Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1871-06-14

week TO mend the head of an Irish woman,
which had been laid open by wash basin in the
hands of her husband, who lives in turbulent
| locality known as "The Patch"
SUPERIOR COURT-CRIMINAL TERM-BRIG-
HAM, c. J.-Fitchburg, June 49, The first case
| tried was No. 712, VIM. G. Wright VS.. Charles
Wright and trustee. This was an action
brought by the plaintiff against his father to
recover the balance of an account for wages.
The ground of defense was, that plaintiff left
without due notice. Verdict for the plaintiff
| for $751; %, the full amount of the claim with
interest. Loring for the plaintiff Merriam for
| thcdelense.
| No. 473, j. D. Bickford ct al. VS.. A. P. Cliff
| ford, an action to recover mechanics lien on
| house. The defense was, that the claim was not
| filed within the time required. Verdict for the
defense. Loring for the plaintiff, Haynes for
| the defense.
No. 400, Alonzo L. Willard VS.. Hiram Dwin-
nell. Judgment for the plaintiff for 81 and no
costs. Torrey for plaintiff, Whitney for defend
| ant.
No. 7S3 Clarissa Brown vs. Hiram Davis.
Judgment for the plaintiff for possession with
| out costs, by agreement.
On trial, No. S91, Charles B. Ford VS. the
| Fitchburg railroad company. An action to re-
| cover damages for injuries sustained by the
plaintiff, a locomotive engineer, by the ex-
| plosion of boiler Of defendants engine, at
tached to a freight train, which the plaintiff was
running, in Fitchburg, last year Mr. TOrrey,
in opening the case for the plaintiff, placed the
claim for damages on two grounds, which he
| should sustain by testimony: First, that the
| boiler was badly out of repair, and unfit to be
| used; second, that defendants failed to employ
| suitable persons to keep their engines and ma
| chnery in good repair. The verdict for the
plaintiff, at the former trial. last November, was
| set aside by the court Judge Wilkinson) as
| against the evidence. Some twenty Witnesses
| for the plaintiff have been sworn, but one of
| whom (the plaintiff himself) has yet been
| heard. The case will occupy two or three days
more.
Before the adjournment, Hon. P. Emory
Aldrich of Worcester arose, and after appro-
pirate remarks in reference to the decease of
| the late sheriff, Hon. John s. c. Knowlton, and
the propriety of taking action thereon, closed by
| offering the following resolutions:
Resolved, that in the death of Hon. John S. c.
Knowlton who for the last fifteen years has held
| the important and responsible office of sheriff of
this county, the courts have lost most intelligent
faithful and competent officer, and the county one
of its most hOnOred citizens
Resolved, that in the life and character of Mr.
Knowton there the combination OF a very high
order of talents with the sternest integrity and
never-faing devotion to duty; that in all his Oi-
| cial acts and relations he was firm but humane;
that he never sacrificed what was due to the maes
| ty of the law, to a weak seutimentalism towards
| offenders committed to his custody for discipline,
| not did he the power with which he
clothed merely to punish the convicted criminal,
but rather TO reform and restore him to better ite
that in his intercourse with the court and the bar
his conduct was distinguished for dignity, singular
modesty, and uniform courtesy, and we shall long
| remember with pleasure his dignfed personal APP
pearance, which never failed to command respect.
Resolved, that his rare intellectual endOwments,
highly cultivated by careful study extensive read
| ing and profound reflection, lifted him for the
| honorable position he occupied for more than n
third ola century as an able journalist and writer
and enabled him within the sphere of his influence
to aid largely in the formation and maintenance of
| sound public opinion on all questions touching
| the public welfare; that his pen was always de-
voted to the cause of good morals sound learning
and purity in the administration of public affairs
Resolved that in all the private relations of life he
was upright and honorable, and has left name
without stain and without reproach.
Resolved, that as mark of respect to his menu
| DRY respectfully ask the court to adjourn until
| Thursday next, to enable the members of the bar
and the officers of the court to attend his funeral
| in the city of Worcester tomorrow and that the
clerk of the court be requested to transmit copy
| assurances of orr deem sympathy with them in
their irreparable loss and also to furnish copies to
| the two daily papers published in Worcester.
Hon. Edward Mellen. formerly chief iustice
| of the court of common pleas, seconded the
| resolutions in brief remarks. eulocistic of tbe
| life and character of the deceased
Hon. Giles IT Whitney of Winchendon fol-
lowed. with n brief reference TO the beginninU
of his FIRST acquaintance with Mr.. KnowIton
when he. Col. Whitney. was a law student in
| the office of ex-Gov. Washbun Mt Worcester
and TO his hiph appreciation of his eminent
qualities. While in college the deceased was
| DISTINGUISHED above ali others in his class for
ability as n writer. and this characteristic had
since been made manifest TO tbe world in n
marked degree bv his editorial writings. and in
other ways. An eminently inst man and maois-
trate. he never sweryed from the right He had
filled MANY positions of trust and resnonsibiIitv
with marked fidelity rrace and intelligence
II. R. Staples. ESD. of Milford. endorsed the
| biph estimate of the deceased maintoined NV
| the nrevious sneakers II was amonT the roo
objections of his hoyhood that in his section of
| the county. tbe Worcester Palladium sus-
tanned very larre circulation omonG the yeo-
many. where its editor was regarded in n
light similar to Isaac Hill in New Hampshire,
in former times Mr.. KnowIton's editorials had
always been distinguished for enlarged and
liberal views of public questions and for di-
rectness of style and fairness of manner in dis
IIo oil J,