Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1878-01-30
LamOiIIe County Court.
Hon II. II. POWERS, Presiding Jud0e.
HON. j. W. STILES, ! Ies;sto,,t .y,,d,,s
Hon. j, II. PAGE,
VII. H. KENFIELD, Clerk.
L. b SHERwIS, Sheriff.
E.W. THORPE. States 4 ttOrneB.
L VI MTATafg pauorfer


The business of the December term of
the Lamoile county court, which took a
recess from December 18th to January
10th, was resumed at the last named date,
and the session continued until Saturday,
January 10th inst, when court arose.
At this sitting of the term, two cases
only were. tried by jury, viz; State VS..
Orange Holden. This was an Indictment
found by the grand jury at the last April
term of court against Orange Holden and
Jacob Answorlh of Gilmore, and Levi
Cameron Of Woodbury., for obstructing a
highway leading from the Eagle Ledge
road, so-called, in Gilmore, to the Wood
bury road, so-caled, in the town of Wood
bury. At this term nOlie proSeqm was
entered rs to the respondents Ainsworth
and Cameron, it being understood that the
former was improperly joined in the in
dictment, and the latter being resident
of Washington county could not be prose-
cuted in this county.
The testimony on the part of the state
tended to prove that said road, which was
first cut through the woods for private
logging " road about forty years ago, had
been used by the public for travel, rs a
"pent highway" for thirty years, more
OF less, and that residents on said roads,
had been allowed to eXpend their highway
taxes to II certain extent, on said road, by
the authorities Of the town of Gilmore;
fIharn oHri1nDon ,,1,n that c,v
mer owners Of the land through which
said road passes, had given the land for
the use of II public highway, for thirty
years ago, or more. The state claimed
that said road was II public highway, in
which the public had II right for the uses
of travel first, by gift from the owners of
the land, and secondly, by use for a long
term of years. The respondents evidence
tended to show that said road had never
been used or regarded by the public as
highway, but had always been regarded
as private way, and, had been used prn-
cipally as " numbering road" and that
the respondent had u right to close it
against any travel by the public, he being
an owner of land through which it passes.
The jury returned IL verdict of mot
guilty" they regarding said road as being
IL public highway. L. W. Thorp states
attorney for the state; Brigham g. Water
man for the respondent.
Seth fl. Pecker e. Co. aplts VS.. j. d. Ii
tus. The plaintiffs are wholesale liquor
dealers in Boston, and in September, 1876,
through their agent, one Putnam, sold the
defendant who was at that time the keeper
of II grocery store in Hardwick, IL barrel of
whiskey which was ordered by the defend
ant upon blank for that purpose, which
was furnished by said Putnam, and was
filled out and signed by the defendant and
read as follows:
HARDwICK, VT, Sept 10, 1876.
Messrs.Seth E. Pecker & Co, Boston, Mass,
Gcats: Please ship me the following
goods by freight marked S. +. P. & Co.,
Wolcott Depot, VT, packed into case,
one barrel of sweet valley whiskey at two
dollars per gallon. Send the bill to Hard
wick, Vt.
Respectfully yours,