Litchfield enquirer., 1877-10-18
Fest. White oabaaFd siis baat, ohe Pf
 the offieers.adf fissa him to plead gully }

rest. While ossb0ard the poass oAe pi the officers ad esa hin to plead sail1yil They told him his mother had made 'fnll confession impIicating him He said | | that was 70 he supposed he might as Well on [, up. i1Eie confession so made was decided inadmissible because 1t was not votuntary. The other evidence was not sufficient tofasten the crime on tho prisoner, and he was therefore. found not guilty. +aa.
 The case of Benedsct vs. Giddings. was decided in favor of the former on the following facts: On May 21st, 1875. Geo. Benedict gave his son, J. A. Benedict, 5000 note and secured the same by mortgage, which the latter now brings bpetition to foreclose.s hAbont March 10. 1876, George Benedict was declared q bankrupt. and his propestylwss placed in the hands of an assignee. On the 18th of the August following tHe5a assignee sold the equity of redemption in the property so mortgaged to Levi P. Giddinas, the re- spondent, for about S400s aGiddings filed a cross-biil ID which he claimed that the 1 mortgage note Vas without consideration, 1 and the deed void, and asked that the title might be decreed to him. The younger Benedict was employed by his father. and the 5000 note as given to take up several pt evious notes for wages due him l from his father, and included S277 for 1 future services wh'ch were afterwards lfnly rendered Judge Sandford found. therefore, that there was. full consldera- l tion for the note and could see nothing l fraudul nt about the deed. He also found I that the 5000 note was correctly describ- cd i'll the mortgage deed, and did not consider it necessary for that deed to dis close the various items that went to make Iup the amount for which the note was given. Foreclosure was therefor decreed. and the cross, bill dismissed. ts 1a.s ait P ! Y Thomas " Gris,0oId vs. Rdtph P. Cook, ct oI. This was an action brought by the lessor of certain land in Goshen to re- cover the value of hay which was the Fgrowth of that land, and which was at- tached by the defendants as the property of the lessee. The first question raised l was whether plaintiffs nght of pos- session ill the property was such that he r could maintain trespassa The court con- sidered it sufficient. The next point was regarding the ownership fthe hay. The lease provided that the lessee should have posses sion of the property for a ysar, ,=-pro- vided that all the products of the farm were to berthe. property of the lessor. This was reservation the lessor had a right tosK.ake;1 'theJ udgeIcould not see how the title ever passed to the lessee;s he consequently held that the action would lie, and gave the plaintiff $2o4. .2s dam ages and. costs, The defendants gave no, tice of a motion to, take the case up to the Supreme Gourt. sa..t a.as Aar.agss aa ly - 1 Moses Lyman ,ys. Thinner Futile. This was an action on a note given for farm uold Futile Brothers, by the plaintiff. Before 1867 the plaintiff had bought this far m for them; they had gone into pos. session and the plaintiff had received some Soft he proeeedk of the farm. The parties then got together, looked over their accounts, and found balance due the plaintiff of, g, 10s. The plaintiff then deeded over the property and took a note for the amount found due, secured by mortgage. The defendant denied his sig. natures to the note and mortgage. and moreover claimed payment of $1 ,OOO. upon the note. The Judge thought there could be no doubt of the genuineness o1 the signatures. It rappearedg that at the timesof the settlement there were two oth' CT notes due the plaintiff; ;;,one of S2O0 and one of $800 Shortly after the settlement : payment was made the plaintiff Of S1, ,016 E by check, and the judge belle ved that tho $2OO and the $500 notes were then paid
 He therefore gave judgment agai nst ths defendant for the full amount of the note with interest and costs.
 Wm, Birmingham and George White
 were each sentenced to 10 months il jail. .........-.-.
 The following dlvorces were granted during the term:
 Mary from Earnest Dewez. Egg-s | Henry from Caroline Ives. t2 EE
 Elizabeth from Andrew Mallahan, witl
 LucyA from Edward s. Andrewsg I "a, Matilda A. from Frank B. Tucker
 Hawley from Mary E.. Reed. srL
 Sarah A. from Edwin w. Harrington. II Caroline from Anil John. s>sg g$E Z. $
 Mary E. from John l.. Lewis.
 Ella s. R. from EdwingE Mott.l P lS Alice from Francis Richardson.
 Marvin s. from Susan A Todd.i T Mary l. from George D. Vaughn.
 Julia E. from Edwin Q. Wakeman. Mary J. from Arthur Preston.
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