Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1878-10-02

80. s.snu jury came in Thursday and =,
ported Sa true bills; they also renor,,a .
- Tue condition of the county bnildiDss
',i"' The Jail needed hetter ventilation ~"
''ia1 Tie Court House should be- enIaroo
and thoroughly renovated, and closed wiz vi
10 Petition TO the wisdom and yirtue
lot permission to levy tax on the coun,
Tor money for the same.
Among the indictments reported the e.,
lowing have been made public: Aeaips
russell Conner of Cabot for The I.rosnr :
boat Srpt. 25, 1877; against Trnma1 7
Hunt two indictments fur enaaa;n =? :.
S He rquor traihc at Montpelier; agains
N N Miller and George Marquette O
Montpeller for disturbing the town meet
Ing at Berlin Sept. 8, 1878: against Free
nuI'erny and George Butterfly of Mont,e
'icr, INDICTED separately, for liquor SELLING
asa,nst George E Hill for getting drum
at Berlin Sept z, 1873; against 0rcar AM
Charles Dodge, indicted separately. FL,
breaking and entering the house nj
&c Gray at East Montpelier Nav
~ and stealing 800; against Charlie,
Dodge for receiving the stolen property
against Lawrence Preston of Berlin f.,
entering the dwelling of Lucy Yonno a,
Montpelier Aug. 6. 1873, and STEALING
lewelry; against Nelson Alexander q
6erlln for forging an order on d. Tall
January 8, 1878; against Sarah F. Burn.
nam Tor setting fire to her dwelling il,
Montpelier July l6, 1878; against George
Slranahan of Waterbury two Indictment
Tor an assault with II pistol upon Matba
Demmon at Waterbury February 26 1873:
against Eugene Danforth of Worcester for
AN assault with intent to commit rape upon
the person of Hannah Z. Stafford NAV II
1873; against Joel Emerson of Gilmore
Tor an assault with pistol upon one VIII.
liam Penn at Montpelier August %, 1878.
and roNbing him of railroad ticket and
money-two indictments; against Henry
McMurphy for an assault with intent to
rape upon the person of Adelaide HAYDEN
1T Midhlesex August %, 1873; against
Mary Green for keeping house of ili-fame
at Montpelier; against Jennie Smith for
same; against Charlotte Lisbon for same :;
against Hamilton Webster of Barre for
selling beer; against F. ONeil of North
held for selling liquor; against Lawrence
Preston of Montpelier for selling liquor;
against Melvin McCrlllis of Barre for sell.
ing beer; against Harry Wiley of Barre
tor selling liquor; against Ellen Barnett
OF Worcester for tho larceny of money
Sept. II, 1873
or those indicted and arrested, Conner,
Hunt, the Butterfys, Mary Green, Web
ster. Preston, McCrilis, Wiley and Ellen
Barnett have been released on bail, and
Marquette. the Dodges, Emerson. Dan
'or'h and Charlotte Lisbon are boarding
1T the expense of the county.
The next case trial was Harry P. Pierce
vs.. Henry W. Camp, apt. THIS was all
,ctlun OF assumpst On note. 1t appeared
IN evidence that the note in question Was
given in payment for IL horse and had !,
lace value of about Sll2. The horse was
old to the defendant by one Herbert Camp
md the plaintiff claimed that he bought
he note of him while it was yet current,
he defendant claimed and proved quite
satisfactorily that the horse Was spawned
beast and that rs soon as he found that he
,Iad been chealed he took TIE horse back
u Henry and notified Inn that he SHOULD
not pay the mole, and he claimed that the
plaintiff was not an innocent purchaser
mt really had no interest in the note
Gleason & Field and Heath & Carleton for
,he plainutl; Shultl, ii and Lanson for the
defendant. The jury almost immediately
upon the conclusion OF the case returned il
verdict for The defendant.
Next came the case of Julius p. Knapp
VS.. Jefferson Bruce. This was I'm ac,lon
or assault and battery alleged to have
been committed in February last in the
shop on State street formerly used by II
n. Taplin as carriage nlanufaclory. !,
appeared from evidence that the partit
ad a short time before been in partner ship
md when they dissolved IL quarrel hau
aiken place over the division Of the assets.
rhe plaintiff claimed that on the day of
he alleged assault he went to the shop in
Il peaceable manner, that Bruce made all
lnprovoked assault upon him. striking
lin in the face, knocking him over Il pile
# lumber and would probably have killed
him had it not been for the timely assist
lnce of Mr. Luther Cree, but as ii was his
bodily health has suffered greatly. The
defendant claimed that goaded to infuria-
ion by the repeated insults of the plaintiff
ie started for him and that the plaintiff in
rying TO escape fell and perhaps in that
way injured himself, if at all. Deavitt ana
Heath for plaintiff; Shurtleff for the de-
endant The jury after being out short
ime returned verdict for the plaintiff TO
'ecover $57. "a and costs.
The case OF James 2. Carpenter vs.. E. o.
oease followed, and is now on trial. This
s IL land case and involves the question of
he situation of line between the faIms
If the parties in Wailsfeld. The defend
mt is tenant of Judge Holden of Mid
llesex. The disputed territory is about
TX feet wide and from fifteen to twenty
DDS long, and the injury complained o,
vas the cutting and carrying away of
imber from the same. Carpenter and
'lumley for the plaintiff; Heath & Carrie.
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