Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1925-09-11
FARM|NCTON
Court News


The Grand Jury was in session
wednesday and Thursday and re-
turned the following indictments:
Grover Parker of Durham, for cheat
ing by false pretenses. Ruel Wat
son OF Industry for manufacture of
intoxicating liquor. Warren B. Dun
ton of kingf1eld and Carl H. Cor
don, allsfor the same offense. Toive
rowe Tomlander of Kingfield for
driving an automobile while under
the influence of intoxicating liquor.
Justus Wells of Chesterville for the
same offense. John Pooler and
george Guerrette of Eustis, Maine.
Tor larceny. George Guimond of
Rumtord for escape from Jail. Frank
Lane OF Industry for falsely assum-
ing to be fish and game warden.
The case of Fred Paul VS.. George
l.. wade was tried before the Jury
on Thursday with Hon. Cyrus n.
Blanchard for the plaintiff and j.
Blaine Morrison of Phillips for the
defendant. The suit was for dam
ages claimed by the plaintiff for in
Jurles done to his car in a collision
which happened on Thanksgiving
Day of 1924. Mr.. Paul was driving
his car on the highway from Farm
lngton Falls toward Pennington
having taken dinner at the house OF
Elmer Collins. He started about 10
minutes of one for the corn shop
Wnere he was working and was driv-
ing about ten miles an hour. The
car did not come into high gear
properly and he reached down to
ADJUST the emergency brake when
about opposite the fair grounds. 1t
was then that he was struck by a
truck driven by Mr.. Collins who was
in the employ of Mr.. George l..
| Wade of Pennington Falls: The
jury went out in the afternoon and
returned a verdict of one hundred
and ninety one dollars for the plain
TN whereas he had only sued for
one hundred and forty five.
In the cases of Fred n. Jordan VS..
Calvin 5. Lane and Addie M. Lane
and Inhabitants of Jay, Trs.: Allen
r. Hilton VS.. Calvin S. Lane, Inhabit-
ants of Jay, Trs., and Charles E,
Hoyt VS.. Charles A. Gasett the de-
PENDANTS all defaulted by agreement
reached outside of court. The cases
scheduled for trial on Saturday are:
Evangelist st. Cyr VS.. Thomas Cor
don Holman representing the plain
TIN and G. r. Grua of Livermore
the defendant. Horace P. McLaugh-
lin represented by Holman VS.. Nellie
Porter represented by Butler. The
f. +. McLeary Co., VS.. Alton Ladd
with Holman representing the plain
TIN and Butler the defendant. Field
Pulpwood Company represented by
Morrison and Butler VS.. BENJAMIN
NJ. Lander represented by H. S. &
T.. L. Wing. c. w. Clark represented
oy henderson VS.. Elmer Morton
represented by w. B. Brown and C.
Z. Holman. Guy Currier VS.. Evan C.
weber with Holman and Morrison
the attorneys respectively. Roland
With VS.. Alton e. Ladd and Peoples
National Bank, E. B. Estes & Sons
Co., and Belle r. Knowlton, Trs.,
with Holman and Butler the respec-
tive attorneys. E. Howard Lowell
VS.. Loren Dyke and George S. Low
ell, IT., with Holman for the plain
TIN and Butler for the Trustee and
Blanchard for Dyke. Clarence Mer-
chant represented by c. C. Holman
VS.. Morris I. McColler represented
by Cyrus NJ. Blanchard of Wilton.
Webster ]. Terrier VS.. N. P. Israel
son with Herbert S. and Earle l..
Wing representing the plaintiff and
George A. Hutchins the defendant.
George p. Brooks of Rumford was
IN town Thursday and Friday.