St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1873-06-27
Caledonia County Court.

HON. JOHN DANoN. IL o"iStS.
Isaac VI. SMITH. Sheriff.
ELISHA MAY, States Attorney.
A. f. RANKIN. Clerk.
Hon. THERON HOWARD, Court Aud
itOr.
state rs. AIphon-O l.. Nichols. In
dictment for stealing ii silver plated
harness from Labau VI. VI. Gray in
sheffield in April. 1873. The respond
ent was only an accessory before the
fact if he took any part in the theft
and the state relied upon the evidence
of an accomplish who did the stealing,
and the acts and admission of Nichols
himself Jury disagreed. States At
tornev and b. y. Davis for state. Bart
lett and Burkes for def.
state u.s. Clarence Dudley. Complaint
of Grand Juror of Waterford for catch
ing pickerel from stiles Pond. Plea
not guilty. BY the acts of lS6I6S all
persons were forbidden from catching
fish from private ponds stocked 10y the
owners without permission from their
owners. McssrS. Stiles and Son claimed
they owned the land covered by the
pond that in lo:i7 the pond was stocked
with pirkercl 10y the elder Stiles and
that Dudley and three others in July
ISL caught and carried away some 10
fish Dctt. denied the ownership and
stocking: and offered to show by GER
tain witnesses that 10y common report
the pond was in fact stocked by UTias
Morton and others some time previous
to lS:1. The court refused 10 admit
such testimony. Dcft. excepted. The
court submitted three questions t" the
jury. list. Who owned the pond 2d.
Did stiles first put i'll pickrrcl 81.
How many Pickerel did respondent
catch The jury answered. That all pond
WAS on Stiles and sons land that stiles
stocked pond; and that the respondent
caught : fish. Cause goes to Supreme
Court. States Attorney for state.
Burkcs for pin.
State rs JdmcS PditcH. Indictment
for stealing blanket from Aaron H..
Smith. Pattrn admitted til" taking
but said that when he took it he did
not intend to steal it. 1t was admitted
that I'attcn took the blanket Nov. t..
l-72. and had il in his keeping january
,. lo13. Court ruled that .iuIry must Ice
satisfied beyond any fair reasonable
doubt that at the time Of taking lattcm
had fclnmiou> intent. Verdict not
guilty. States Attorney for state.
Burkc> and =. y. Davis for delft.
state rs. u m Hoi>WorH. Indictment
for selling Intoxicating drink. Plea not
guilty. Verdict of guilty of tw" OF
fences. states Attorney for state. Bel
.lcm and Idle for def.
state rs. D.trd CdilmH. Indictment
fol an assault. Respondent plead guilty
and fined.
No. L. Cht&. e. PooI rs. Frcnch
.NorrW. Fraud in sale of land. PIN =.
testimony tended I" show that def.
mi>icprc>cntcd as t" Il timber lot. Ncr-
diet fnr dcft BcI,lcn and May for pin
BurkcS for delft
No. l.. .J"Scph 4. HadI,y rs. Il. e..
". Howc. Ejcctmcnt for narrow strip
of land in II. ,IohnshuIy village. The
question III dispute WAS rs To the trur'
line between the parties. Each party
claimed the others barn WAS over :hc
line. Drit. WIS allowed to repeat state
mcnt- of Mr. Kittrcdge who used to
own both lots before his d"ath. a> to
the line. To the admission of this ties
tim"mH pltf. objected. Verdict for def.
CauS" goes to supreme Court. Beldrn
and MAY for pin. Burkcs and Powers
for dctt.
No. %. n. II. ChdmbcrIoin d. 10. rs
Hordtio Rdmkim. Action for deceit in
sale of wool. Pits. 10y their agent John
Bacon. bought nearly 3 tons of wool of
dctt. 1T II cents per pound. Pits.
WIS tender hut did not know or have
reason t" suspect it WAS stuffed las pins.
testimony tended 20 show it waS) with
tag-loCkS. stone. manure etc. The wool
shrunk in being cXp"sed to the air No
pounds OF about II times the usual
amount. Dcft. claimed he told Mr.
Bacon that he put into places the tags
and some pulled wouldn't no stone
etc. The Pills. testimony tended to
show that the wool was stuffed ON plIr-
pose. Verdict for pltis. for 5000. Bel
den and Idle. Davis and May for plhs
Lam>un and Powers tor drft.