Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1878-04-03
Washington County Court.

, Martha T.. Coburn Of Cabot u.s. +. f. Coburn-
Cause alleged, in'olemble severity no decision
~ yet
lrena VI Goode Of Calais u.s. Lemuel X Goodel
Bill granted for intoerable severity alimonl
and the custody OF the three children given to tn,
petitioner.
Abbie S. Teachout Of Calais rs. Ava NJ Teach
out-Bill granted forintolerable severity; custody
OF two minor children and alimony given to the
petitioner.
Abigail Snow Of Montpelierrs Robert u. Snow
Bill granted for adultery, and petitioner allowed
to resume her maiden name Of IIutchins.
Eliza Gamson, Of Lowell, Mass, u.s. Daniel 7.
Lamson, Of Painted. Bill granted for willful
desertion.
Mrs Mead's petition for the custody OF the
children was heard yesterday afternoon.
To-day and the rest of the week will be taken
up with the scandalous case Of Edwin Lane, of
Plainfeld, against his wife Lille, and Of her
against him. She charges him with intolerable
severity and adultery, and he charges her with
numerous nfdelites The testimony is so filthy
that spectators have been excluded from the Court
House, which renders the other " loaing places
in town unusually full
The following cases have been heard, in which
jury trial was waived:
IIeman A. Moore, administrator, rs. A. J.
Batcheder-This was suit brought by the ad-
ministrator Of the estate Of Cornelius w. BAN
croft, late Of Marshfeld, to recover one hundred
and twenty odd dollars and interest, which, it
was claimed, the defendant owed the ntestate
for labor done. The defendant lives in Barre
and Cornelius was a son Of Nancy Bancroft, then
and now resident of Marshfeld. 1t appears
that Cornelius had been In the defendants en-
plov for long time: but that in the winter Of
1873 he married and went to Bradford, where he
was taken sick and died in July Upon diary
owned by the deceased an entry to the effect
that on the ID of February, 1873 the defendant
owed him one hundred and fifty-two dollars and
! twenty-seven cents. II was acknowledged that
/ the defendant let Cornelius have thirty dollars
during his illness mt Bradford, and the remainder
| It was claimed he still owes The plaintiff is the
! husband of the intestates widow The defendant
| has an offset which more than balances the plain
tiff claim, and the theory Of his il that Cor
nelius at the time of his DEATH was his debtor in
stead of his creditor. The chief evidence against
the defendant was given by Nancy Bancroft,
Cornelius mother, and by Moore, who testified to
declarations by the defendant that the entry on
the diary was right. These declarations the stat
ME did NOT allow the defendant ia contradict ba-
carse Cornelius IL doad and no copld on,,, rro-
sent the hook account witbont saving a word
Tho INDIGNANT of the court il roservad Messrs
Gleason & Field for nlaintiff Messrs Heath &
Carleton for defendant.
A " Nelson rs ! n Wells and Charles II
lIeath.-This case was very complicated one
and involved the consideration of many business
transactions hetween 1onparv 1870 and tho rres-
en-, time. and the doinos Of several men we'll.
known 10 our courts of law In the winter NJ
1900 T. q HARRINGTON vvas runnirg tho stoee no.
tween ploinfeld and Uardwiek and ran in debit
fol Wells the hote, keener M pl,irfs,d four
hundred odd dollars. to secure which Wells at
tacbed tha stage borsas OTTO At this mint in tho
proceednps the lannon's F Tuckerman Bridc.
man of Sonth Uard,vicl mt in an onne,r,nca
and asserted that he had a lion an tho nro,e,,v
tn tho extout of about fourteen hundred dollar.
After some discussion Mr. Wells bop,,b, IN, pridc-
man.. claim, aud ,,,,.o ,,,,as ,or ono ,h,,n,d
four hundred and fftv dollars which vera also
SIGNED bv Mr. Heath AZ sn,etv Mr. Wells soon
soid ort IN Nessrs p,rop I Iance and rordirord
Evans of Cabot and If ia claimed nv the desand.
ants thatat that time Mr. Bridrnan accented them
ms the naver of rho notes instead of Nessrs Hath
and Wells This il denied bv Rrdgman If "a
admitted however that Lane and Evans maid
about three hundred and seventv-fve dollars IN
the notes and il is claimed nv the defendants
that they have maid about twice as mncb The
testimony as to the total amount Of pavments on
the notes il very conflicting and one side or tho
other must hive committed A good deoI of MR.
inrv Mr. Nelson who nn,y claims 10 o,vn tho
notes il n reside,t of Woodbur,. and be and
Bridgman swear that they were tronsferred IN
him when he went boiI f,r Rridgpar at rho TINA
of tho l,,tter's rrosecr,ior for odrltor, In Gala
d,ni, cornt,, Tho dofonda,,s On, tho o,har bora
s,c ,ba, prid.,,a,, AN, ,h, roo, ,,,. -, ,l,a
mites and ,hot oil oonit,lJo doforcos oro ,,ond
The main onestion in the ca.eis Nr uooth's ,io-
bi,i,, to ,h,,o,.or mas, lao 1,o 49,, ,,,o ,,,,,,. -,
naitber Wells r,r 1,r,o NOR E,.ors oro ,o,,,nior-
ily ,osnon.iIJo N,osgrs VII, and coar,,o
~ Waterman sor nlaintiN. Nes.rs y shnrt.
le0 p t,wso,, ana Chorlos II uoa,h ,or 40
fepd,nts
,Iasse r porr, NO tori sro.r o,d Son Tho
plaintif il a resident If Dnxhnry and the defend.
ants corry an a ,,r,o min hrs;noss In p.ain,roo
In 1874 tho ,laintiT o,ain,s ,la, no s1ia ,'a 40
fend,pts a r,,art ,,ist n,fu md H., pa.n,o,,,an
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defondan, In woi,ssoId ", MA s.i, T.,
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