Vermont telegraph. [volume] (Brandon [Vt.]) 1828-1843, 1843-08-09
VERMONT TELEGRAPH.
IatardAy,Augasta, rs al.
Hn8a eaFor the Telegraph.
Ignorance, Injustice and Persecution In
Braintree.

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hat has lately been pursued in this town,
auder the prelence OF legal transactions,
ought not 10 be kept secret. And as the
managers Of the affair said they were not
,shamed Of what they were doing, we ex-
Dect thew have no objections TO its being
published. II was so much like the To-
|quisi,ion Of Rome, thatsome OF the most
Influential and respectable men IN town
we're heard 10 say that the chopping block
was all that was needed 10 make the work
complete, and that they would rather be
hanged and done with il than be tried by
such tribunal. The men here alluded
10, who made these and other similar ex-
Oressions, were not Non -Resistants, but
bev spoke the mind Of every intelligent,
humane man in town. The whole town
aens 10 be in an uproar about i, and
probably will not outgrow il for FIVE years.
Even the Congregational Minister him
self protests against it.
do not impute all this to willful ugli-
ness, but rather 10 ignorance. Light is
all that can save the world, aud Christ is
the true light. knowledge is al that San
save men from error and vice. Therefore
the insligators AMI managers Of the late
af,ir in this town are objects Of pity rath-
er Than envy. |
The following is a copy Of the writ and
service on J. A. Spear. without altsEaton
OF correction: ~
St,te Of Vermont To any Sheriff or Con.
0rnee County stable in the State,
a'eai ai .g Greeting
By the authority of the State OF Yer
moul You are hereby communicable sum
mon Jacob A Spear of Rraintree IN the
County Of Orange 10 appear before me o..
nv house 90 the 18th day OF July A ID
|1S43 at Q O clock ia the forenoon then
and there TO show cause, If any he has,
wby Judgment should not be rendered
gains, him for the forfeiture OF 1915 Tor
noaap appearance and nonequipmenls at the
company inspection of arms and election
Io[ o. Ulcers, holden at the center Meeting
IIlouse in said Braintree on The 9th day
|of June last past, Here Of fail not, but
make servis add return according TO law :
DneI at Braintree this 3fd day ofJuly
A D, Is43
IA Vance Justice Of Peace
Oranoe) Braintree july 5. tS43
County then searved this Summons
on the with in nan ed defendant BY leav-
iug atru and a,tested co ny at his last and
usual place Of eb ode with his vile she
Bling person of suitable age y deere
ion Residing thare at IN,
g ATTEST Benz B Chase Constable
olru Copy Attest Benz B-Chase Constable
There we're twenty three indicted il
this manner. most of whom are poor men
scarcely able 10 support their families.
The court commenced on the fourteenth
when il was proved that their doings wer
illegal and grouudless. AT any rate, thos
very things were proved, that the Judg
Advocate General saidlifthey were prov
ed, would upset the whole conceIn, Bu
by this time the Judge Advocate Genera
had condescendeG to be petty lawyer TO
he State, and could tell quite dittercr
story, which the court received for truth
as unhesilalingly as the young bro r'
ceives food from its mother, while he pan
no attention TO whatthe defendants said
proved. The Court was sworn as awl
ness, and stated things under oath, col
cerniug which, on being questioned in n
alton 10 them, he said be would not b
positive, he could notrecollectso 81
IL was proved that there was no Cler
10 the company, and thntthe ont who o
6ciated as Clerk was not Clerk, and 'hS
never been appointed as such, only by Il
Captain. The law says the Clerk sha
be appointed BY The higher Officers. b
The court ruled ii all down. and assum,
the power Of fixingsit up to his own ii
ing, and making such corrections as
saw fit. sat 1aTs rseb.e $3.50 [.
The Constitution Of Vermont gwou
give tue defendants jury, and there W
no law againsiiheir having jury.
cordingiv aiury WINS called for. bu. |
court f0rbid.it. Il am Ioldolhat he saic
he went according to the Consiitution,,
suffered them TO have a jury, they wo'
all get clear and in Orderto collect Fl
Ofthem he was obliged 10 go against
Constitution Before they got throu