St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1874-07-03
Caledonia Court, June Term.

of the Just is blessed"
Caledonia Court, June Term.
Hon. JoNA. Ross. Presiding Judge.
Hon. HENRY PEELEY. ,.,,. 1u,,,.o,
lIoN. JOHN BACON, ID MSS
A. f.. Rankin, Clerk.
|. NJ. Smith. Sheriff.
Elisha May. States Attorney.
Theron Howard, Auditor.
state rs. Freeman Dcgycnc. ndict-
mcnt for assault upon Joseph Peavy at
Sheffield. States evidence tended Ia
show that respondent waylaid Pcavy
on the road and gave him Il severe
pounding. Respondent the same night
went Ia one or two justices to get them
To fine him. but they declined. Next
morning he got il grand jurors com
plaint and WAS fined S3and costs. about
81. Respondent filed plea in bar
alleging Il former conviction. State re-
piled that the former conviction was
fraud. Verdict guilty. Respondent
fined so and costs. States Attorney
for pin. Brown for def.
state u. Bdrrows and Gale. Indict-
memt for catching fish from the private
pond belonging to estate of Stephen
Richardson late of WatcIfor deceased.
Respondents fled Il general demurrer.
and claimed that fro could not he Joint
~ indicted for catching fish. Demurrer
oVcrrulrd and plea of not guilty en-
tered. This pond was built upon tn,
land of which stephen Richardson died
seized and possessed. The estate nj
time fish waS taken WAS unsettled and
no distribution made. Faycttr Rich
ardSou. son of Stephen. and his mother
have been in occupation and change OF
place since lSG9. The son built til,
pond ut an expense of some 500 and
stocked il with trout. There waS Il
screen put on the dam and one up the
brook some ~ rods above dam. The
respondents claimed they did not know
this was IL private pond and brook that
each man waS fishing for himself: that
they did not catch any fish in pond
Respondents counsel claimed that the
Indictment did not charge the owner
ship of the land correctly. Verdict OF
guilty catching three fish eacl.. States
Attorney and Blodgctt for plti. Lam
son for dcftS.
COURT I>INEsS.
No. ~. John HGcon. ID. .idInr. rs
PIcnfiSS CdIr. General asSrmpSit tul
money loaned 10y pin. to Alouzo =. Carr
son of def. Thi, money $3.50 WAS pal,
I" Mr.. Dana who held the mortgage oI
dctt'S. farm. Dcft. claimed that thi.
money WAS Gircn To him and not loaned
Bcldcn X Idle. Powers for pin. t. y
Davis for delft Judgement for def. {,
recover his costs.
No. I9'. state rS.J. {. ITcich. Liquor
Respondent fined : 10 and costs
No. I95. state rs. j. N. HH apt
Liquor. Paid so and costs for Scllin.
'.IIull'S beer
No. I96. state rs. Geo. r. Walker
Liquor. Fined 500 and costs
No. 10. state rs. .l0ron N. !Smiih
Liquor. Tried 10y jury. None of thu
witnesses had drank in Smiths hous,
for from five To nine Years. Verde
not guilty.
No. l?S. state rs. j. f. Laduccr
Liquor. Fined so and costs.
No. 100. state rs. Asa Hwlburt
Liquor. Fined so and costs.
H. n. Chamberlain d. Go. rs. Hordti
Rankin. Petition for new trial upol
the three following grounds. LIST. Tina
verdict was against evidence. ID. Tina
def. tempered with jurors. 3D.. Tina
one juror stated facts not given il
evidence in court. Petition dismissed
Bcldcn Il Ide for plll,. Lamson fo
deft.
Mary Z. Taylor rs. Zeno Wiley. Pc
tition for new trial. Petition for new
trial granted. Cahoon for pltf. Bart
! ltlt lpl ltIl.
Everett ID. Morse rs. ASHLEY bishop
Petition for appeal. Petition granted
without costs to Petitioner and on pay
mcnt of Petitioners costs. Bclden 4
Idle for plfl. Brown for deft.
No. III. Maria Cdrbce rs. Joel Car
bee. Petition for divorce on ground o
intolcrable severity. Petition contin
ned. Custody of Ella and Charles giver
to mother. The custody of other two
to father.
No. IIS. Robert Nelson as. A. II
Crosby. Note. Demurrer to deft's pie;
in abatement. Deft.'s plea set fortl
that dcft was ''citizcn" of New Hamp
shire and was arrested without M
affidavit. Demurrer sustained upOl
ground that the word PRESIDENT" befor,
''citizen" was omitted. Vide Chan. 33
Sec. 76. Smith for plff. Leslie anC
Rogers for def.
No. I35. Rebecca &. Blake as. ,JoseDI
Blake. Divorce. Bill granted for in.
tolerabl6 severity.
George Bennett rs. Margery Bennett
Divorce.
BENNINGTON COUNTY