Lamoille newsdealer. [volume] (Hyde Park, Vt.) 1860-1877, 1873-12-31
Lam0ille Co. Court.
DECEMBER TERN, 1873.

Norman Camp. Sheriff
A. A. tiles, States Attorney.
V NJ Waterman, Court Auditor.
When We went to press last week. the
ease. of Caroline Larace rs. Town of Fair
isld was on trial. This was an action
for injury on the highway, whereby the
plaintiff sustained broken leg and other
injuries. The insufieieucy complained of
was that a pig.sty was allowed to remain
within the limits Of the highway, which |
caused the horse to take fright aud the
injury. The defendant town plead gen
cral ISSUE ard denied having received the
required legal uorice, and that the insult
ficieucy claimed was not the cause Of the
accident. Both parties were sustained by
evidence. The jury had the case during
the day thursday and can e in not agreed.
Brigham & Waterman, Benton, fr
plaintiff; Edison & Raud, Powers a
Glerd for defendant.
The next and last jury trial was State
., Oliver A. Emersop--forgery. The re-
>pondent was arraigued, aud plead rot
guilty. The Indictment set forth that the
respondent forged certain order, raisint
the amount Of said order one dollar. 1t
first set forth the order rs originally drawn,
then noted the alterations, aud finally the
order as changed or raised. In quoting
the last mentioned, by an error Of the late
States Attorney, The injunction was quot
ed wrong The prosecution moved t"
amend the indictment, which, was denied
hv the Nou,. Il VAS then conceded lha'
the allegation as il read could not 81 prov.
en-, and the prosecution offered to enter Il
nolle wosequi; but the respondent claimed
trial, whereupcn the Cour, directed the
lnry To eject foreman and declare tiiy
prisoner no, gully. after which formall'
ties. the prisoner was set ia; liberty.
States Atty. Niles, &. i. Waterman for
State; Powers 4 Gleed for respondent,
The first case tried by the Court was
Oyersecr of Morristown Us. Overseer OF
Fairfield. Jadgt. that the pauper was
duly removed.
AT this term of the Court all of the
Hyde Park bounty cases, seven IN all,
went off the docket. the town recovering
its costs in each case As some Of tbs
points in the cases may not be uulntereAt'
lng to our readers, We give the pllncipa
ones ipvoIved in the Earle ease:
This case was tried as test case, Al
the May term of the County Court, 1871
which resulted in verdict for the Pill.
Hiram A. Earle. On the trial. the PHI
offered in evidence IA certified copy OF TIN
record Of town meeting held Dec. 2lst
1868, under which the Plff claimed to b.
entitled TO bornty from the town. 1h'
record was admitted, subject to the Def
exceptions. The clause under which tn
Piff. c aimed to recover. reads as follows
s.M0red, that the town raise three hun
bred dollars for each accepted recruit 4
fill the quota of this town under the draft
not exceeding nine, TO be paid when sal
recruit is mustered into the service OF IN
limited States" 1t was shown that tn
Plfl. re.enlisted on the 2lst day OF Dec
1868, and was re-mustered on the ~
and that he served in the 3rd Regt. VI
Vols. Ii appeared that call TOR 30Q
600 meu was made by the President
the United States, OA., 1868 1t als
: appeared that the quota OF Hyde Far
: TO gill the deficiency unoor the draft {
July. 1868, was eleven men on the 2
1ay OF NoVeM05f- QUO. anu NAV III
$ town was structed to fill this dofclenc
on or before Jan. 5, 1864, to save anotht
draft that this quota Was assigned to I'd
new regiments and battery then BEN
raised 80 the State. and that the men e'
listed by the town to bill this quota whe
mustered, although subsequent to Jan.
1864, would be applied on said de6cienc
1t also appeared !. that up to Dec. list. II
time Of hoI ling the meeting, the town ha
). enlisted three men, to the credit OF Il
IS town. and that after said meeting AZ
+ before Jan. 5. 1864 the seIecfmen e
q listed eight men to whom they pad
/, bounty Of three hundred dollars each.
j also appeared that the full quota OF Hy'
Park under the call OF Oct. lS63, W
: rs men, and the town at that time had