Bradford opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1874-1881, 1875-07-10
ORANGE COUNTY COURT.

| ION. N, ", CObb, Judges.
| Hon. j.. Il. HiNcKLEy, Clerk.
). X. BERRY. Sheriff.
n. l.. BoypEN, ESQ, States Attorney,
Henry OviArT, ESQ.,, Reporter
! MONDAY, juno %.
The remaing hearings are by the
Court, the jury having been dis
missed last week.
No. 100. l.. ID. Humphrey .. H.
B. MetcaW apt. This was ~ suit to
recover for board of plaintiffs moth
or. Martin for pltf. Clarke far delft
Judg't for pltf. to recover S2lS.S3
and costs.
Ellen 9. Sargent .. Geo. W. Sar,
gent. Petition for divorce. Divorce
granted for intolerabIe severity and
custody of child given to the moth
or. DenisOn for petitioner.
Charles Leet is brOght into Court
to receive his sentence under his
plea of guilty. The case il pretty
fully presented by the States atty
on one side and Hebard on the 9th
err. Mr.. Leet himself also made a
statement. The Court, after some
remarks on the pc0priety of the
town of Newbury attempting to col
!ect claim in q way they seem to
be attempting it, sentenced the re.
spondent to pay $500 fine and cost
of prosecution, and stand commit
ted till sentence is complied with.
No. 100. Josiah O. Little ., Es-
tate of Sally Little. This is an ap,
peal from the allowance of Commits
sioners in the Probate Court. The
claim of the plff. seems to he for the
board aid care of nursing of the
deceased. Boyce and Denison for
pltf. Martin and llebard for def.
TUESDAY, June ~.
No. 120 is finished. Decision of
Court not announced today.
No. 21l. State .. Cherbury Il.
Wright, indicted for embezzlement,
is called up and the bail is called
and bonds forfeited. There was a
motion to CHANGER but the Court
said they could not hear counsel on
that question till evening. At the
Courts room in the evening the mo-
ton was fully argned and testimony
heard. 1t appeared that Mr.. Par.
ker Wright, the father of the re-
spondent, had settled with Brad.
ford Bank and paid about $4,000. al
the loss they claimed, although at
The hearing it appeared that the ac.
tual loss was not all met. States
attorney for prosecution, Hebard,
Lang and Farnham for deft.
No. 80. Catherine A. HOWard q.
W. II. II. Howard, petition for di.
vorce for intOlerable severity, and
No. 95, ". H. NJ. Howard .. Cattle
'ine Il. Howa,d, petition for divorce
for adultery were taken up together
and occupied the rest of the day.
WEDNESDAY, June 80.
The Court announced their decis-
ion in No. 1919 Little .. Little's Estate.
The plft. is allowed on his declara
ton and specifications $1,000. De-
tendent is allowed in Offset $1,313.-
IA, leaving balance of $313.44 due
def. The plff. is allowed his tax.
able costs. The decision of the
Court is to be certified to the Pro.
bate Court.
In No. 211 State .. @. p. Wright
the Court announced that they had
cllancered the bonds from $1,000, to
$500
The Howard divorce cases occupi-
ed the whole day.
THURSDAY. July l.
The Howard divorce cases still on
trial and occupy the day.
FRIDAY, July 2.
The Howard divorce cases are
ended today. They were virtually |
ended last night, but the Court al
lowed DR.. Howard till 0 o'clock this
to call witnesses to rebuff
the impea ching witnesses called by |
Mrs. Howard yesterday. He APP
peared this forenoon with 80 wit
nesses, as is said: but judging from
the result they were of little avail.
We shall not take occasion here to
report the claims that were made by
DR.. Howard in regard to his wife,
as tie Court decides that they were
The two cases were
very thoroughly, a great
leal Of feeling was shown on both
sides and large amount of lying
vas made use of by one side or the
'ther. The Court decided the mat
er in the evening and granted a di-
'Orce to Mrs. Howard, gave her the
of the child, five years old,
lecreed her alimony to amount of
$1,000 and gave the child $4,000.
Judge Bean of West Fairlee is
made the trustee of the child. The
4limOny and portions of the child
re to be paid $500 alternately once
n three months until the whole
5000 is paid. What security for
he payment there is, we do not
Counsel for Mrs. How
I'd were Carpenter, Leslie & ROg-
RS, DenisOn and ROwell. For DIR.
Toward HebbardS and Clarke.
No. 9. N. @. Cross .. Kennedy g. :.
'empsOn apt. Action, book account +,
D recover a balance due on an ac-
cunt for leather, that had run for
everal years, N. L, BOyden auditor. !
his suit has been in Court long
me, aud one report made by the ,
nditOr year ago was lost. judy !,
tent OH report this term for plff. to
cover $23.O2 and costs taxed nj