Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1876-12-02
Court Record.
Coos County-Southern District.

Coos County-Southern District.
HIS HONOR JUDGE SAWYER PRESIDING.
State Us. John T. ". Hhitney This
case which was on trial when We went to
press last week, occupied two days. The
State endeavored to show by circumstan-
tial evidence that the building which
stood by itself remote from other build
ings and next to the residence of Nr.
whitney, must have been burned by the
respondent. 1t was proved that about
noon on the day Of the fire respondent
borrowed Of enc Boucher pair OF snow
shoes to sc into the woods for tn Iaarac
boughs for a sick horse. Boucher saw
bin put the snow shoes On about two
o'clock, P. M, aud start into the woods.
The testimony concerning the time of the
are WAS contradictory, varying from one
to three o'clock in the afternoon. The
day following She Gre, party of FIVE
went to the spot on snow shoes and as
certainea the following facts which were
put in evidence by the State. There were
snow shoe tracks leading from the point
where Whitney put on the snow shoes to
within about thirty rods Of the place
where the buildings were burned, from
which point the incendiary evidently
walked without them. 1t was found that
the snow shoes borrowed by Whitney
correspondent to the tracks which lead to
the place Of the fire, aud were the only
ones, among a large humber tried, that
did. The respondent testified that he
went but few steps on the SNOW shoes
from the point where he received them of
! Boucher, when he found that the corks on
his moccasins We're cutting them, aud
consequently he returned, took them off,
left them where he got them and cut some
boughS which he tied upon his feet to pre-
vent Slunpin@, and went in different d.
rectiOn from that of the fire. and got the
tamarac boughs. At the time Of the pre-
liminary examination, Immediately after
the fire, an examination was made by the
justice and other parties, and tracks were
| found both in the direction of the fire and
the place where respondent claimed that
he got the boughS, corroborating the tes-
Jimony above referred to. A large amount
of testimony was put in by both sides to
SubStantiate their respective theories Of
the case. Verdict not guilty. Solicitor
and Drew for State; Benton and Ladd
| for respondent.
s. S. Sleeper Dc Co. Us. Charles Green,
H. Abbott &c Co. and John H. Hi1liard. Ac-
ton to recover pay on note signed by
Green and endorsed by Abbott & Co. The
defense set up was that Abbott, who en-
dorsed the note, had no ri.ht, under the
articles of copartnerShp, to sign the firm
name. Verdict for plaintiff for S &.
Ladd and Whidden for plaintiff; Ray.
Drew & Jordan for defendant.
The following divorces have been grant
ed during the term: George N. Harri-
man from Julia L. Hartman; Sally A.
Morgan from Chaunccy Morgan; Emily
NJ. Forhush from VIM. H. Forbush.
There are 403 continued actions upon
the civil docket, and the new entries
number 235. There have been 1870 civil
cases disposed of during the term, only
three Of which have been tried by jury,
the balance having been settled, referred,
or tritd by the court. Court adjourned
on Saturday, 25lh, after a session Of IF
teen days.