Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1869-04-30
Windham County Court.

The April term OF Wlndham county
Court, commenced at Newfane, on the
18th inst But two cases were tried be-
fore jury, though large amount of
other business was done Hon. James
Barrett of Woodstock, presiding Judge,
Hon. Peter w. Dean, Assistant Judge.
Judge Jones of Dover, was not present
till some of the last days of the term, on
account of i'll health.
Grand Jurors-Ambrose Burgess, fore
man, Grafton; Timothy Vinton, Brat
tleboro Joel Lyman, Dover; A. Law
ton, Dummerston N. J. Bangs, Gull
ford L. N. Sprague, Jamaica A. L.
Fuller, Londonderry; N. Higgins, M.
Newton, Newfane; l. B. Pufer, Putney
F. Kidder, Townshend l.. Brown, Yer
non D. Eddy, J. I. Perry, Wardsboro;
F. Arnold, Westminster H. B. Ballou,
Nottingham H. F. Ballou, Whining
ton Clark Stearns, Windham.
Petit Jurors +. A. Ball
Brattleboro, G. II. Clark, w. Fl. Gould,
0. H. Carpenter Brookline, w. w.
Perry, Jr.; Dover, j. w. Bissell Dunn
merston, S. l.. Dutton Grafton, G. w.
Ayres Guilford, Chas. L. Alexander
Halifax, T. Worden Jamaica, S. Glea-
son Londonderry, S. M. Hobart Z; MARI
boro, l.. A. Barney; Newfane, F. Morse,
G. P. Lamb Putney, I'll. E. Reynolds
Rockingham, S. S. Coolidge, j. B. Nor
gan Townshend, E. c. Wheeler, Z.
Sawyer, j. L. Livermore Vernon, j. E
Hubbard Wardeboro, N. B. Gale /;
Nottingham, S. d. Faulkner Wind
ham, L. Kinney.
Ninety-fve new causes were entered
Oh the first day of the term, and upon
the calling of the old docket twenty cas-
es were set down for trial by jury.
Thursday morning the Grand Jury
came into court, presenting sixteen bills
Of Indictment, and were thereupon dis
charged.
The first case tried was G. j. Anthony
q. j. L. Burrows. This was an action Of
covenant. 1t appears that Burrows
agreed to loan $4,000, providing thai
certain mortgages ON lands in several o
the Western States, offered as security
proved good, and that during the nego
tiations he advanced some 5000, whicl
was paid back, and also signed certain
papers, in furtherance of and to complet
the loan Of $4,000. 1t appeared fur
Their that one of the parties residing il
Indiana died, and his estate was repre-
sented to beinsolvent. Afterwards Bur
rows was sued by other parties for tn
amount of the loan, which suit was re
sisted by defendant on the ground tina
the securities given him we're not good
and that he signed the papers promisn
the loan, without having understood thei
tenor.
The case was closely and ably conteste
on both sides, and the jury returned
verdict for the defendant, on the groun
that he did not sign the covenant unde
standingly. Field and Tyler, and Whee
er for plaintiff; Howe, Davenport an
Stoughton for defendant.
STATE CASES.
State US. Lydia L. A. Pratt. This ",
an indictment charging the responder
with killing and numbering her infal
child at Grafton, VT, Oct. 20, 1867,
smothering it to death with the cloth
said infant then and there had on. T.
evidence on the part of the prosecute
tended to show that the respondent, W
was a resident of Jamaica, applied
the superintendent Of the factory at Ca
endish Cor work, Oct. 2, 1867 that
engaged her as weaver; that on
morning of Oct. 4th she gave birth to
child that she remained at the boar
ing house connected with the factory u
til the morning of the 19ta of Octob
when she left with her child for Bello
Falls on the early train; that she We
from Bellows Falls to Saxtons Riv
where she was met by one Ebene
Kingsbury that respondent and Kin
bury left Saxtons River with the CHI
about 4 P. NJ, with horse and bug
going towards Grafton and Townshel
that about o'clock that evening
left the child on the door stone of
house of one Bailey in Townshend, VIII
it was soon after found by Bailey, "
carried it to his house, and then inn
diately after notified the Selectmen
Townshend, who proceeded on to "