The Rutland daily globe. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1873-1877, 1876-03-27
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The Courts.

The TWICE continued case vi tne OthlcVe'
Warren Green, Warren j. Green and David
| Green, was examined by the municipal
court on Saturday. The parties appeared,
| literally with cloud of witnesses, SO that
they overshadowed the court room and
| filled it to suffocation. d. e. Nickol-
son, of Rutland, and j. e. Manley, of
| West Rutland, appeared for the defendant.
In opening the case Grand Juror Red
ington desired to correct statement that
the question of the jurisdiction of the mu
nicipal court in cases similar to this had
been submitted to His Honor Judge
Wheeler. Judge Wheeler had given no
opinion respecting the proper interpreta..
ton of the law relative to the jurisdiction
of the municipal court. In the case now
before the court the investigation was in
the nature of court of inquiry
In behalf of the state the grand jurors
proceeded to examine DR.. L. Sheldon, L.
+. Goodrich, Mrs. l.. f. Goodrich, Miss
Emma j. Goodrich, Miss Minerva Wing
and DR.. Fosburgh, who testified to the
facts of the occurrence on the 9th of
March and to the injuries sustained 10y Mr.
Goodrich The story was substantially az
follows:
About 8 a. IN. on that day, while Mr..
Goodrich was digging out ditch near the
barn, Mrs. Goodrich looking out the south
window, and their dog was lying on the
door steps, Mr.. Warren Green came along
with two teams, his two sons, Daniel and
Warren j., and Daniel Wing and his sister
Minerva One of the parties had tin pail
with pennies in it which he shook at the
dog, who accepted the challenge, and ran
out to the wagon barking. Warren j.
Green then got off the wagon and with
Davids aid they stoned the dog back to-
ward the honse. Mrs. Goodrich came out
of the house and asked if she " could not
play at stones," while the daughter Emma
called the dog in the house. Meanwhile
MIR. Goodrich hearing the noise, started for
the scene with the hoe over his shoulder.
David Green called to him to como on and
they would ''give him a good rolling up. y
When Goodrich reached the side OF the
road Warren Green took hold Of the hoe,
twisted it out of his hand, knocked Good
itch down and struck him after he was
down. Mrs Goodrich sought to interfere,
and got hit in the eye. AS soon as MIR.
Goodrich got out of his unfortunate situa-
ton, he hurried to Rutland and took meas
ures to have the Greens arrested.
Miss Minerva Wing was riding sideways
on board thrown across the wagon boil
sters-there was no box on-looklng at the
house Warren jumped off and beae" &c
stone the dog, thon David stopped the
team and took hand in Mrs. Goodrich
threw stone David Green thought il
was thrown at him 80 he lodged and fel
down her brother jingled the pail all the
way it was lie and lie all the while be
tween the parties.
The witnesses were all cross-examlned Ia
very auie manner by Mr.. Nicholson with.
out discovering any flaws in the evidence.
The defence called David Green, War
rem j. Green, Warren Green, Alice Bur
dett and Daniel Wing, who all swore tina
Goodrich came up and threatened to spill
Warren Green's head open. David Greer
said that Goodrich came up swearing ant
damning and said "I'll roll your siste
down the hill, and somehow Goodrich hi
his fathers fist with his left eye and ga
down, and hit his fathers fist again an
the blood run.
Warren Green said he tried to argue will
Goodrich he jerked the hoe away from
him and told him to 60 in the house ant
behave himself. He never collared him
He struck glancing blow that hit the ey,
ard glanced off the nose, taking the hid,
with 1t. Goodrich then sat down, and b,
hit him right and left. He Just did it il
self-defense. Mr.. Goodrich blattcd afte
he sat down. Mr.. Green said he did no
know If Goodrich meant to insult him b,
blatting. He was rather merry over tn
beating he gave Goodrich.
Grand Juror Redington cross-examno
the witnesses. Perhaps 25 witnesses VIII
had been brought to court, mostly by tn
Greens, were not examined. The case wa
submitted to the court without argument
His Honor Judge Edgerton, said it was
q disgraceful affair." He thought the ev
( dence against the boys Warren ]. and Ds
{ vid Green was not sufficient to hold Their
b aud he would discharge them that MI
Goodrich was blamable but he would hol
{ Warren Green responsible. He would RI
4 quire bail for his appearance at the count
r court.
8 After some conversation the bail wa
fixed at $500. The state witnesses wer
a also recognized in the sum of 5000 each fo
3 their appearance at the county court to tel
1 tify in the case-and then Whipple Hollo'