Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1876-01-19
Lamolllc County Court.


Hos. A. VI. WoonmnY, l'"""" ""'"'''
wn H. KrSrrp, Ccrk
MASON tnAFrEE, sheriff
L. s. THOMPSON, states iN1rHtW
Henry OuArr reporter
The adjourned term of the Iamoillc Count
Court was begun at iiydepark, last Wednesda,
morning, and flushed last Saturday afternoon.
The following divorce cases were tried
Emma o. Mann Of Wateryille, rs. Allen J.
Manu. Of Wa,erylle dill granted for intolembl
severity Custody Of minor child, Minnie !
Mann given to petitioner, and she has leave L
resume her maiden name Of Leach
Mary j. llayiord, Of lIyderark rs Chandle
llayiord OF johnson. Bill granted for intolerabl
severity; almony decroed, as follows one nun
drcd dollars to be paid in ninety days from Thu
rising Of court one hundred dollars In six month
and one hundred dollars in nino months from th'
rising Of court
Marcella A. lloyt OF Morrisyillc, rs. Edgar j
lloyt, OF Massachusetts, Bill granted Tor iutolor
able severity; petitioner has leave to resume hc
former namo Of MarceIa 4. Stewart
Pcryilla Kenyon, Of Stowe, rs. Cyrus +. Ken
yon, Of stowe. Bill granted for intolerblc Sc
verify
Helen NJ Turner, Of Cambridge, u.s. Charles
w. Turner Of Cambridge. Bill granted for intol
cradle severity Children, Henry W and Roy W.
given to the petitioner
Eya Wade, of Ilydcparh, u.s. Chas Wade
gone ont of the state -nnl granted Cor intolcrabl,
severity Custody OF minor child, Mary A. Wade
decrcod % petitioner and she Swallowed TO rcsum,
/ her maiden name OF nauows
-Four liquor cases were settled hy the respond
onts pleading guilty. Daniel lsham, keeper Of the
hotel at stowe Lower Village to three first of
fences, fine Thirty dollars and costs; George H.
Sayhy, hotel keeper at Johnson % two second Of.
fences, forty dollars and costs A. b. Pike of the
North Wolcou hotel two first offences, twenty
dollars and costs; benjamin Scott, landlord Of
the Pond House, ut Eden Mills, 10 three first or
/ fences, fine thirty dollars and costs
Al the other criminal cases were continued Ia
the case Of the State rs GcorgeH Saxhy for adnl.
terry Hon T. X Glccd WAS assigned a. assistant
counsel ior the state.
So,euty-thrcc new eases were entered this term.
an unusually large number
Marcia VI ilutchius u.s. William S. Morrill, was
thc only case tried by the jury. The plaintiff
lives in Wogott, and is the daughter OF L. S
llutchius, OF that place She is handsome girl
OF twenty-five, with largo and expressive brown
eyes, dark brown hair, q clcarcorplcxion and the
flush Of health on her checks Her height is
above the medium, her carriage very graceful and
her modest solfpossess.0n under the adnirng
gaze of the jury and Bar, was wonderful Her
low and musical tones made captiyes Of the jury
az once, and her case was practically won aftei
she had been upon the witness stand ten minutes
The defendant deserved to lose his case for bad
taste ii for nothing else since It must have been
impossible for him to have found prettier cir
in four counties. Itappcared from pantids tcs
timony, that In 1871 She was a telegraph operator
in Fairmans block at Wolcot,, and that defen
daut kept % clethins-store in the same building
/ Their acquaintance soon blossomod into friendship
and their friendship riponcd into love and in tn,
summer Of 1873 they Nero engaged shortly be
/ fore their engagement, defendant moved to West
/ Randolph and went into the clothing bushes.
there A tender correspondence onsucd between
them and the plaintiff testified that the marriage
was fixed for thc first part Of January 1875 al
though the exact day was not named. She got
her clothes household linen and bedding ready
made the cake and notified her friends but de
iendaut did not come and alleged that his bust
ness Affairs were ia such condiditon thata post
| ponement must take place Plaintiff a,quiesced
and things went along I'm the 1jta Of May, when
/ plaintiff received an anonymous letter from Ran.
