Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1868-06-05
Windsor County Court.
MAY TERM, 1868.


Judge, aud Hon. John S. Marcy, an'
Hon. Calvin French, assistant Judges.
From the report in the Woodstock
Standard, we take the following:
Tuesday, May 26.
The Court was opened at 10 o'clock by
proclamation by the Sheriff in the usua
form. Prayer was offered by Rev. A. G.
Stevens of the Methodist Church in this
village.
The Grand Jury was called and sworn
and is us follows:
Barnard, Lucian Blackmer, Hum
phrcy Wheelock Bridgewater, Solomon
| Warren, Napoleon b. Southgate; Hart
ford, Leonard Hazen, William G. Cham
dler; HartIand, ID. Cabbott, Benjamin
Fletcher; Pomfret, Kimball Buss, Ora
Paul; Reading, Elisha w. Watkins ;
Luther Kendall; Sharon, Horace Fales,
Horace Marsh Woodstock, Henry w.
English, Daniel Taft, Nathan T. Church
i'll, Benjamin +. Turner.
Jasper Hazen was sworn as the officer
of the jury. The petit jury was then
called and sworn. The following consti-
tute the jury;
Baltimore, Lewis Bemis, Martin V.
Bemis Cavendish, Jonas p. Bayley, N.
C. Bigelow, Gilbert |. Spaulding, Ira
Morse; Hartford, Benjamin Carpenter,
Irvine Russ; Norwich, Calvin f. Seaver,
Henry c. Burton; Plymouth, Henry F.
Pinney, Levi b. Moore, Benjamin c.
Weston; Reading, Carlos Wardner, Ros-
well w. Hoadley; Weathersfeld, Amos
b. Cook; Charles S. Stearns, Frederick
L. Putnam; West Windsor, Zenas San
ders, Egerton Sprague; Windsor, VIM.
III. Lemmex, Allen w. Mather, Charles
Story, Ira B. Savage.
The Judge delivered to the jury
brief charge impressing upon them the
Importance of impartiality in arriving
verdicts and the great evil of men acting
as jurymen who are not honest, who are
knaves, who get upon juries for the very
purpose of giving verdicts to parties for
whom they may feel an interest Some
persons, there is reason to believe, hang
about courts for the purpose of clandes-
timely influencing the jury, and he said
if any authentic cases of this kind should
come to the knowledge Of the court, the
parties so offending would not find it
very profitable employment. The judge
aid he was led to this line of remark by
he fact that recently there have been
,ases in the state where this thing has
been practised, particularly the McDan-
els will case in Rutland, where it was
arried on most openly and shamefully.
And he had been reliably informed that
Turing the past two or three years in
his county individual jurors had COM
nitted perjury and a crime against jus
ice by claiming not to have any knowl-
dye of causes tried before them, when in
act they had decided upon their verdict
before the trial began.
Sylvester Sterling " William Quimby,
:. b. Baldwin, Ex'r. For the plaintiff,
Vashburn & Marsh. For the defendant,
french & Johnson and Mr.. Lamb. Ac-
ion for trespass. A Mr.. Adams sold to
'laintiff piece eff timber land, reserv-
ng the timber thereon. Subsequently
ADAMS bargained the timber to defend
mt, but afterwards sold it to plaintiff
nd gave a quit claim deed, which was
ecorded. Notwithstanding defendant
vent on and cut off the timber, claiming
0 do so by parol license. The Court de-
ided that the license was sufficient and
ERECTED the jury to find for defendant.
'laintiff excerpts and the case goes up.
Solomon Keyes V. James w. Fulton,
pit. For the plaintiff Mr.. Davis and
fr. Converse. For the defendant Wash
urn q Marsh. Action of trespass for
hree colts, taken to satisfy tax against
laintiif. Plaintiff denied thelegality Of
he tax, and brought this action to re-
over for the property taken to satisfy it.
'arties agreed to submit the matter to
FILTRATION, and an award was made for
efendant, but the plaintiff insisted that
e revoked the submission before the
ward was made, and the question was
pom the sufficiency of the revocation.
he Court pro forma, ruled the revoca-
ion insufficient, and ordered verdict
Or defendant. The case goes to the Su-
rene Court on exceptions.
Wednesday, 81.
On the assembling of the Court in the
fternoon the Grand Jury came in and
resented two bills of Indictment against
Iran Miller for murder, one against
Eliza Green of Ludlow, and one against
george Rhleu, both for larceny. They
'ere then discharged by the Court. No
ases being ready for trial, the Court ad-
burned for the day.
On Thursday, May 2Sth, the case ,Je-
ome Atwood v. Oramel Hutchinson was
iken up.
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