The Vermont transcript. [volume] (St. Albans, Vt.) 1864-1870, 1864-10-14
Franklin County Court.

,eny, by entering the store Of j. Rus
sell Arlington, September 2oth, 1864
md stealing from the safe Of Mr.. Ar
$1,000, the property Of Ben
amin +. Rugg, Esq, was pending last
Thursday at the hour Of our going to
press We continue, in brief, our
court calender, presuming it may be Of
general interest to our readers.
THURSDAY, Oct. 6.
The attention OF the judges of the
County Court was called to eirone-
Gus statements printed in the St. Al
bans Daly Messenger, and it was
claimed by Jasper Rand, Esq, on be
half Of the prisoner, Gibson, that such
publications of gross errors during the
progress Of this trial were calculated to
create prejudice against the accused,
if that daily paper should
chance to fall into the hands of the
jurors who were considering the case.
The Court announced that upon a writ
ten motion aud proof of the contin-
uance of any such publications as Mr..
Rand represented, the Court would is
sue an attachment and bring the prin-
tors of that paper before the Court to
be dealt with for undertaking to inter
fere with the due execution of public
justice. The trial then proceeded.
After completing the examination Of
Mr. b. f. Rugg, on behalf of the ac-
cused the following witnesses were in
troduced, in course, by counsel for the
prisoner. Mrs. James Gibson, (moth-
er Of the accused), Mrs. Morcisseau,
Edward G. Gallar, George jacques,
George S. Bronson, William Watson,
John Carroll, John McCarrol
As rebutting evidence the State then
introduced the testimony of J. r.. Ar
mington, Nelson H. Arlington, r. r.
Sherman, Charles Hubbard, of st
Johns, G. f., James Roach, Jr., and
Levi Newcomb, and with these wit
nesses the testimony on both sides
was closed.
FRIDAy, Oct. 7.
The opening argument on behalf o
the Government was made by Dana r
Bailey, Esq. He was followed on be
half of the accused by Messrs j. Ran,
and II. S. Royce, whose arguments
lasted until the adjournment Of the
Court at o'clock 2. NJ. In the even
ing session of the Court was held
which was largely attended. The i'll
contrived and poorly ventilated cour
room being packed with ladies ane
gentlemen who felt nm intense interes
in this peculiar and mysterious case
n. f. Wood, Esq, States Attorney
completed his argument against tn,
prisoner after 8 o clock, and thereupol
the Court adjourned.
SATURDAY, Oct, 8.
Judge Adds delivered his charge t.
the jury in the morning (after som
motions for continuance had been dis
posed of which lasted until after
o'clock, and then the case went to til
jury. This charge was exceedingly in
teresting able and impartial, and riyi
ted the attention of the large audienc
of ladies and gentlemen in attendanc
from the commencement to the enc
Concise, lucid in his statement of til
general features Of the case, keen an
searching in his analysis of the test
mony bearing upon the different point
in issue, plain and methodical in til
enunciation of the principles Of til
law which were to govern in the tria
His Honor, the presiding Judge, deli,
cred one of the best charges it wa
ever the good fortune of tho reportc
hereof to listen to. The choice Eli
glish and faultless diction Of the charg,
as well as the genial and kindly ton
of humanity which pervaded it, wel
calculated both TO challenge admire
ton and respect.
So far as regards the arguments
counsel in this case as well as in I'll
. murder trial which had preceded i
/ there was evidence of eloquence an
industry the council for the State di
I charging their duty with ability an
a energy and the counsel for the a
I cused arguing on his behalf at grei
length and with much force and eflec
1t was obvious that great amount
> labor had been expended in the prep
ration of this case on behalf Of II
, prisoner as well as on behalf of IL
State, the Government attorney sparir
4 no time, trouble and expense in sustain
y ing the indictment found by the gran
jury and the counsel for the accuse
! equally yigilant and jealous in rebu
ting any testimony that might seem
establish his guilt. There was grei