Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1877-09-19


g The civil docket still maintains 1t
If strength, and there bids fair TO be q lont
/, session of the court.
a The verdict in the SANDER case OF Bate
Y VS.. Harrington was for the plaintiff AM
= placed the damages at one cent. Judg'
RedfieId, in his charge, illustrating the va
9 rious degrees of harm done by ISLANDERS
It told the jury that there were cases where
g men had so poor characters that any IN
r Jury to them would be scarcely perceptl
\ BILE. while there were other men VIII
/ tongues so we'll known that II SANDER from
f them would be almost harmless. IL Il
] difficult to say under that charge whethet
the size of the verdict in this case losses
5 the plaintiff or defendant on its pointed
I horn.
There are rumors afloat that some oil
the indictments to be brought in by the
grand jury will be of great interest to
our virtuous fellow citizens. The case
now on trial is,
William A. Boutelle VS.. The West Ches-
ter Fire Insurance Co. of Brooklyn, N.
Y, which was begun on Monday alter
noon, and will be resumed tomorrow
morning, the court not being in session to-
day on account of the County Fair. In
!. 1874 the plaintiff, VIM. A. Boutelle OF this
4 village, was engaged in the raising and
Z sale of what was called the hulless oats,
and during the winter of 1919, as he
claims, he had stored in an old black
smiths shop, ut the upper end OF Elm
Street, over three thousand bushels OF the
oats, which he was selling from seven and
one-half to thirty-two dollars II bushel.
In November, 1874, he insured the oats for
twenty.fve hundred dollars, in each of the
following companies: the West Chester,
Globe of Chicago, Kansas of Leavenworth,
and Planters of Memphis, each policy
containing a clause to the effect that not
more than five dollars bushel should
ever be demanded of the companies in
case of fire. Those policies having run
out, were renewed in April, 1875, for a
month. On the night of the Dist of April,
1875, the building and contents were con-
sumed by fire. The defendants resist the
payment of the insurance money chiefly
on the ground of the worthessness of the
so called hulless oats. 1t bids fair to be n
very interesting case as it progresses, and
will probably last the remainder of the
week, as there are many witnesses in at
tendance. Fhe counsel for the plaintiff
Livingston, Wing, Lamson and w. ?.
Dillingham;; for the defendant, Taft (of
BurlingtoG and Heath & Carleton.
The new docket contains one hundred
and eight entries seventeen Of which are
for divorce and one for breach of promise.
The divorce cases are as follows:
Edna Il. Stowe of Plainfeld VS.. Calvin
f. Stowe for adultery, intolerable severity
and likewise refusal to support; Martin
w. Wheelock of Berlin VS.. Hattie NJ
Wheelock Charles Ainsworth of Mortified
VS.. Laura Ainsworth for adultery, desertion
and intolerable severity; Angeline Kenas-
intolerable severity and refusal to support;
John II. Peck of East Montpelier VS. Flor
ence E. Peck of Elkhart City, ILL.,, for
intolerabe severity; Mary Ranslow of
Mortified vs.. Sidney w. Ranslow of
Charlotte for intolerabe severity, refusal
to support and desertion; William Blair
of Waitslield VS. Sarah Blair for intolerable
severity; Lucy A. Young of Montpelier vs..
Moses j. Young of Astoria, Oregon, for
deserlion and refusal TO support; Martha
L. Coburn of Cabot VS.. f. F. Coburn for
intolerable severity Dora A. Down
ing of Woodbury. VS.. Richard Down
ing for intolerable severity; Rose f. In
gals of East Montpelier vs. James N. In
gals Of Fayston for intolerable severity,
refusal to support and adultery; Betsey
II Arbuckle of East Montpelier VS.. Phi
lander Arbuckle for intolera5le severity
add refusal to support; Elizabeth Kew of
Warren VS.. Robert Kew for intolerable |
severity; CLARA Smith of Montpelier VS..
George Smith for intolerable severity, refu. |
sal to support and adultery; and George
Smith vs., Clara Smith for intolerable Sc
verify; Emma Sommerville of Moretown
vs.. William Sommervlle for deseltion and |
refusal to support; Helen NJ. Page of
Paintield vs. Aonzo IL. Page for intoler-
able severity and refusal to support.
There are also seven divorce cases upon
the old docket.
The breach of promise case was brought
by Mr.. Deavitt for Sarah A. Thayer of
Waitslield against Thomas 7. Prentis who
formerly had his home in Watstield but
has lately been United States Consul at the
Seychelle Islands in the Indian Ocean
Under the rule of court the case would be
continued over this term, but on Saturday
Mr.. w. 2. Dillingham;, consul of the de-
PENDANT read to the court an affidavit the
substance of which is given below, askino
that the rule be suspended and the case be
tried this term. The court made no order
but suggested that perhaps TIE plaintiff
would be willing to try it this term Verv
likely it will be tried this term or bail re.
leased. In his affidavit Mr.. Prentis stated
that his home has always been in Waits
field and that his parents reside there In
December, 1871, he received commission
rs consul to the SeycheIle Islands from the
United ates.Government; left Walsfield,
going as expeditiously us possible via New
York, Liverpool, London, SOUTHAMPTON.
Gibralter, Malta, Alexandria, Suez and
Alden, only arriving at his destination
May 5th, 1872, the journey occupying
more than seventy-fve days and costing
more than $500 in cash; performed his
duties there till March 9TH, 1877, when he
started home on leave of absence, return.
ing via Suez, Port Said, Marseilles London.
and New York, reaching home in about
fifty days, going by the fastest possible
that his salary is $500; that
his health was broken down while serving
IS volunteer in Company H., 81 Regiment
United States sharp shooters during the
late war and was honorably discharged
Tor that reason and his health has ever
since been such that he has been unable
% gain livelihood by manual labor; that
ne sought and obtained the position rs
consul because his physician advised him
% seek tropical climate and the climate I
here has so benefited him that he desires t
o return; moreover that his salary is his
only means of support His leave of alb
'ence expires so that he must leave Yer
mont in about three weeks or resign his S
position. He therefore prays that the case J
nay be heard this term OF court, that he ,
l,, l.,