St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1875-06-25

differ with him in judgment. But when
il writer Sti%matizcS the Savior of the
world us II long haiIed ScntimcntaliSt,"
hc turns aside from The dignity of Il
Journalist to vent his spleen against
one whom the whole Christian world
hold i'll reverence and love.
Caledonia Court.--June Term 1875.
Hon. JoNA. Ross. Presiding" Judge.
Hon. john BACON 2d. ,I
IIox. y. +. BOWMAN. Asst judges
L. ID. Blodgctt. Clerk.
W. ii. Pre- >ton. Sheriff.
Walter Z. smith. States Attorney.
No7l .Hiio Ldchic ct Mr. rs. W. &.
diet for defendant Ia recover his costs.
Bcldcn, Idle and L;m>on for pllf. Burke.
Bates and DirkcN tor delft.
State 81 Vermont rs Edrin e. JcnnrSs.
Indictment for burning certain build
hugs in Sheffield. July |. lS72. The
deed at the property on which the build
ing stood was in the name of VIM. .Jrm-
hess. brother of the respondent: The
testimony of the State tended to show
that respondent lett the place where, hr
was al work i'll Barre. under pIrtcuSc
that lac WAS going to Cabot To see his
/ friends. on the morning of july that
he went through IiaIdNick and Greens
Dor" t" the school house i'll District No.
;. in Sheffield. near " hrh the buildings
burned stood. that the tracks of the
horse and wagon were plainly To bc
seen next morning. comm" from Greens
h"ln ana returning the same WAN: that
respondent WAS seen that night AT East
llarlWirh some 10 miles or more from
respondent at East Gircnshnro but that
Nelson could not he found. The cNi-
dencc of the defence tended To show
that it WI> true that he left Barre un,rl
the pIctrr>r that he WIS going /" Cabot.
that with II lady whom he called his
lie he stopped over night al South
. llaldWick. Registered his name and WAS
sent out Of the hotel To lodge. that next
morning" he took his team and returned
home. There WAS quite 4 conflict of
test lmuul :I> Ia the whereabouts on the
night of July |. There. was no motive
shown t"I respondent Ia burn the build
in@>. though it WAS proved that his
brother, Willirm. had said buildings in
>ucd for more than their actual value
smith and Bcldrn for pin, Groui and
Burke for def. jury disagreed.
No. 80. Ii'Hc"r Il. Gibbs S,wing Ma
chime 10. rs FranL +. carter. Action
OF as>Inp>It to recover the balance due
tor one ing machine. Pins evidence
tended t" prove that he sold Il machine
/" def with the understanding that if
the machine did not give satisfaction
they Wcrr to get delft Il machine of some
~ ilrr manufacture that drtt spoke of
Il Howe machine; that deft never called
upon them to exchange the machine
sold for one of another manufacture.
and that they have always been ready
To get delft another machine. Def
claimed he never bought IL machine of
/ plt1s. but that pllS agent left Il machine
at his house to Use at his expense, aud
that if it gave satisfaction he WAS 10
keep it: that the machine dropped
stitches and did not give satisfaction. of
/ which he notified pltls. Verdict for de
deit. Bcldcn. Idle and Eaton for pin.
Bates and May for drft.
No. ~. .J0hH Stark rs flames Trct-
ran. AsSumpsil for balance of $I7 due
for - days work from May -, IS73 to
| August Il. of same year. Both parties
agreed that the contract WAS this. that
dett WIS to pay pltf what he earned.
The question was what did pin earn.
| The case WAS referred To the court. Nav
and Bates for dcft. G.. W. Caloon for
plf.
No l22. Smith, Morgan and BntIrr
~ H. W. NichoIs. A>sumpsit in general
counts for some S2OOO worth of GOODS
which plt1S sent to delft. Defence. stat
ute of frauds. One Ripley. agent of
pltfS. took an order in the usual WAY of
def. for the goods sued for. The main
question in dispute was as to tn. route
by which goods were to De Sent. ,yreed
upon between Ripley and def. The
evidence of PIN tended to show that
Ripley agreed to send goods via Sber-
brooke. Dcft claimed that goods were
to he shipped via Groveton Junction.
The goods III fact were sent by tb. u,v
of Sherbro"ke. The goods were de
tanned at Newport by the custom off
GERS aud goods did not reach def till one
month after order was sent and to, late
for the sale of such goods. Def refns-
eel to take goods from the depot ;,t L,yn
d"nville and they were there at the
time of trial. Verdict for def Ca
hoon, Dickey and Smith for Din. Bart
lett and Nichols for deft.
State rs Albert Carr. Indictment for