Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1855-01-12
Law in Vermont.

We find in our exchanges the following re-
ports of interesting cases tried before the
different County Courts during their recent
sessions
ADDISON CouNTY CouRr-Deccmhor Term
-SyircStcr s. willard rs. Hcnry Hp,ce etai
Action Of assault and battery. First de-
fcndant is a conductor on the Rutland and
Burlington Railroad, and torcibly removed
Willard from the cars, (while on his way
from Nergennes to Burlington,) he refusing
either to leave or to pay his fare, claiming
validity for check that had been given seye-
raj days previous On Il through ticket from
New York to Burlington. Verdict for de-
PENDANTS
Jane S,mouds rs. Victor Wught-This
case was an action for breach of marriage
promise, and excited an unusual degree Of
interest, the court house being crowded
throughout the trial The evidence was all
most exclusively that of the parties them
selves, whose testimony on the important
point was entirely al variance. The jury re
turned a verdict for the plaintit-damagc
$1,000.
The Grand Jury found a true bill agninst
Sheldon Pond for the murder of Decatur
Cheney.
WISDsoR COUNTY CoURr-December Term.
! and others Action of eiectment for lands in
Sharon reserved in the charter of the town,
for the Society in England for the Propaga-
tion of the Gospel III Foreign Parts. Plea,
the general issue. The case turned upon
| questions of law which were discussed by the
counsel. The court ordered verdict for the
defendants A review was entered by the
plaintiffs.
Daniel likens and wite rs. Alfonso Bir5y
and Martin Solicitation of trespass on the
case alleging that the plaintiffs on the first
day of January, 1852, and afterwards, were
owners of an undivided third part of a grist
mill in Barnard, and that the defendants, as
occupants of said mill so ncgligently and
carecssly used and occupied the said mill,
that ON the 18th day of May, 1852, it was
wholly destroyed by fire, and all the fixtures
furnishings and machinery belonging and ap-
purtenant to said mill were wholly destroyed
by fire.
The jury returned verdict for the defend
ants.
WINDHAN COUNTY Court Session for Nov.
S. r. Hemcnwdy rs. SIMON MycrS.-This
was an action of assumpsit, brought by the
plaintiff as bearer of two promissory notes
originally made by the defendant TO one
PhGbe Myers. For the defence, it was in
sisted list That one of said notes had
been paid while the original payee held the
same and that the other note was given with
out consideration, ID That both notes were
not made negotiable, and that the word
bearer had been subsequently, interlined in
each of the notes without the defendants
knowledge or consent, and under the ruling
of the court, the question of the defendant S
| liability mainly turned upon this point.
The Court instructed the jury, that al
though they should find that the word bearer
was not in said notes at the time of their
execution, yet if at any time while they were
current, the defendant made the notes nego-
/ table, or consented that they should be SO
made or acquesced in such alterations and
promised to pay them, he was liabe-other-
! wise not,
The jury were out all night, and returned
a verdict for the plaintiff to recover $40 Al
and his costs,
State rs. George Ddridson.-The respond
ent was charged with stealing four sheep,
the property of Ruel L, Rugg and Truman
Cobb, from the barn of the said Rugg, in Ja-
maica, on the 10th ady of November, 1858.
Plea, not guilty. Verdict of guilty by the
jury. Sentence by the court, two years in
the State prison.