dolph, stating that the writer had found one Of
her letter. Co Morrill,, IN ullari-saloon, and
warning her against him MS q druuhard and gam
bier plainuf, from the popularity Of the hand
writing, thought It was a device on his part Il
cool herlovo She wrote him back a true. womanly
letter, in which She said that if he thought h,
could be happier with another than with her
| then she WAS willing 10 give him up, although I
would make her miserable for life and concluded
by saying that she set her life by him. aud entreat
| ing him to come and see her at once Defendant
claimed that he regarded this letter a. a lorna
release on her part, and that he had acted
accordingly Bat it was in evidence that, at
the last Of May, he visited plaintiff at Wolcott
and there appeared as her lover In the summer
I Of 1874 plaintiff went to the American House, al
I Montpelier and did table work, On the third Oh
August the defendant wrote her a letter TO the eff
feet that he had got into a scrape' with Cir
in Randolph, and asking her 10 release him and
send him back a watch and other presents he had
given her, and his letters She replied August
lth, saying that she could not send him bis pres.
enis or letters then, for they were at home, and
also shall not write you, you are free" The
letter. when produced ia court. had the word
again after the first "you" ia tho above
quotation. It was evidently written in different
hand from plaintiff S. but defendant swore tliatit
WAS In the letter when he received it from her and
that he read it then and since as follows: " shall
not write you again. You arc free" lie alleged
that he took this TO be a release for the second
time, and ia consequence got married to the Cir
with whom he had got into a sclape" as he
wrote TO plaintiff, Tho plaintiff put into the case
two or three letters from defendant, written subse.
queut to August 81, which threatened her il she
did not send hm his letters to her She did not
reply to them. The defendant is pyopossessing
appearing man Of tWenty-eight, rather daudfed
inappeamnee. lie made poorappearancc on the
stand, his Letters making strong case against him
The jury, after deliberton Of less than half a
hour, found verdict in favor Of plaintiff for
SlOo0 and costs, which is secured it is said by an
attachment ON defendant stool, ofgoods recepted
for by responsible parties Execution has been
stayed, and the ease goes to the supreme Court,
upon exception to portion Of Judge Powers
charge, in which he said that the argument made
by the defendants counsel, that defendants bad
character should lessen the damages, should not
be considered by the jury that II defendant made
her believe that he was man OF respeetability
and he turned out to be otherwise then her lisar-
pointment was so muclf the greater and the jury
had right % take that into consideration in de-
terninins the question Of damages Plaintiffs
father has obtained Judgment in another suit
against tbs defendant, in which he claims to re-
cover for boarding defendant some two months.
while be lived in Wocott and the case goes to the
clerk ior assessment Of damages Alessrs II L.
Carter, Of South Hardwick, and C L. Waterman,
for plaintiff Messs. T. r. Glced and r. T.
Parker for defendant
Joseph Hutchins, administrator Of Rhoda Rem
inston's estate, rs. W, H. H. Bnglmm. This case
was tried by the court, jury trial having been
waived Tho defendant in ths'case is the well
known democratic candidate for Governor, aud the
vice-presidont Of the Vermont Mutual Insurance
Company. The plaintiff Is a resident of Woleott,
and stepaher 10 ono OF the heirs Of the old ady's
estate, II appeared that the old lady held a note
against Alr Bingham for $500 She died the 9Th
or 9th Of December, 1872, at Huntington, in
house owned by her, but occupied by her son-in-
law j j. Mix Previous 10 about three weeks
before her death she had lived with William NJ.
Small, Of Morristown, for a year and a half and
he testified that soon after her death he went to
Mr. Bingham, notified him that he had claim
against the old lady's estate for boarding her;
that Mr.. Bingham told him that when the note
was presented he would refuse to pay IT, Mr.
bingham subsequently, paid the note to Mix and