The Vermont transcript. [volume] (St. Albans, Vt.) 1864-1870, 1865-06-30
ST. lLBANS RAIDERS.
Franklin County Court,
special Tcrm---.Jsnc, 1865.
TRIAL OF HEzEKrAH PAYNE,

TRIAL OF HEZEKrArI PAYNE,
charged with the Murder or Elinus j.
Morrison. At ~. Adams, October 10. 1864.
Specially reported for the Vermont Transcript.
At the special Term of the Franklin
County Court ordered for the trial of
Hezekiah Payne upon an indictment
found by a special Grand Jury at the
April Term, 1865, the Hon. John Pier
point, of Vergennes, presides, aided by
the Hon. Royal I. Bingham, Assistant
Judge. In view Of the fact that Hon.
Asa Owen Adds and Hon. Romeo H.
Hoyt were stockholders in the banks
which were robbed, aud have taken ac-
tive part in bringing the robbers and
murderers to justice, those gentlemen
very properly, as all must admit de
cline serving officially in the trial Of
the repondent
TUESDAY, June 20.
Court was opened by an appropri-
ate prayer by the Rev, J. Isham Bliss.
Rector Of st, Luke's Church, St Al
bans,
Ihe following persons, having been
summoned as petit jurors, with one or
4 two exceptions, were present and an
Eswered to their names when called by
the County Clerk; Georgia, Edward
P Clark Cephas a. Hotehl,iss
and Isaac T. Davis, ST. .Hia,s,
Merrill Ladd and Jethro Parsons;
Sr0e'oh Asahel A. Brooks and Milton
il. Bliss HIghgate, Zephaniah X. Dru-
y and Hiram Skeels; Franklin, Al
Pearson, Henry Bowman and Asa
Hammond; Sheldon, Richard A. Shat
tuck, John Goodsell; Fairfeld, Charles
K Soule and Daniel Leach; Fait7ar,
Arson B. Story, Isaac I. Paris and
Harmon T. johnson; Fletcher, Tina G.
Chase and David A. Shepardson; Ba-
1er3eld, Simon G. Start and Dennis
Is Oyitt; Eaosburgh, John Spooner,
John F. Baker, Hiram NJ. Whitcomb
sand Gardner 5. Fassctt; Berkshire,
Henry Ladd, Henry c. Colcord and
Jonathan W. Leayens; Richford, Reu-
pen Combs, Alfred Ct. Smith and Geo.
fhnt; Montgomery, Heman Hopkins,
.JF, Dolphus Gates and Joel Good
Speed
Julian H Dewey, Esq, States At
s'orheN conducted the prosecution,
s'ided by his partner, Guy C, Noble,
Jana ). Rand, Esquires. The respond
'h' counsel are Messrs. ID. r. Bal
Ivy and II. S. Royce, assisted by
Nlessrs Park Davis and George L.
Houghton,
iHe following persons were peremp-
s.onIy challenged Messrs. Al Pearson,
'ieFrIlI Ladd, Gardner S. Fassett, Da-
nus A. Shepardson and Reuben
'o@os The following gentlemen
were excused for cause: Messrs. Je-
su'o Parsons, Daniel Leach, Milton
a. Bliss, John p. Baker, Jonathan w.
Aea'ens, Alfred G.. Smith, Asa Ham
inond' Cephas A. Hotchkiss, Richard
a. ohattnek, Edward z. Clark. After
r'SSlng upon all interlocutory ques-
SUNS the following jurors We're finally
~P"nelled and duly sworn to try said
%uSe' Arson b. Story, Zephaniah X.
Jury Simeon G.. Start, Asahel A.
LOUIS Hiram Skeels, Harmon 7.
ol' John Spooner, Dennis S.
o'i,'' Isaac I. Davis, Henry C. Col
lo'o' Henry Ladd and Heman Hop
ans 1r' The following persons were
W.T." as officers to take charge of said
Jurors A. j. Soule, d. U. Smith Eph.
ri. Corliss, Hiram H. Rawson and
julius Halbert. ''
a. iae prisoner having heretofore, on
,ap md day of May. 1865, been ar
Ut ''aHea and put to plead and pleaded
I gully the County Clerk read the
;nsi to the Jurors. This was an
''''meht Of four counts CHARGING
m,,a others the prisoner with the
I ralaer of Elinus j. Morrison. on the
conn. Gay of October, 1864. First
bv ps charges that the pistol was shot
emmett II. Young; second count