Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1878-06-12
Lamoille County Court.
Hos. HI. POWERS. Presiding Juag'-
Hos. I. ". stiles stiles Assistant Judges.
VII. II. KESF1ELD. flerE.
f. Is SHERwIs. Sherif.
= N. TnoRPE. states Attorney.

j. H. MINMs. Reporter
1. At KNIGHT. r. e. Cristy and ID. D.
Waterman VS.. The Town Of JOhnson-ac-
lion of general assumpsit. In 1878 the
rlointifTs were selectmen of the town OF
Tohnson The Lamoile Valley railroad
was beinq constructed TO the town oil Jonh-
SON. and the company had located the line
If said railroad Il few rods south ana lar-
tber from the village than originally sur
viewed. and when the road should be COM
Melted to Johnson village or as near there-
10 ms practicable. the town OF johnson
would be called upon to issue Their Dohus'
ms contracted by the bonding oil the Town
The plaintiffs assumed that the railroau
company had not located their line on liie
most practicable route nearest the Village
of Johnson and hence that the town oil
Johnson was not legally bound to issue
their bond, and to back this Assumption
and without any direction from the town.
,hey employed Prof. Barber of Burlington
TO make surveys and plans of the lines al
an EXPENSE of about five hundred dollars,
and then consulted and obtained written
opinion from Judge Isaac F. Redfield OF
Boston for which they paid five hundred
dollars, making their whole claim little
more than one thousand dollars, exclusive
of il terest. The town defended on The
ground that the plaintiffs had no authority
to proceed as they did without special d.
reclions from the town, and that the PLAIN
tiffs did not act in good faith and made an
unreasonable expense to the town. YER
dict for the plaintiffs for seven hundred
lifiy-six dollars and twenty-one cents
damages. Exceptions by both parties
Brigham & Waterman and 2. X. Gleed Tor
the plaintiffs; NJ. o. Heath and Gen. W..
w. Grout for defendant.
State VS.. John NJ. Flanders indictment
for arson. The respondent resided in the
town of Eden and had for several years
boarded mt different places and obtained a
livelihood by hunting, trapping, cunning
AMI practicinL law in Eden ard had there
held tue Office of town grand juror and
town agent BY reason of not paying his
board bills he had been notified by Mr.
Marvin Smith, with whom he boarded,
that ne could not keep the respondent
after January 90, 1877, unless he paid up.
On that day, in the morning, he had some
trouble with Smith about the matter when
he went away and in the afternoon return
ed, gathered up his clothes and some law
books that he had and carried them out
into field, made Il pile of them and SET
fire to and burned them. He then went to
the barn of Norman S. Adams. near by,
set the barn on fire and then ran towards
Adam 5 house, calling for him. Adams
heard the noise and started 10 go out and
met the respondent at the door, when the
respondent told him that he had set his
barns on fire and ut the same lime drew
large Colts revolver and attempted tc
shoot Adams. Adams barns were burned
and large amount of property IN them
On arrangement of the respondent he pleac
" not guilty." aud the defence was inSani
ty. The trial lasted nearly six whole days
and the jury returned u verdict Of " no
guilty, by reason of insanity" The cour
adjulged that the going ut large of the re
spondent would be dangerous to the peace
and safety of the community and ordered
That he be confined in the insane asylum Il
Brattleboro, at the exp4nse of the state
L. w. Thorpe and p. X. Gleed for TIT
state; Brigham q Waterman for the re
spondent.
State vs.. George w. Be1ell-indict
ment for an assault with intent 10 kill ant
lhu'"el one N"lloS D Cie"V1h'h''; 81 49,
colt, on the 10th day OF April a. d. lo"
growing ont OF dispute about some po
tatoes. Verdict guilty OF II common
assault. and hno by the court one cent
ana ordered TO pay twenty dnllaTs CoSts
Il. W. thorpe ior Inc State; L. ~ ulee'
Tor the respondent
Il. Il. Is: Sawyer by +. b. sawyer guar
dI"n' VS.. william T. MaXheli -acGIon o
trespasS ~ et 0r,1''S' The plaintlh wa
employed Tor lew Gays by Hehry M
Noyes' Esq; OF llyue lark' merchant ant N
produce ueaier' VINO occupied Il part VI VI
defendant store win the Defendant eacI
having one sue Oh lne man store,
appeared liat me defendant haa an OH
Sfud9e against lhe Pl'lntlh' an" hotine'
NoycS thaV ne Wou'u not leave the Pt'lhtl
on lhe PREMISES Moves noIlnea tnc a a!'
lendlnt tlltl ne hld niployea the Pialntll
Tor only Il lew DAYS ana nat ne would t. o
ooIiSea 70 keep tLe P r, ior tne tl'ie Il
laa employed MN: ne uay before Tue tllh
eAPreo' the Pl''hli was III tle store 'slon
IN 'lle morning "hen 'ne "elenu''h' cuili
H. ana soon al CT 'he pIalhtih started I
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