The Vermont transcript. [volume] (St. Albans, Vt.) 1864-1870, 1864-09-30
Franklin County Court.
September Term, 1904.

Ryan,appelleo VS.. Mary Weston apell-
ant, being a suit for the recovery of dam
ages for a vexatious suit heretofore
brought by Mrs. Weston against said
Ryan-was pending.
FmDAY, Sept. %
The arguments in Ryan VS.. Weston,
were finished and the jury charged by
the court in the verdict
for the defendant to recover her costs,
Messrs. Mylpn Buck and Heman S.
Royce argued tl,c case for the plaintiff
and Mcssrs Edison and Rand for the
defendant.
The State VS.. Patrick and James Ry-
an Of Fairfield, being an Information
filed by the States attorney for as
saulting and beating Mr.. Merritt
Hook Of Fletcher, was commenced
and occupied the court and jury until
Saturday morning, when the verdict
Of guilty was returned by the jury.
n. T. Wood, Esq, States attorney APP
pearvd FOR the State, and Messrs. Dew
ey & Noble for the respondent.
SATURDAY, Sept "a.
In tho matter of the application of the
States attorney for the appointment of
an Assistant States attorney to try the
case Of james Gibson, the court declined
to make AZ appointment Mr.. Thomas
Failey was sworn in rs special depu-
+ ty to take charge of the jury during
the Term.
The case the State VS. Park Louks,
of Essex, on an Indictment for stealing
from John Toof, at Franklin on the
22d day of August, 1864, one tub of
butter of the value of twenty dollars,
was then tried and the result was n
verdict of guilty. Exceptions were
taken to the charge Of the court on
points raised by the counsel for the
prisoner. n f. Wood, Esq, States
attorney, appeard for the State. and
Messrs. Heman s. Royce and George
F. Houghton acted MS counsel for the
respondent.
MONDAY Sept. %.
The trial of the murder case en-
/ titled the State VS.. Martha d. Clark.
was assigned for this day, and after
some time was spent in empanelling
the jurors, the following gentlemen
were finally constituted and sworn as
the panel:
Charles r. Soule, d. b. Stetson,
Charles S. McAllister, Merritt Curtis,
Reuben Armstrong, William Parks,
James c. Towle, William f. Wiley, J.
Parmalee Hunt, Daniel NORM, John
Head and Henry c. Green.
Norman f. Wood, Esq, States at
torney, then made an opening state
ment to the jury, in which he stated
: that the Government expected to prove
that on the eighth day of September,
A. ID. 1868, Isaiah Rouillard, of AL
} burgh, in company with two Other
| middle aged men, went to the respon-
= dents house, in Swanton to sell some
l huckleberries. They had double
team and large load of berries which
D they were peddling through Swantor
village on that day After remaining
+ n short time in Mrs. Clark house the,
l. went out to their wagon, and prepared
! to go away. The deceased went bacl
: to the house for his knife which h,
b had used there while whiting. Find
G ing the door fastened Mr. RouillarC
, spoke to respondent at the window
asking for his knife-she told him h
8 had no knife there. Mr.. RouillarC
1 said he had and that he dropped it b.
e the chair where he had been sitting
She insisted that he had no knife ther
= and told him to clear out. He the
T. took hold of the door latch and sal,
f he would go rs soon as she would Civ
n him his knife, She then said that
he did not clear out she would shoe
him; and while his hand was upon til
door latch asking for his knife sh
fired gun through a knot-hole in tn
: door and the charge took effect in tn
right side of his abdomen, inhictinl
n mortal wound, of which ho died il
= twenty-four hours.
/ The following witnesses on be
|, half of the State were examined o
e Monday afternoon; James Mayou an
Dr. Hiram +. Stevens.
i TUESDAY, Sept. 81.
d The following State witnesses wer
If examined through the day: Isaia
n Boutin, William H. Blake, Asahel A
" Brooks, DR.. Dana j. Morrill,, Charlie
ID. Staples, Henry Campbell, d.
II George NJ. Hall, William Ii. Bell an
J. John Mullen. With the evidence {
o the foregoing witnesses the state rest
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