Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1870-04-22

fered by the defendant and that the plaintiff dis
covered the goods The defendant claims that
the goods were found by him on Information
which he obtained privately from Mr.. and Mrs
Sullivan. ueighbors of the Potters. But it
seems that if this was the fact, Sullivan,did not
claim to know anything more than the where
sbouts Of the hole in which the goods were con-
cesled Ii therefore only led the defendant to
search in that dn,c ion and whether he com
municated this information to plaintiff on not II
plaintiff led in the new search rs is substantial
" agreed upon by all the witnesses and me
goods we're found il would not he such find
ing as to necessarily preclude him, thus acting
in concert with the defendant, from claiming
the reward, as it was only a piece OF IL
formation which might be important or not,
matter of uncertainty till the search was made
Il was the same kind Of information as defend
ant mad already given plaintiff, I. {. all the evil
dences Of the burglary, the mark ard direction
Of the wagon tracks &c, as such as would nat
urally be given by the Owner Of the stolen goods
to an officer employed to search for them, or to
arrest the thieves Flanagan however, positive
ly denies that Wright gave him any inform
alton that led to this second investigation, and
under all the circumstances it is for you to say
whether the plaintiff was the real finder Of the
goods.
Ifyou find that the plaintiff was entitled to
this reward he is not entitled to additional pay
for his services at the time of the search. If you
conclude that no reward was offered or that the
goods were not found by the plaintiff. he IS still
entitled TO a fair compensation for his services IN
the search, provided he has not included them III
the claim On the State for Sj6l.97 which was al
lowed min by special act of the Legislature
passed Nov, y, lSGS. Whether tins was III
cuiel in his State claim is for You to say. As
Z 10 the further claim OF the plaintiff for his seryi
ces in procuring testimony to assist the defend
ant in prosecuting his private snt against
Charles Potter for damages, the court Will tel
YOU that if you ind the plaintiff did render the
defendant any services which we're not included
in the State cases, such as for instance the care
and support, for time, Of tine principal wit
ness, Foster, he should be fairly paid by defend
ant for such services or expenses.
The case, was given to the jury At eleven.
Shortly after, they brought in verdict for the
plaintiff for SOS and his costs
The next case taken up was that Of Orson
Goodrich as. II. y. Tracy. This is an action on
q note for 500, running TO the plaintiff, which
wss signed by Asa SiudersOn, late Of Essex, with
the defendant as surety SAniers0u being I'M
able 20 meet this note 90 its maturity, made an
arrangement with the plaintiff by which he was
to give him a new note payable one year from
date with some responsible siguer. In accord
auce with this arrangement Ssnderson sent the
plaintiff new note signed by himself and pur-
porting 10 be also signed by Simeon Bliss Of Is
sex This note the plaintiff accepted and gave
up the first note Some four months afterwards
the plaintiff ascertained that the signature OF
Mr. Bliss was forgery. lie therelpon brought
the present suit against the defendant on the old