Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1869-04-01

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convened at the usual hour, and the prose
/ cution recalled Allen Sanderson, witness
e who had already testified, Considerable
L discussion took place between counsel in re
i gard to the admission of cumulative evi
: dence, and also as to the admissihiity o
|, evidence tending to contradict the testimony
u of the respondents as witnesses; upon which
the Court ruled.
, Hr. SdnderSon, testified: | have known
y Ziba Plumley ever since have been ole
; enough to attend public meeting; | have
> known him for % years; | have heard his
: reputation for truth and veracity questioned
i with some, and some the other way
e think his general reputation for truth and
veracity is not on par with people in gen
, eral: have known Horace Plumley since
he was a young man; his reputation for
truth and veracity Is not on par with peo-
. pie in general, according 20 the speech oi
5 people, the same is true as 10 Frederick
, Plumley; Eam Clark's general reputation
r for truth and veracity is very bad.
Crosse rdmiRGtion- - | am the Deputy
Sheriff who arrested these respondents; |
am the jailer in this place; | have given the
States Attorney what information | had,
when was called upon by him, and have
suggested TO him the names of the wit
: nesses.
!, The Respondents counsel here proposed
10 inquire about the reputation of witnesses
for the state, objected TO by counsel for the
prosecution, and it was excluded by the
court.
AmherSt Aldrich, being sworn testified;
reside in the east part of Shrewsbury nearly
five miles from the Plumley school house in
District No. s; | saw Horace Plumlev the
night after his arrest on this charge; went
to the wagon and said, Horace have been
g.; H,tyhi 10 Et,, IaII Ia,
give you up now" he said Il think you
have Amherst" then after thew went into
the town clerk office ! went TO him and
said Horace, you must have been awful
mad. says he 81 wasn't, was COOL; /
asked him had mt you been drink
ing" says he, 81 hadn't drank a
mite that dav," SAYS / Horace, | don't
see how YOU could do it,; saws he what
would you have done, they have been shoot
ing at me all summer, was born in
Shrewsbury; and have always resided there
and have known Ziba Plumley as long as
have known any one; | should rather not
say anything about his reputation for truth
and yeracity; for the past two or three
years his reputation has not stood as well
for truth and vcracity; has not stood as
well as men in general; within two or three
years past in the opinion of people Horace
has not stood on a par for truth with people
in general.
Cr0ss-ernmiH1tjoa,- There was a good
many around there when | had these con
yersatous with Horace; | don't know as
any one heard it: have spoken OF II a good /
many times since; and with different people: /
have not taken an active interest in this f
matter; the reputation Of the Plumlcy's for
truth has been somewhat influenced by the /
controversy with the Balch's old Mr.. I
Balch ha. large landed property in that
neigh borhoed.
y LII, al 4
reside at the middle OF the town OF Shrews-
bury; | have been oycrscer of the poor
there; Horace told me he was going TO arm .
himself 10 keep the Balch's and all Of their
tribe off of his land; | have used his Ian
guagc, pretty much his words; | have
knowledge Of the general report IN reference
10 /iba Plumley, for truth and yeracity, il
Is not on par with men in general; the
reputation of Horace Plumley is not on
par with men in general, for truth and
yeracity; and Frederick general reputa-
ton IS the same; the general reputation Of
Isaac Holden is not on a par for turth and
veracity with people in general.
Cross Examination. - The conversation
with Horace was about a year ago; | never
bad 4.tEs@.I..~- ---i.L. IIa-~.e ra Isl.a
Plumley; there has been no difficulty
between me and any of the Plumeys; /
was called TO make statement Of what took
place between me and Ziba in a pauper
case, where /iba and did not agree.
Henry C. GLEASON, being sworn testified
| reside in the centre of Shrewsbury; /iba
Plumiey's reputation, for truth and veracity,
Is not on par with men IN general; | am
acquainted somewhat with the reputation of
Horace Plumley for truth and yeracity; il
Is not quite up 10 the standing of men in
general; | know Frederick Plumley very
well; don't know but he stands fair in his
general reputation for truth and yeracity
don't know what j. the reputation for truth
and veracity Of Elam Clark, nor OF Isaac
Holden.
Cross Examination In general, when
have heard the reputation of Plumleys
spoken of, il has usually been in connection
with their difficulties with Balch.
Horace n. DyT, being sworn, testified
| reside in Rutland; know liam Clark |
know very little about his general repnta-
ton for truth aud yeracty; / cant say n
know anything against his truth and
ycracitv.
James H1ao0H, being sworn testified.
reside at Cuttin-svlllc; Elam Clark resided ,
there some time about two years ago: his
general reputation, for truth and veracity
has not been questioned 10 my knowledge;
the general reputation Of Zba Plumle'. .
not on par with men in general, ior truth
and vn"-'efy; the r"pasation of Horace
rluInlcy, for trutn and yeracifv l. not good l
in my neighbOrhood all the Piumleys {
stand about alike where live: | don't !
know the reputation Of Isaac Holden.
Cross Examination 1T is some eight or
ten years since ! have heard my neighbors q
speak OF their reputation for truth and
yeracity; Fred. has an unfayorable repnta- $
I.
Simon Gould. being sworn, testified; | d
reside IN Shrewsbury: | am acquainted /,
Win Fam Clark; his general reputation for
ruth and yeracity is not on a par with men !,
~ general, according TO the speech of !
people, Zlba flumIeys reputation, for !
ruth and Neracity, Is not on a par with men b
n general; the general reputation of Horace d
'lumley, for truth and veracify. is below f,
)ar; the reputation for truth and yeracity
If Frederick Plumley, | have not heard 50
much about, but il is not on par with men a.
n general; Isaac Holde Is reputation, for OF
ruin ana Veracltv, IS below par in the COM h;
nunry in which live. "
Cross Examination II am n cousin of III
Ohm Gilman, Jr.; l. have known Isaac IL
iolden since he was three years old: am :,
cqualnted with his reputation; | have =
eard some talk that Fred. was not on U
ar with men in general, for truth and
eracity; Isaac II. Balch is my uncI.. Fl,
Hiram Cook being sworn testified be
eside in Shrewsbury; am ACQUAINTED N
nth Liba Plumley; his general reputation h;
Dr. truth ana veracity, in the community ,,,
when I'VE, Is not on par with men in =.
enerai l am not acquainted with the
equation OF Horace and Frederick Plum w
~; reside between the middle of the town re
nd Northam, about IL miles from, Ziba be
lumley. ON
Cr0ss-eIdiaination-I have been ac- ba
TAINTED with the Plumley's as witnesses re
have been on jury in lawsuits between
iba Plumley and Balch, where Frederick ed
nd Horace have been witnesses, and don't fB
now as l have heard anything said about m,
leir reputation for truth and veracity. tb
Henry Il. Stdrkey, being sworn testifi- WI
|: L reside in Shrewsbury; I have al m,
avs been acquainted with Ziba Plum fro
y; his general reputation for truth and Ia
racity is under par the general reputa. to
On OF Horace Plumley for truth and tar