Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1875-03-01
ORLEANS COUNTY COURT.

=
divorce. Marriage and residence proved.
Bill granted for wilful desertIon Gus
today of child. Willie Herbert Hunily.
given to petitioner. Petitioner allowed
to resume her maiden name Young.
for petitioner.
Amelia Letter. of Derby. vs.. Peter
Letter. of Colebrook. n Fl. Marriage
and residence proved Bill granted for
wilful desertion. Petitioner mas ave to
resume her maiden name L. Fl. Thomp-
son for petitioner.
Edward Bickford vs. Eunice Bickford.
both of Troy. Petition for divorce.
Marriage and residence proved. Bill
granted for intoIerable severity. Wilson
for petitioner.
Laura Aiken vs. John B. Aiken. Pc
tition for divorce Marriage and resi-
dence proved. Bill granted for intoler-
able severity Custody of child. lnez
A. Aiken given to petitioner. Allen for
petitioner.
Adams vs. ADKINS. Marriage and
residence proved. Bill granted for
adultery. Crane for petitioner.
Mary Z Salisbury VS. John E. Sails
bury. Petition for, divorce. Marriage
and residence proved. Bill granted for
adultery. Care and custody of child,
Jennie Salisbury. given to petitioner.
Petitioner has leave to resume her maiden
name Sheafe for petitioner.
Nancy Little vs.. Henry W. Little.
Petition for divorce. Marriage and res
ldence proved. Bill granted for wilful
desertion. Care and custody of child.
Stewart Harris Little, given to petition
er. and petitioner has leave to resume her
maiden name. Sheafe for petitioner
Chester Allen. of Newport Center vs.
Caroline Allen. now in Boston The
deposition of James Giles, of Boston.
was read to show that the woman fire.
queatly committed adultery, and ere
ceived gentlemen callers" at house of
ill,fame, in that city. Also another to
the same effect. Both deponents knew
her, and had personal knowledge that
such were her habits, whereupon the
court granted bill of divorce.
State VS.. Geo. l.. Livingston. Selling
intoxicating liquor. Respondent plead
guilty to two offences and was fined $50
and costs. L. H. Thompson for State.
Allen for respondent q
State VS.. Abel W. Wheeler. Selling
intoxicating liquor. Respondent plead
guilty to two offences and was fined $50
and costs. l.. H. Thompson for State.
Sheafe for respondent.
State VS.. !. B. Darling, apt. Respon.
dent plead guilty two offences Of selling
intoxicating liquor. and was fined $50
and costs. j. H. Thompson for State.
Crane for respondent
State VS. James and Gilman Simmons.
Horse stealing. This was case of cir
cumstantial evidence. The horses were
! stolen in Canada. about five miles from
Stanstead Plain. on the night of August
%, 1874, and taken to West Charleston
where they were found hidden in a
swamp. Respondents were shown to be
/ at Stanstead. Aug. %. 1874, and evil
denee was produced tending to show that
in the afternoon of Aug. %, one of the
respondents was seen in the pasture
where one of the horses was kept. They
were shown to be at West Charleston
| Aug. %, and one of them was seen near
where the horses were found. going tow
ards field of oats near by. with a
| butcher knife in his hand. and oats were
found cut. They were tracked from
West Charleston to East Haven and ar.
! rested When arrested. one of them
had butcher knife in his pocket. and
they both gave an unsatisfactory and
contradictory account of themselves.
They claimed to be out prospecting for
gum. &c. They came from Alexandria.
". ii. The jury brought in verdict of
guilty. Both were young men, not over
q years old. They were sentenced to
three years hard labor IN the State's
prison at Windsor. L. II. Thompson.
States Attorney. and Crane, for State.
W. W. circuit and J. Grout for respond.
ents.
VIM. Doe Us. Michael PerIett. This
was an action on the case for enticinc
away from plaintiff his stewart and
ward, boy Is or l6 years old. The
court found that the conduct of the de.
fendant. as to the boys leaving his guar
dian, and his harboring and employing
him afterwards, was such as to make
! him legally liable. though nothing mali.
clous was found to have actuated the
defendant in what he did. Judgment
tor plaintiff to recover SIS damages and
his costs. Allen and Edwards for DIFF
J. and ". W. Circuit for defendant.
| VIM. Rand rs. Robert Ornc. This
was an action of ejectment brought to
recover possession of a house standing
on land which IS now, and was at the
I cOmlencemeut of this sn;. o,-J L