The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1869-12-21
Addison County Court

The December term of the Addison
County Court opened on Tuesday, CHIEF
Justice Pierpont presiding Assistant
Judges Hon Norman j Allen and Hong
K Ferre. Prayer by Rev L 8 Walker
The Grand jurors were called and swdr n
as follows,
ST Brevoort, Addison Marshal Smith,
Bridport j B Farr, Bristol Frank Bond,
Cornwall c G Martin, Ferrisburgh; VIM
b Flint, Leicester C W Burnham, Lin
coin f Vallette, Middlebury Lucius E
Smith, Monkton f S Bottom, New Ha-
ven S y Warren, Orwell Amos Wheel
er, Ripton R D Hedden, Salisbury |
L Strong, Starksboro G asca Rich, Shore
ham IL Adams, Vergennes Calvin Fos-
Ter, Whiting Henry c Hunt New IIa-
ven. Hon L f Smith Of Monkton was
named as foreman.
The Petit Jurors were then called and
sworn.
Addison, j Wilmarth Bridport, n
/ Wing Bristol, Heman Hill; Cornwall, l.
c Mead Ferrsburgh, Mark Prindle, o
Allen Granville, NJ Greene Goshen, D
/ Hooker Leicester, Dana Smith Lincoln,
j i Lincoln Middlebury, n P Barbour,
G Ticknor; Monkton, II II Beers New
Haven, f H Lawten,G Hawley Orwell,
/ c Cook Panton, s Spaulding; Ripton,
VIM Cushman, Salisbury, H Hyde; Shore
ham, VIM j Bingham; Vergennes r W
Nye w A Sheriff. Waltham, H Jack
son Weybridge, c Sturdevant Whiting,
W H Casey.
The most important cases disposed OF
were the following
Executor OF BEA1lAN vs. BowERs.--Ac.
ton Of trover for horse valued at $780,
90 judgment for Plaintiff County Clerk
to assess.
/ PARKER VS. CuAeE.-Action Of assump.
sit 10 recover the value Of certain arti.
cle5 sent by the plaintiff to his son, 1t. E
y. Parker, while prisoner at Columbia,
8. c., which arrived after the decease oil
the latter, and were received and distri-
buted by the defendant, among the sur
living comrades Of the deceased. Yer.
d;ct for the defendant Ira W, Clark fol-
the plaintiff Stewart Il Eldredge fol-
Dft-Sometime later during the session
motion was made for 4 new trial by the
attorney for the plaintiff, on the ground
that the verdict was given contrary tc
law and evidence and the charge of the
court A new trial was refused on the
ground that it would be no mercy to the
plaintiff Although our sympathy natur
j ILL. ;,oI;nor ., tba JafauJopt aud MA re
surprised that an action should have been
brought. we believe there is growing
tendency toward a total disregard of law
and yielding to the dictates Of impulse a
mong jurors, which is becoming dangerous
10 the beat interests Of society and ought
to be frowned upon by all friends of good
order
CLARK AZ ScHwAB AND TRusTEEs -Ac
tion on note Ira W CLARK, pro Sc A
Y Spaulding and A P Upper for DTS
judgment for Pitt Clerk to assess.
T ELITHARP W WKIGHT Action of tro
yer for horse. Clark and Stewart fol
Pitt Briggs and Woodbridge for DIT
Trial By jury, Verdict for Pitt Dam
ages Sl44 and costs
short session.
STATE vs BENNErT-Bennett had beer
in jail charged with obtaining goods Of
Langworthy & Bond under false preten
ses and being implicated with Parker il
the burglaries. No bill was found anC
the prisoner was discharged
. STATE vs. SHATTUcK- Shattuck haC
: been held for trial for completely witt
Charles Pierce in recent burglaries, bu
no bill of indictment being found agains
him, he was discharged,
,, State vs. JOIN FREEMAN, (colored) y
Freeman pleaded guilty of burglary anC
was sentenced to five years in the Stat
Prison. The two indictments against hin
for larceny were conti2qed
STATEvs l BRADfoRD PARKER.-Indict
ments for larceny of lap blanket, robbery
of ring, and three burglaries continued.
STATE vs. CHARLES PIERoE-lndictmeHt
4 for several burglaries-continued.
: The court adjourned on Friday, after