Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1874-10-14
Washington County Court.
Hon LANES II. HOLDEN, 49,. 1,,5,os
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VI; T. DILLINGHAM. States Attorney.
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HENRY OEIATT. Reporter.

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The court took 4 recess on Tuesday
morning till the third Tuesday in Novem-
Der, when the consideration of divorce
cases and all business not requiring the
services of Il jury will be begun The
Jurors were kept in attendance just five
weeks and twenty-five ycrdicts were rem
dcred. fourteen in civil and ten in criminal
cases, the largest number for several years.
Judge HedIiell has dispatched the large
amount OF business with great celebrity and
it is not too much to say that Il better
class of jurors has never been in attend
ancc upon the court. The proper qualil-
cation Of Jurors is Il subject too little re-
"ardcd by towns in selecting names for the
box. and it is to be hopel thrt a stricter
attendance to this matter in the future will
rrsNl, i'll the sending of the best men in
tn" community to the county court, instCa |
Of IL Is too often the ease, Il very ordinary
class. The duties of Il jurvman are rs inn
p'rtInt ant responsible rs those of any
plbIlc position in the state, and only men
OF : und sense and wide experience should
b" chosen to perform them.
The ease, tried since the last report have
been ~ follows:
Forest l.. Green and wife V Town of
Woodbury. ii was claimed on the part of
plaintiff that Mrs. Green was injured in
February. -. while riding with her huS
band in I sleigh on that portion of the
old county road in this county which is
known rs die shelf.' The alleged defect
in the ror,! WAS Il series of cradle holes
into which. il WIS claimed. the sleigh was
thrown and I serious spinal injury caused
to Mrs. Green. The town contendcd that
even if the road WAS defective. the claim
of injury was fictitious and the whole thing
WAS Il trilmped up matter in order to obtain
: money Of the town. The evidence on each
t side was very lone, the whole number of
, witnesses hen" about sixty. and the case
lasted three days and a half. The jury
returned Il verdict for defendant. {. H..
Heath and Carter of IIarlwicl1 for plaintiff
. frndant
.. Ira Richardson V. Grandey 4 Skinner.
In the winter of 1872 plaintiff who is :,
resident of Wait>lield. where among other
things he manufactures clapboards, bought
of defendants, who wrr. extensive lumber
, dealers ut Barton Landing, Il second hand
, clnpboard planer, of Luke BuzzclI~ make.
\ Defend antS assured plaintiff that the ma
chine should be made rs good as new be-
y fore coming to him, and the suit WAS based
;, on this assurance, which. plaintiff claimed,
t. amounted 10 4 warranted. Thc proof on
pIaintitf'S side tended t. show that the
;. machine WAS practically valucle~S, and
that, being unable to work it. he was
e obliged to purchase 4 new one of Me>>rS.
i Lane pitkin and Brock in this village
y aud pat it aside. He therefore clamcd to
- recover the difference between the sum h,
e paid Mc>>r>. Grlndcy and Skinner $3.50
l. and ;hr real value OF the machine. De
# PENDANTS witnesses testified that the ma
n chine was 4, good rs represented: but
\ that plaintiff had not taken proper meas
4 ure~ to set ii up right and his ignorance OF
: its Use was tn" cause of the failure. Yer
!, diet for plaintiff, 500 and costs.
t Paul Dillingham;. l.am>on and Carleton
for plaintiff; W w Grout and p Il
n Kendall of Barton Landing for defendants
u Chester Wheeler, tive Young man con
/ victcd of polygamy, ha~ been sentenced
If to eighteen month, in the State Prison.
BARRE nArE>.-Tur~,lav there wa, Yer,
10 good racing n the Barre course, and it i
\ continued today. Charley Mac won tn,
:, three minute race after 4 close contc~
I'd with Kitty Brown. Nellie won the fou
i wears old race. Tn" last race of Tues Ia,
" there were three heats trolIcl Is follows
a.. when the rl-c WIS postpone to this morn
h. M:
ut rlr~" of so FIR :wo-fortv horses
T.. 81, to first 50 to second. so to thlL
a.! 80 to fourth.
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