Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1872-09-27

Hon. S S.TH1s lI' PaHtrn. A't Judge
TUESDAY, Sept p, 1872.
Tue September Tern otthe County Court opene
this (Tuesdsy) morsing at nine O'Clock ii
the new Court House. Of the 2O9 osrss On tn
Law Docket, eighty-sisht are marked for Jur.
Trial, a1d p sre Sc, for the Court.
The following are the officers Of Court:
Wilder L. BaFnap, SUITES -dhorrry.
A. J. Howard, Cifrt.
Lumsn A. Drew, SierV.
Dcpgiy SherWs.-Clsrk ". Reyu9lis, Under
hi; Franklin Wight, Burlington; Eugene Biz
sonnette. Richmond: John H. Booth, Milton
Luciin ". French, E.sex Junction; Seth "
Mead, ShelturH; Russell j. Morte Bottom; Fer.
dinsnd Beach, Jericho.
list OF GEAsD JURORS.
Bolton, Henry Sisckpole; Burlington. Lu.hei
[ p Blodgett, Il r. Doolittle Dan Lyoa; Charlotte
J N Dean; Colchester, W Y Reyno.is; Essex
Lnoch HoEe; Hiuesb1rgb, L5-euz1 Murray
Huntington. Chester Ross; jericho, c Best.
wick; Milton, Norman Wright Richmond
Giles Hove; Shelbnru. Lee Tracy; Soath Bur
lington, Hubbard Chi,teuien 81 George
Henry Lawrence; Underhll, s " Mead
Ne5tiori' rs Stevens; Niliston, Lest i Bishop.
Pitt JURORS.
Bolton, joel z Davis; Burlington. Amasa
/ Drew. johnson, william Mead. Irs Shat
tuck; Charlotte, C. Priuile, L D stone; CO..
chester, E ! Fisher, " I Herrick, Sherman
/ McNoli; Hinesturrh, Eli Clark; Es.e1, A B
/ Hslbut, L Y Williams ;lIinesburgh, z " Hark-
ness; Huntington, Harry RosS; Jericho, james
/ Il Hutchinson, Geo " Styles; Milton, George
/ Howard. Smith Il Lincoln; Richmond, + Cut
/ Ter, @ "alstou; Siel5urn, " i Eddy,
I Poet, Sax,on; South Darlington. Augustus
/ himbsEi st George, Norman lsham; unleFhill,
/ VI GrAvcf, II C ltchsriton; Wes,lord, Apple
/ ton Grow, Lucius Irish; Wiiiiicn. C Fay,
| Norman Miller
Proclamation for Grand AMI petit iurorz wss
[ then made, tac lis.s Ssrs called. sai the mem
| bars dgly rsosn.
GRAND JURY
The c5ast briefly reminded the grand jurors
Of their general duty. First, to slceft.in
whether any Of the laws Of the State had been
violated, and, il 70, whether By suy person
within the j1rirlict0n Of the county court. Ii
their Investigations they would be sssiftel By
the sd7ice Of the States Attorney. Il Wss not
necessary ths- they should be sziisfei bcyond
Reasonable doubt Of the guilt Of the offender
Evidence only Of character sufficient to create
probability that i. an iudiotmtn. vas found By
them conviction would follow, would be re-
luir5d. Twelve Of their number should sgree
before an indictment could be brought, other
wise they should return the bin az not fouud.
Hon W Y. Reynolds. Of Colchester Va. ap-
pointed foreman.
PETIT jury
Tic ccnrt rellialei ihe petit jelorf Of tds ne
ce,'iiy Of th-.r ab1;a.ling from, OF listening TO-
any convorsation relating to any csgre WHICH Eas
90 be tried al the present term, AMI His Honor
slluied to the ysrious devices which were used
BY parties interested directly or othersse in the
tfiHl OF cases in the courts to influence the minds
of jrrors, and cautioned the jury Ia regard 90
the proper discharge OF their duties.
TIE jury cr'a njlI yes then called sua ss cssss
nsIkel FOR tfiaL
Ga motion Of H5a. Un. g. Shaw. Casuuoey
W. BroTnall, Jr., Of this city-s recent rraiu-
ste of the Albany LsW school-vss admitted 90
practice 10 this court
No case being ready for irial ill the afternoon
sefs;or, the petit jury rl.e excused till tgo
o'clock
hearing was tbon Lad ca the petition Of
Hannah E. Paul vs.. Ia II. Paul flr a divorce
The biz Hss granted FOR ia,olsrsble severity.
Custcly Of ri.u soa Frank p. to-e.her with
the household g5oisall furniture vas granted
to Petitioner.
