State v. Powers

DUFRESNE, A. R. J. 1

Tried jointly before a Hancock County jury, the Powers brothers, Lawrence and Benjamin respectively twenty-three (23) and twenty-six (26) years of age, were found guilty of the following criminal charges: Lawrence was convicted of the crime of assault and battery of a high and aggravated nature upon the person of Douglas E. Gray in violation of 17 M.R.S.A., § 201 2 and of attempting to break arrest from the custody of James E. Brown, a coastal warden, in violation of 17 M.R.S.A., § 1405 and 17 M.R.S.A., § 251; 3 Benjamin was convicted of two charges of simple assault and…