Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1875-06-09
Orange County Court.
IrNE TERN 1a-S
JUNE TERM, 1915.
Hon. II. H. Powers, Chief Judge.
Hon. CHESTER DICKEY,l Associate
Hon. n. b. COBB. Judges
Hon. L. G. HINCKLEY, Clerk.
y X RFRRy sheriff
=. K. BERRY, Sheriff.
y. L. BOYDEN. ESQ States Attorney
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HOS. II. H Powers, Chief Judge.
ION CHESTER D1CKEYl Associate
HY ( H i & H' sSs4a Clerk
HESnT ov1Arr ,Eso Reporter
This is the Grand Jury term of Orange
County Court, and the following persoas
appeared and were sworn as Grand Jurors
Edwin R. Aldrich, Bradford; Henry Bass
Braintree G. p. Hibbard. Brookfied :;
Aaron Davis, John Allen, Chelsea; j. b
Locke, Corinth; Alexander McLane, Fair
lee; Levi L. Tucker, Newbury; f. c
Camp, Orange; Samuel Howard, Ran
dolph; David S. Barrett, Strafford; Harvey
Dodge, Thetford; f. Nj. Collins, Topsham
S. B: Hackett, Tunbridge; c. +. Paine
Eershire; J. II. Perkins, Washington
William KimbaIl. West Fairlee; John
Lynde, Williamstown.
Petit Jurors: II. G. McDuffee, NJ. r.
Chamberlin, Bradford; Geo. Tarbell, B.
Pratt, Braintree; Asa Smith. ID. ID. Howe
Brookfield; Hyde Cabot, Calvin Goodwin
Chelsea; G. n. Winchester, F. P. Eaton
Corin.h; A. w. Paine, Fairlee; Jonas w
futile, w. w. Brock. Jr.. Newbury; A
II. Goodrich, Lewis HUI Crimson. Orange
ii. II. Sanford, John Buswell, Randolph
Albert Collins, Chas. W. Lane, Stanford
Il. S. Howard, Thetford; John Rowland
j. +. Philbrick, Topsham; L. F. Smith
Geo. O. Webster, Tunbrdge; S. b. Darl-
ing, Isaac L. Morey. Vershire; Erastus
Smith, j. w. White, Washington; David
johnson, West Fairlec; Edwin G. Smith
Willamstown.
The Law Docket shows 2l5 eases an(
the Chancery Docket A cases The
printed Jury Calender, published a few
days before Court, shows just 100 cases sci
for trial by jury. On the call of the jury
Calender this morning, only SO of that mum
Der were set for trial by jury.
No Sc. Cordelia f. Cooke V Town o
'Thetford was placed on the Jury Calender
but this morning. the counsel for the de
PENDANTS moved for a continuance of the
cause for the reason ti.at this is the first
| term of Court since the cause was remand
ed from the Supreme Court. The motion
was granted. and the cause continued
l1ebards and Denison for pltf. Gleason
and Rowcll for dcfts.
No. -. Geo. w. Sampson Francis A
and Ruth Wallace, and Nos. SO and 80 be
| tween the same parties, were set not for the
| jury by the counsel for Wallace and wife
No. TO- Joseph Atkinson Y. Hchar,
Patterson is the first case for trial by jury
This is an action Of trespaSs q'tare ciauscn
trcgu to settle the title to Lot No. %. il
Newbury. The plaintiff claims title de
rived from Gen. Jacob Bailey. who wa!
one of the original grantees of the towr
through the Governor of New Hamp>hir,
first and the Governor of New York after
wards. from George the Third of England
The defendant claims title by possession
and bv virtue of 4 set off on execution il
favor of one Holt. Among the document
put into the case by the plaintiff was The
original parchment Charter of the town o
Newbury, granted by the king of Englan'
in l172. This was very Formidable
document in appearance, consisting o
three sheets of parchment, each about two
feet bv three. The case occupies the day
Rogers and Rowell for plff. Gambcll an'
Clarke for the dcft
"Wednesday, June >.
No. 10, is given to the jury ut noon to
LAY without argument. This morning
when the Court came in the def. PROPOSED
10 offer testimony tending to show that
correct survey of the original lots in New
bury would place Lot - two hundred rod
south of where plff. claimed it to be.
this is true it would disturb all the lots il
town. The Court declined to receive tn
| evidence.
Verdict for pltf. to recover 1886 AM
his costs. This settles the title to the Kan
in favor of the pltf. unless the def, make
something by his exceptions.
No. 40. Sarah c. Cleaveland, admir- c
Warren A. Cleaveland V. w. II NJ. How
ard. Assumpst for three notes of 1920,
90 each and one note of SlGso,Oo. Th
pitf put in the notes as evidence an
resetl, and the def offered a depositio
which WAS objected to for informality. an
the objection being sustained, the def
said he could not continue the trial withou
the deposition, and set the case . Not 70
the Jury" SO the trial ended. The heal
inc on the question of 4 continuance wi
be had at the close of the term. Farnhar
and Rowell for the pif' llerbard an
Clark for the diff.
There being no other case ready fc
trial, the court adjourned at an early hou1