Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1870-10-14
STATE OF VERMONT,


Chittenden County, IS
Be it remembered that At a County Court be-
gun within aud before the County Of Chittenden,
Ou the fourth Tuesday OF September, : D. 1870,
the grand juror, within and for the body Of the
County Of Chittenden, nov here in Court. duly
Impantiled and sworn upon their Oa;hs present,
that they have examined the situation Of the
County all, situated in Burlington, and find the
same in good order sn1 well kept and sufficient
for the safe and comfortable keeping Of prisoners
and the Jury aforesaid further present that they
have examined the Court House Of said County,
situstsd in said Burlington, and ind the same
wholly unfit and unsuitable for use as a Court
House, by reason Of its location, being in the
very centre of business in said Burlington. and
on the principal business street and ,horoughfare
therein, where the noise aud confusion caused By
the constant passing and ro-passng Of vehicles
OF various kinds, as well foot passengers Is so
great as 10 render. at times, the transaction Of
the business Of this Court and Grand Jury
wholly impracticsole and At all times exceed
ine'y irksome, tedious and embarrassing. an
the jury Aforesaid further present that the
said Court House is wholly unfit for use
as a Court House for Sail County, by reason Of
its strusture AMI war; Of reasonable and suff-
cient repair.
Signei by \ Parker, foreman Warren Root,
J. F. Wells, Il. L. Ho1ie. Chas. Z Miller, Tiras
lshsm, R. VI. 4 Barsiow, John l. lockwood,
Charles D. Prindle, Josiah futile. Martin P.
Rice, Henry BorroWiale. ". L. Strong, Hiram
Brewster, b " Haynes. William S iurlbuf
Thirteen indictments were found by the Grand
Jury, against persons whose names will st the
proper time be announced.
SATURDAY, Oct. !, 1870
Wood vs. Tracy was given to me jury at
eleven o'clock this morning, his Honor having
previously charged them briefly upon the law
and facts in the case After being out half an
hour the Jury returned, snd askei to be dis
charged, as they could not agree upon verdict.
The court, however, refused 10 grant their re-
quest and they again retired, only 10 return at
half past two O'Clock still Of the same mind Be
coming convinced that further delay would be
useless, his Honor excused them till Monday
morning We understand that the panel stood
eleven 10 one in favor of the plaintiff for nominal
q damages.
The Court having decided to postpone the
hearing Of any other jury causes till Monday
morning next At ten O'Clock excused the remain
ing jurymen until thst hour
The docket was then called over and various
disposition male Of many of the cases.
The following prisoners were srr4igned on iu-
dictmeuts found by the Grand Jury ~ the pres
ent term
Olmsteal Halloway Of Burlington. charged
with having stolen on the 9th Of December,
1862, from Dr. H. H Llnglon Of this city. one
buffalo robe Of the value Of twenty dollars. Hs
plead guilty 10 the indictment. Charles Cab
curry Of Burlington, charged with having
sauljei policeman John Clure while in the act Of
srresting the respondent for into1ication and
breach Of the peace. Francis Borden Of Essex,
charged with stealing from Francis Goodrich, on
the 20jh Of last month five bank bills Of the value
of forty-seveu dollArs Samuel Lsjore alias
Samuel Wheeler elias Joseph Champagne late Of
Richmond, Vt. charged with having stolen one
wagon and harness. on the lst Of last July, le-
longing to Peter Lasell.
The last three respondents plotd not guilty
\ recess was then taken till Monday morning.
MoSDAY. Oct 3.
The Court opened at ten O'Clock this morning
The first case for trial was that Of Harvey Groot
vs. Hampton L. Story. This il an action Of
general sssumpsit for S29j, the amount Of a due
bill given by the defendant TO he applied by the
plaintiff towards the purchase Of piano. IL
was FIRST tried at the September Term in 1867,
when a verdict Was found for The plaiutif for
S3l3 Is damages and costs. To this the defend
ant excepted and the case passed TO the supreme
Court where after hearing. the judgmen: Of the
County Court was reversed aud the cause re-
manded for new trsl After the plaintiff res
tel. the Court directed the jury TO return q
verdict in favor Of the plaintiff for S5d6.3S dam
ages To this the defendant excepted and the
exceptions were allowed
Alessrs Lawrence Burnap and Z. J. Phelps
for plaintiff NIessrs L. r. Hard, ". G, Shaw
and H. Ballard for defendant.
The absence Of several leading attorneys Of
this bar. who will be in attendance At the session
Of the U : Circuit Court in Rutland 10 COM
mence this week. has SO much disarranged the
docket that most CT the remaining Gases marked
for Trial at this term will probably be continued
to the April Term. The docket this after
noon again called over and a few cases marked
for trial The first Of these, that Of Leon Bou-
chard W John W. Chase. Will be commenced to
morrow morning.
TUESDAY, Oct. l.
The Court opened st nine o'clock, and the
case Of BOuchard VS.. Chase, on motion Of defen-
dant's attorney, was set down not for the Jury |
This being the last of the jury cases that we're
ready for trial, the State cases were taken up.
State vs. Charles Gaboury. Of this city, for
resisting and assaulting police officer Mcclure !
in July last, was the only case tried this morn
ing II was given to the jury at | O'Clock. 4
who shortly after found the respondent guilty /
under the Indictment.
r. S Start appeared for the States Attorney. /
W. L. Burnsp for the respondent
The remaining State cases will occupy this
afternoon and part, if not the whole, Of to-
morrow.
TUESDAY, Oct. !.
The first case taken up at the opening Of the
Court yesterday afternoon, was that of State vs.
Fraucis Bordon Of Essex. charged with stealing.
on the Goth Of las, month. the sum Of Si7 from
one Francis Goodrich. After the reading Of the
indictment, Mr. Eiwsrd : Brownell. Of cour-
sci for the respondent, raised an objection to the
came, on the ground thsi the name OF the res
pondent WAS Bordesu and not Borden as stated
in the Indictment This OF lection was held by the
Court to be fatal one and the Indictment Goa
seouently sdjudged insufficient lmmedlately
on receiving this information the prisoner started
to enjoy his unexpected freedom from the clutches
of the law His enjoyment, however, vas OF q
br;ef duration, as the sheriff was ordered oy the
acting States Attorney to rt-arrest him on an
other warrant issued by Judge Shaw OF the CITY
Court before whom the complaint will be duly
Ii may be proper to add. in this
connection, that after full examination oil the
m.tter before Judge Shaw. this evening, Francis I
Borieau was bound over by His Honor, IN the I
sum Of 800. to appear for trial at the neat
term Of the County Court. under the charge Of
grand larceny.