Tais afternoon .hs cas- Of 50 %. Gordon, spee
VS. Luther I. Durlnt. apt was tiled. This xss
40 seton Of ssilups!t for Moneys collected By
defendant for TIE plaintiff, and which vac
claimed hy defendant to apply on acc0unt Of pro
iess'onal charges which be bal against the plain
tif. L. L. Lawrence and Mesars. Wilbur &
Palmer for plaintiff; Il. Ballard .nI L. L, Du-
rsutfor defendant
WEDNESDAY, SEPT. -.
Son si;cr iAe opening Of the Court this mo5u-
ing the i1ry in the c,se q Gordon vs. Dursnt
brought in verdict ia favor Of the p'siat6 for
So IS ali costs.
L. F. Terril, sg.e. Va Ripley Spra-uc.
anl Amanda Sprscue (husband sd vife)
spts., wss the fIss case tried this morn
irg Tais was a action On the czse fer de-
cei in turning ca; the property in question
Tone cow 10 the plaintiff Who Ess Deputy
Sheriff. who claimed that the property belonged
to The female defendant when in fact Il was the
property Of ole \. S. Cook Of Brandon. These
i-cts we've denied BY de.endknts During the
pen1ency G.! the suit the hulbaad (2ley
Sprtgue) deceased. The Court held that unon
the PLAINTIFF oHn slstemen; Of the case on
tri2l, he could not recover for the reason that
The warranty Sc claimed by the plaintiff, if true
grew out Of contract, snd therefore the wife
could not be hell, as the husband was tee Only
party responsible a verdict Ess accordingly
directed TO be returned by the jury in favor Of
defendants. 4. c. Dixon and +. r. Hard for The
plaintiff L. F. Wilbur and b. Roberts for de-
fendsnts. Exceptions were taken and sllowed,
and case passed to Supreme Court
Samuel B Meigs vs. Smith, Bgainerd aad
Clark war then taken up This is IN action GA
the case to recover damages to plaintiffs vessel,
ia September, 1868, caused, as claimed by plain
tiiI, by defendants negeo,ing to open the draw in
the railroad bridge Scross Lake Chsmplsin st
Roures Point, SIS required by Law. r. H. Start
and Z r. Hard for plaintiff. G. c. Noble, b. F
Filed sad L. L. Lawrence for deieadsn.s.
The CLERKsuIP.- Hon. Jane, NJ. s,sde, the
Middlebury correspondent at the Rutland Her.
aid thus writes that journal concerning the
elerkship Of the House
observe that = spirited contest is going on
for the cerkship Of the House Of Representatives,
at Montpelier, this coming fesson Of the Legis-
hture. Mr.. Camp, who has been clerk for some
years past, teeks re election. Mr.. H. n Newell
of Shelburn,. who has been his assistant and
very excellent one too, ia also candidate for
the position. Both are good men, and both are
well qualified. It seems, however. that rotation
~ tuN NANNA u III ouA Il tur bAc pIll-
ciple is to be applied all around. know Of no
resson Why Mr. Newell should not be elected
clerk. Mr.. Camp has had it the usual time, and
it would not be doing injustice 10 him If it
should new be given TO Mr.. Newell. Mr. n is
young man Of good character, genial in his
intercourse with HE ielloHs, well acquainted
with the dutie, Of the position, End I think
would make most excellent clerk. Il certainly
needs one. somewhat familiar with the duties Of
the desk lin view of new and untTied Speaker)
who will be able to render assistance to the pre-
riding officer Of the House. While Mr. Camp
has good knowledge Of the duties to be perform
ed, Mr. Newell is equally well informed. find
that msny Of the Addison county Representa-
ti7es are strongly in fsvor Of Mr.. Newell
A REaAnKABLE Docs HFAD.-The following
sPpears in the Salem On. 7 Press:
Last Saturday night, as James Donnelly Va.
coming up the railroad trick, followed By his
deg, the midnight train came along. The dog,
instead Of leaving the track a. prudent aud "a
g2cious dog would have done, turned around
and faced the coming train snd began barking
at it. Tie train came rushing on, and though
Donnelly called h:s degsi. maintained Its posi-
ton, snd',he rssult was that the train run over
it, dividing its body into two eqlsl psrts. The
stranges. part is yet to be told The trsiu p.ts-
ed on and Dounelly Thisiled to his dog. and the
part that had the head On crawled stoKsrd
his feet, and the other half remsined Oh the
track. The evident desire OF the dog was to pre-
tect his matter. Scientific men have established
the fact thEt tueh thing might happen, hut we
never suented TO it until We learned the shove
facts.