Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1876-12-27
Orange County Court.


The December term Of court opened on Tues.
day the iNh instant, the following court officer.
being In attendance. Hon. Z T. Rcdfcld. Pre-
siding Judge Hon Harvey Dodge aud Hon zenas
VI. lpham Assistant Judges l.. g. llinckley,
Clerk D. \. Rogers. States Attorney John Raj
ley, jr., Sheriff A. s. Austin, Deputy clerk
Henry Oyiatt, Reporter
The petit Jurors are a. follows. Bradford. T. 4.
Iiunkins, nmntrce, y d Williams aud George
". llagg Brookheld, Geo. T. Fuller and Geo
W. Williams. Chelsea u : Hunt and Ezra
Walker Cohnth. Nelson worthley and l.. S.
Carpenter. fairlco Donison Melendy Newhnry
L. W. McAllister and :. : Peach. Orange. T.
Noyes and D. T. Sargent Randolph. Albeit
Gould STAFFORD, William H. Hayes aud Moses
T. Preston; Ihetford, b D. Wilcox. Top-ham, J..
II, Smith aud II h. white; 1uubrdse, Nathan
e. Preston aud George Ballou. Nci.hire William
panl and John mn Washington. George W
Wasson and John T. Fish Wiinmstown o. $
Martin and o H. Briggs
The first jury trial was the Ease Of Cordcla T.
Cook u.s. Town II Thetiod The case ha. been
tried once before, and verdict rendered flr the
plaintiff for two thousand three hundred dollars
damages which verdict was set aside by reason
Of some Of the iurymen having been tanuiered
with while the trial was In progress The action
WAS brought TO recover damages for injuries
alleged 10 have been received by reason NJ the In
sunciency Of the highway In defendant town. on
what Is known as the Ellis hill The plaintiff has
deceased since the first trial Of the case. and the
prosecution was now carried on by her admins
traitor, 5. L. d. Goodale. The evidence ON the
part Of the plaintiff tended to show that Mrs
Cook and another woman were, ON the 25th day
Of March. 1871, riding towards Union village. in
the town Of Ihetiord, and that while driving
down the Ellis hill by reason NJ the want NJ re-
pair Of water bar they were thrown out, and
Mrs Cook injured and that her death was
FASTENED by the injuries then received The de-
PENDANT claimed that the road was In sufficient re-
pair, and that the accident was due to the hold
back u the harness breaking, and evidence WAS
introduced TO show this to be the fact The de
fence also produced evidence to show that Mrs
Cooks injuries were in part feigned for the pur-
pose Of recovering damages Of the town The
case was given 10 the jury Friday evening, aud
they, after being ont about fifteen minutes, re-
turned verdict for the defendant : - llehard
and r. farnham for the plaintiff : NJ Gleason,
c. W. Clarke aud j. W. Rowell, iof the defendant
A jury was empanelied on Friday and taken
t. Sharon, to visit the scene OF the accident u
Miss Whitney, and her action against the town Of
Sharon will be next for trial.
The new docket was called on Friday and
shows eighty-four new entries, seventeen Of
which are petitions for divorce. The most i'm
portant actions entered this term are those in ia
yor Of Smith Ely against Joseph l. Bicknell, Henry
barnard and others These cases grow out Of the
copper mine trouble, at Ver-hire. The dd dpauun
in the first named suit is two hundred thousand
dollars