Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1866-12-19
Judge keyCS' Brief.

Judge Keyes' Brief.
+. Keyes' Brief i'm Frederick Chusman's s
Cause keyes.
First-E. Keyes, Ephram w. Bisbee and
others-Entered icto partnership: for the pur-
pose of Building Blast Furnace in the State
of New-york-and said +. w. Bisbee was
made Agent and Clerk of Co.-to Build said
Furnas-aDd stock it with ore-and Cole and
10 purchase the land the ore was upon and
the land for the nessery Buildings TO acome-
date the Furnas and nothing more was sd
Bsbee Authorized TO do for said Furnas Corr
pany-
I'd SADIE Bisbee in violation of his Furnas
Contract Bought OF Frederick Cushman--4n
oled Misrable Distiilery and Cituation-and
gave E. Reyes and Co not for the same with
out f. keyes Consent and intirely against
keyes wiil-and this Bisbee and Cushman
Botn we'll knew and understood and would
it be obvious every Man of Common
Sense and uprigbtness TO Clearly and be-
leve-that Blsbee aud Cushnan was Com
bined with others: perhaps the worst of Rog-
to Cneat keyes out OF many thousand dol
lars.
31-FredericN Cushmaa mas had TWO triels
before Rutland County Court-on this note
before two Jureys Consisting OF II good men
each and has got twice B.tOn aud now pleeds
for new trial upon the ground that the
Judges /; gave charge to the Jury Contrary 10
law
and Cushman urges q mother powerful Re ason
Tor new trlel /; He tells the Hon. Court
that Bsoee Is poor and unable to pay up his
nots but tina, Elias keyes Bisoee par tner IN
the Furnls Concern Is S.Ill able 20 pay up ali
Blsbees traudlent Debts.
| An the general Assembly of VI mas taken
| l
whoom Key >es had grete confidence in: Both
for his talents: and knoege OF heyes Case
before me Courts of Nermont-ths Hon. J.
| CJlemar.
9TH their is now pending before Rutland
County Court against keyes a mother Suit at
law-of the same Carrecler of This which
new trlel is petitloned for
| oh viii u not be Best for the Hon Supreme
| Court 10 continue this new triel until they
| Her the event Of the verdict Of the jury be-
fore Tue Rutland County Court.
7lh first pleed that Blsbee had not any au-
thorlty to purchase said distiilery and Mix
whiskee win ore-Cole-and iron
| Sh plsed that +. Cushman had not any
| Right to sell to Bi,bee-and take Furnas CO.:
notes when he often warned against 50
doing.
9.n peed that according to the deeds done
10 the body that Bisbee ought 10 be worked
do,gn mo said Furnas-and Rune into Pig
Iron.
lO.h that +. Cushman ought to be dssll-
| ed the distllery and Rune into potato whis-
Aey
l1th that the Court ought to Lhink and con-
cud what IS best 10 do vita two such incorrigi-
bic Kognes
12Jn that L. Cushman went to keyes 10 Nor
folk to take Dispositions in his cause against
Frederick C4shman-and l there found by the
people generally that ia their upiDyons Bisbee
-Cushman taylor and other hai ment TO
rouge heyes out OF al the property they possi-
bly Could.
l3Lh now Isaac Cushman well know that
/ C4nnot do the justice to this Canse that Hon
jacob Coleman which i Low the bench
Could DO-Hls being 50 long investigating he
incorrigabie Conduct OF Bi-bee; FreGrick Cush-
man aud others-but since the hon. Collemer
is gone on the Bench and l am appointed
keyes Councis-and will Do the Best | Can
for the injured Man-and | hope that The Hon.
Court VIII have P-llence with Me:
l4th the Attorney upon the olher side will
bring against yon all the old Musty law Books
Of Eng and and the other United States
will pieed that tney applicable to this case;
you must study your law books-overset law
Justice and equity and the former Courts (; and
"a Jurors which has twice tired this cause
l5.h-E. keyes Dus not know the Excep-
tions taken against the Charge of the jndge in
this Cause IheIrioTe he cannot make short
Brief; CORRECTLY on this point
lon General Clark is one OF Ny atturneys;
| and plees to show this Brief HIM.
I7lh Consider this Brief-but Keep it safe
until you return it Back to Me, but If you can
make Better lhen take but little notis Of
this
: 18Th ~hen you plead before the Hon. Su-
preme Court OF VermOnt-treet them with the
greatest respect for it is due TO their carrac
tors and hope the judges will bs instructed
from abOve-So that they ca1 see truth and
Errors-also see FAlsehoods-and ucorrigibl,
knavery.
/ 10 h wish and pray that our high and
Hon Supreme Court will have wisdom sent &c
them sufficient for them to separate Fur
mas Iron partnership Contract from all knave
who are STRIVING to unite Furnas and Dstiery
together
20th fully believe that the Court will punish
the wicked even if it should D.splease them
wicked men namely y-Frederick Cushman
E. W. Bsbee; and Esqr Hu,chins in my opin
iou a. these three len have been united in the
Dist!iery Fraud now one sues-the other
two testlys but in the Eld all 3 are to De
vide the punder like many robbers ol
] thefes
2lst and last remark-Benedict Arnold sold
nimStH ana west point 10 the Dritlsu iol TIE
sum of sc. 600 pounds.
Bsbee-F. Cushnan aud Huchins Dis
troyed Furnas and Furna> Com puny; by buck
ing, Defraudng plundering, and damaging
Keyes ought OF $50 900 and now keyes asks
! if all the afor esaid Men ought not TO be sent
; to old Saint Helene or some other He'll TO
punishment this short Brief; keyes submits
) to his Minister of law the Hon Jacob Cola
} mer general Clark, Esqr Isaac Cushman, 70,
their Conslderation.-FrOmt the Rutidnd Coua
ty Independent.