National opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1865-1874, 1867-01-04
Orange County Court.
pEc,lBER TERM, 1851.

Hon. Hon. M Sntnsn's cs k11s' Asst. Jud.
S Wednesday, Dec. II.
No. 80. Lewis Dickinson V. AFRO
B. Drew. Verdict for plff. 5000;
cost s44.29. Counsel for plff. Carpen-
ter and Hebard; for deft., Lamb
and Denison.
Friday, 18th.
No. SO. w. p. Bowman V. l. Kim
ball Bancroft. Jury not agreed
Monday, 10th.
No. 80. Chas. Bronsdon V. 81
mon Brockway. Verdict for plff.
sl41.O6. Perrin for plff. Rowell
and Wilson for def.
Wednesday, 18th.
No. 81. Horace j. johnson V.
Daniel r. Sargent. Suit to settle
boundry lines of lots of land in
Orange. Verdict for plff. $40.
White, Denison and Dillingham; for
plff., Hebards for def.
Monday, Dec. %.
No. G7. Samuel T. Champney,
apt, V. the Estate Of Mary Champ
ney; Mary b. Stevens claimant, and
Others.
This case was continued after the
trial had commenced, on terms fixed
by the court. Leslie and Rogers
for pff., Dickey for dcft.
AS the case set for the jury i'm
media:ely proceeding the Champ
ney case had been arbitrated, after
No. 81 was closed on Saturday, the
members of the bar were taken by
surprise, and when No. 60 went off
| there was no case ready for trial and
the Jury cases on the civil docket
were ended here.
State V. Nespucius Daily was set
for trial Tuesday, Dec. "a, and was
commenced on that day. The re
Spondent was charged with having
burned a barn in Topsham Belonging
to JAS. &. Stevens, containing some
30 or 60 flceces of wool. 1t was
claimed that he, with some others,
| had stolen the wool and burned the
barn to cover the theft. The wool
has never beed found. Daily has
/ lain in Jail since last summer for the
want of bail, and demanded trial
ut this term. The prosecution de
pended on a confession made by
Daily, to prove his guilt. But as
he had mace two confessions. one
under some promise OF protection on
the part of the town, grand juror and
the prosecution failed to snow that
this promise was withdrawn at the
time of the confession, on which re
lance was bad for proof of guilt, the
jury returned a verdict of Not
guilty." and Daily was acquitted.
White, States attordey, for prosecu-
ton.
Ii was understood that the muir
der ease of State Y. Fox was to be
fred this term, and after the close
Of the Daily case. the Court com
menc2d empannelling jury for the
the trial of Fox. On Saturday,
Dee. %. the whole jury in court was
exhausted ana only five Jurors EN-
paunelled. Officers were lmmedl
ately sent throughout the county tf
summon other jurors. Judge fech
WAS one of the Judges assigned Il
the Chittenden Co. Supreme Court
to sit the second week in January
but he had decided to remain and
try Fox. Saturday night, however
he received word that he could not
be spared at Burlington, and the
Fox case had to be continued.
Court issues were tried Monday
aud Tuesday, and Tuesday night
the Dec. Term of Orange Go. Court
closed.
We have received a copy of Wal
tons Vermont Register for 1868
published by the Claremont Manu-
featuring Go. 1t is got up in goot
, style and contains the same matte
as usual.
Heavenly Tidings is the title of
monthly paper published by TIN
r Young Mems Chl istian Association
p Burlington, price % cents year.
+. There are % associations in VT.
There are in the Vermont Univei
Il sity and State Agricultural Colleg
Il A academic students, II scientiti
a and agricultural students, and D
3 medical students, making total
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