Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1877-03-21
A LAWYER ON TRIAL.

ministrator of f. O Hammond ,s Randall and |
Durant.-The plaintiff sned to recover the volue |
of two notes which Mr. Hammond mt into the
defendant Duraut's hands to collect and account
for on the 10Th day of January. 1871 one AGAINST
D. b. e. w S sherman. for an unlknovn snrn Inn, |
supposed to be in the vicinity of eighty dollars
and the other against II. A. & w. S. Little. for
four hundred dollars but having endorsements
of three hundred dollars According tn the Main
tir's testimony in March iS72 Mr. Hammond
died in Wolcott and the late .Iudge q n Chad. |
wick Of Cambridgo was annointed his admins.
TRAITOR AMONG the naners of the DECEASED he
found recent for the abovo named notes si,,rod
by Randall & Durapt. in Dnronts bapdwritiny
and sometime after heinz in Mortnel;or ho ooIlod
npon Mr.. Durant. in companv with his brother
in-law. Mr.. J. II Bostwick of this nlace Mr.
Bostwck testified that Iudge Ch,d,yick ala ma,
have the RECENT with him ot tho time Inf ,Iatha
called Mr. Durant's attention 10 the snbiect and
Mr. Durant renled that he had M motto If Al,
Uammond's and IL he had had II ,,as oil so,orod
off Jndge Chadwick then sen, rho recoin, IN,
ID w DndIov ono of tho beirs who shon.od :, .,
Mr. Dnrapt and tho lottor ,bo, ro,,o,,,,..oa -,
cordino tn Mr. Dudlev,s testimopy- ,h,t bo hod
sent one note soutb somewhere IN be collected
and that tho otber ona had ,,, iloid ,o.o
was nrobabIv in his Office some,yboro ondhod,,,,
been maid II WA. discovered after ,;ro thot
Mr. Ceor,o y sillor ~ ros. Non,,oli.r ia, I,,
entire amonnt dino on tho Ii,,lo ,o,a lone h,,,,rod
and dftv-four dollars and thirtv-four cen,s,toNr
Dnrant ON the 10th of Anri, 1871 and rooo;,od
from him an ASSIGNMENT of the nota ~ =, recoi,t
Mr. Siblev was a witness and tastifed IN ,be na,,
ment of the monev and identified tho oss;,nr'on,
According IN tho nlointifr,s tas,ir,or,, ,Lo, mi
naner was shown IN Mr. Dura,t si,ned Ia, him
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Mr. Martin had told him once or twice that he
knew nothing about payment to Mr.. Ham
mond by Mr.. Durant, and the testimony of Mr..
Dudley and Bostwick, in regard to the contra
dctory stories told by Mr.. Durant at the differ
ent stages Of the affair was confirmed by Mr..
Charles Tabor, who testified that he went into
| Mr.. Durant's office with Judge Chadwick and the
Judge asked Mr.. Durant II he had collected the
money on some notes for the Hammond estate;
that Mr. Durant replied that the notes were of no
account-he had never collected them-that one
of them was away somewhere; he didn't know
but they might get something; that after the dis
covery of Mr. Sibleys payment of the Little note
the witness went to Mr., Durant and he admitted
that he had collected the money: and that Mr.
Heath had paid it over to Mr. Hammond The
jury returned u verdict in favor of the plaintiff
for two hundred and seven dollars and seventy
four cents the entire principal and interest of the
Little note The case will go to the Supreme
Court on the question Of the jurisdiction of the
County Court, the defendant claiming that the
sum declared on being not more than two hun
bred dollars Messrs, IL X Field and S. c. Shurt-
left are counsel for the plaintiff, and Messrs. L.
L. Durant, f. V. Randall aud Homer w Heaton,
for the defendants.
"Krrp TO THE RIGHT"
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