, Justice Cornish announced that he
would hear divorces today and that
jury trials Of civil cases will begin
On Thursday. Several court mat
ters will be taken up at the close of
the jury trials.
Because of the law which states
that no naturalization papers shall
be granted within 80 days of a gen.
! eral election, no cases of this kind
| will be heard at this term Of court.
List of Jury Trials
The list of jury trials and court
cases as assigned is as follows:
Thursday, Oct. 16-Gagnon VS.. Maine
Billiard Supply Co.: Mclean, Fogg &
Southar. American Agricultural Chem
zeal Co. VS.. Holt: Mclean. Fogg G
Southland. Same VS.. Ladd: Mclean
Fogg & Southland. Hutchins vs.. But
! terrified ct al: Mclean. Fogg & South
ard Tarr VS.. Cyr; Heselton.
Friday. Oct. 17-Gagne VS.. Richard
son ct ais; Frank A. Morey, Lewiston,
Perkins & Weeks. Arata VS.. Kelley:
| Heselton. Quinnam VS.. Humphrey &,
ii'' IH '" lllpl i'm Out VS.. hlEh ,
! philbrick, Cony. Gay VS.. James; An
drews. Nelson & Gardiner H. R. Drew.
Patterson, Libt., vs.. Patterson; Pattan-
, gall. Locke & Perkins. Andrews, Nelson
d Gardiner.
Court Cases
Quimby. EXr'x Pe'nr, VS.. Reynolds;
Peacock. Lamontagne VS.. Page: Bel
| lieu & Bel,ieu. Martin. Goss, Petn'r,
, VS.. Carnage; Morey, Farris. Lawrence,
{ l-ibt. VS.. Lawrence; Pattangall, Locke
Perkins, Gilman, Aplt from Decree
! Of j. of r. Maher. VS.. Estate of Ed
ward F. Lyons: Pattangall, Locks &
! Perkins. Maddocks ct al. VS.. Peacocl,
Goodspeeed, Heselton. Hardy, Libt., VS..
Hardy; Goodspeed. Reed. Libt.. VS..
! Rood: Atkins. Heselton. E,zhaya,
Petn'r. VS.. Rancourt; Dubord, Crafty.
Rancourt. I.ibt.. VS. Rancourt; Gallert.
! Bar and Library Ass'ns Meet
! At recess in the morning the
F., ISOLATION and of the kennebec Law
Library Association were held.
| President l.. 7. Carleton presided at
the meetings of both bodies.
| The officers of the Kennebec Bar
! Association We're reelected by a I'M
! animous vote. They are as follows:
/
dent, Q. i. Clason; secretary and
treasurer, Will c. Atkins: executive
committee. John F.. Nelson. William
| II. Fisher, Carroll n. Perkins and
| Sanford l.. Fogg.
BY unanimous vote the officers
F., of the Kennebec Law Library AS
, ISOLATION We're also returned to office.
Judge William Fl. Fisher was elect
ed as member of the committee to
purchase books and with that adj
dltion the officers of the association
are: President. l.. T. Carleton; lib
rarian and treasurer, Charles w.
! Jones: clerk. Will c. Atkins: audi
! tor, Fremont J. G. Little; commit
| tee to purchase books, Leslie c.
| Cornish. Warren G. Philbrook,
! Emery O. Beane Harvey d. Eaton,
John Nelson. and William H. Fisher.