Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1874-10-07
Washington County Court.
Hos. T P RKpyfELp, Presiding Judge.
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WM ?. pmLIScHAs, Stotes AnornT.
HORACE w. LyFoRp, Sheriff
lITHEn NEwcOMn, Clerk .
HENRY OVArT, Reporter.
The court has done a good deal Of business sine,
Our last report, and the juries will probably ID
dismissed this week Moro cases will have been
tried than at any term for several years previous
The court business, so-called, including the di.
vorce cases, will probably occupy to the twentieth
Of the month. We give resume Of the cases
tried ufH va
State rs. Fri Gunnison. Appeal from the Jus.
e'scouri from conviction on complaint charging
respondent with keeping liquor with intent to sell
II seems that April II, 1874, the sheriff seized
some ale and lager beer from respondent prem.
Uses on State street, in Montpelier, which was
condemned the next day and he was also fined
lie now claims that the stuff was the property Of
one Theophile L. Desrochers, who had been In
his employ, but who at the time Of the seizure was
working at the American hotel This was a little
too thin for the jury, however, and n verdict Of
guilty was found after some consultation, and
once reporting To the court that they could not
agree, W 7. Dillingham;, states attorney, fof
prosecution. J. O. Livingston, for respondent,
state rs Alexander Campbell This case was
Of the same nature the last and arose out Of the
same lot Of seizures April II, 1874 Respondent
Kept place In the cellar Of Ellis store on State
street, and the sheriff seized iivc-gallon keg Of
whiskey, from the notorious Hayes CO., o. Man
chester, n. H. Respondent claimed that IL was
not his property, and that it was In his cellar
awaiting the order Of Timothy Sullivan, for
whom he had procured IT, The Jury convicted
him after a short absence W r. Dillingham;
states attorney, for prosecution; J. o. Livingston
aud /. l.. Duant, for respondent
State rs. John Young Respondent lives In
Worcester and was there convicted Of violation Of
the liquor law sometime before March "a, 1874,
from which conviction he appealed. The state put
Albert Bowison, Squire johnson, Samuel Pratt
and kneeland kelton, upon the stand, but each
swore that he had never procured anything Of an
! intoxicating nature Of respondent and Mr. Dill
lingham accordingly threw up the sponge The
court rendered a verdict Of acquittal. W. + Dill
linglIaIn, states attorney, tor prosecution J. o.
] Livingston and j. +. hanson, for respondent
/ State rs. Chester Wheeler Respondent was In.
dicted for having two living wives to one OF
which, Jane T. Harris, he was married March ~,
1871, at Worcester, and the other Emily Erskine,
at RoNbury, last July 1t appeared that respond
ent was only nineteen years old at the time Of bis
I first marriage and that he lived with his wife
only five or six months, when she left him, and
they have not since cohabited together. She
has been living in Boston since 1t was claimed
by his counsel that he believed his first wife dead
at the time Of the second marriage but the court
declined 70 receive any such proof, but expressed
a willingness to hear anything tending to show
her decease at any time previous to last July.
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proof Of her living consisted solely Of the testi-
mony Of DR.. n. NJ Harris, the girls adopted
father Of letters written by her TO him and idcnti-
fled by him, and Of photograph of herself In
closed in one Of the letters. Colonel Randall
wished to secure an acquitial and made an able
argument in his clients behalf. but the Jury re-
turned a verdict Of guilty. W. =. Dillingham; and
J. p lamson for prosecution T. V. Randall and
J. O. Livingston for respondent
state u.s. John Chimney Another case Of keep
ing liquor with intent 10 sell. The case Was begun
ON Friday forenoon just before dinner and the de
velopments on the part Of the prosecution made re-
sIondent's courage core out during recess, and at
the converting Of court in the afternoon verdict Of
guilty was assented to by his counsel W. y. Dill
lingham, states attorney, for prosecution; J. o.
Livingston and +. V. Randall, for respondent
State RS. \. II. stratton.The respondent is the
well known saloon keeper in this town, whose CO
lebrty as getter up Of oyster suppers extends be-
yond the confines Of the state. The prosecution
charged him with third offence. the penalty Of
which Is not less than three months in jail and a
fine according To the number Of sales proved
against him The first two convictions were proved
by record The particular offence which the pros
ecution attempted To prove In this case was al
legged 10 have occurred the I'D Of December 1873
on the occasion Of horse rattle The government
pu; ON several witnesses, but unable 10 prove
even a single offence The states attorney at
last gave up the attempt in despair and the court
ordered a verdict Of no, guilty W. l.. billing
ham and C. II. Heath, for prosecution T. v.
Randall and j. o. Livingston for respondent
State Is. William Iawrence-The respondent
is young man Of twenty-four, who was indicted
by the grand jury for the larceny ola silver
watch and gold chain, the property Of Augusta Al.
Dow, Of Montpelier Lawrence is cousin Of
Airs. Dow. On Sunday the lah OF last July, he
was visiting at her home and according to the
testimony, there stole the watch and chain She
saw him almost in the act, and Immediately
charged him with it. He denied the accusation,
and went out Of the house towards her fathers
h"ust on Ne mn appNethe seminary lie stopped
at the house of Mr.. Perkins, near by, and erhib-
tied silver watch and chain, which Mrs Perkins
and her daughters, Addie and Della, described as
very like the watch stolen. Respondent claimed
that the watch he showed at Perkins WAS his
fathers, which he took with him when he left
home in the morning. lie also denied the theft.
The jury returned = verdict Of guilty wP Dill
lingham and F. V. Randall, for prosecution c.
II. Heath and II. W Heaton, for defendant
Charles Lawrence rs. C. c. Putnam-An eject
ment case, To determine the boundary line between
lots sixtythree and sixty-four, in the southwest
ern corner Of Calais. On trial
William Lawrence, the young man convicted Of
stealing watch and chain from Augusta NJ Dow,
was brought into court, from jail, on Tuesday
afternoon, and sentenced to eighteen months in
the State Prison