Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1878-06-12
LamoiIIe County Court.


tho town NJ rohnson Tho Iamoiile Valley rail- |
road ,,os ho;,,, oors,rro,od 10 ,be tow, Of tobn
son and tho con,,anv had Iocated the limo of said |
railroad n few rods soutb and further from the |
village than or,,,i,ailv surveved and vhen the |
road sho,id lao co,nn,o,od % tobnsop v,laoo or M
,eor ,hore,o "a roc,ic.t,o tho tow, of Iobpsop |
Womb no called mon 10 iasno their bonds as con.
,roc,od h,, ,ho hnndi,o =, ,bo town Tho n,ain-
,ios ossr,,od ,ho, ,ha rai,rood conno,v bad NOT |
loca,od ,bo,r linn in ,ho mos, practcahle rou,e |
roor Tho ,,,1o,o ~ Iohrsor and bonco ,ho, tho |
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,tot. -, 49,, A., ii, ,,i. s.,r,,,,t., nna
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srr,ovs o,d ,ious ., ,i,a t,no, a, a. ov,orso ~
aho,, e.oo ,,,d ~, aas,,t,o, a,d ri,
ION o,,,nion from, fndao Isooc podGold a, pos.
ton Gov which ,ho, ,aid 300 maxine thoir yholo
clair, ,itto moro ,hon e. 600 ovclns,vo ~ inter
ost Tho town dofonded an tho arorrd that tho
,air,,rs bod NO or,bor,,v n, ,,rocood 40 ,hev did
ythont snoc,oI d,roc,ions from, tho town and tba,
tbo n,antiffs d,d not oc, in GOOD foi,b and made
an unreasonable exnense 10 tho town Verdict
for the nlainti0s for so56 81 damages Fxcen-
lions nv both PARTIES brigham g. Waterman and
p X G,eed tor the n,ain,ITs. NJ n Heath and
General Grout for defendant
State ~ .robn Al Flanders INDIGNANT for mr.
on-,rbe resnondon, resided in Tho town NJ Eden
and had for saveral vaars hoardod at digorent
nlaces and obtainod aI;yaIhood he bnp,;n, fran.
nipg gnnning and nrac,icng ,o,, IN Eden and had
tbero hold tho oaco NJ town Grand i,ror and to,vp
ayept Rv reasop NJ No, naving bis hoard b;lls no
had beop noti6ed bv Mr. MARGIN Smith with
whom be boarded .hat be copId NOT l,eop tho re
spondent after tanuarv 26tb 1877. unless he Maid
up. On that dav. in the morning he had some
trouble with Smith about tho matter. when he
went away. and in the afternoon returned gath
cred IN his clothes and some law hooks that he
had. and carried them ont into a field made n
pile of them and set fire To and burned them. He
then wentto the harm of Norman s Adams. near
by set the harm on fire and then ran towards
Adams house calling for him. Adams heard the
noise and started IN 90 ont and mot tho resnond-
ent Mt the door when tho resnondent told him
that he had act his harm IN fro and at the same
time drew large Colts revolver and attempted
tn shoot Adams Adams, hanna ,vero hurped and
large amount Of nronertv in them On arraicn.
meut of the resnondent he Mead GO not ruiltv."
and the defense was insanity The trial lasted
nearly six whole davs and the iurv returned
The court adiudged that the going at large of the
respondent would be dangerous to the peace and
safety of the community. and ordered that he be
confined in the insane asvlnm Mt Hrattleboro at
the exnense of the state Il " Thorn and p X
Gleed for the state. BRIGHAM A. Waterman for the
resnondopts
State ,,s Cenrge W Rodou Indictment for an
assanlt with ;n,en, 10 Lin and ,rrr1er ono Carlos
Anril A u 1877 grovinc ont nj n dsnpte about
some notation. -verdict q c,,j,yofo co,o,oo,, me-
emil, ), and 6ned Ia, tho corr+ ono cant and mr.
dered IN nav twenty dollars costs Il w Thorn
for ,ha sto,o. u Y cIood for ,to rasrordo,t
En- r. sawver nv T. n SAWYER Guardian ~
William r. Naxfoid Action ~ ,rosnass NJ et
o,,o;s Tho n,air,ff ,yas em,,loved for fe,v days
NV Henry M Moves Fso 81 uvdonarl me,cbant
o,d ,,rod,oo doaIo. ,,ba ooo,,,,iod n am, 81 ,ho
doton,or,,s ,,uo ,,;,, ,ho ao,o,dor, aool ho,;n,,
ono Lido ~ ,ho ,,o;r storo II onnoorod tho, tho
detendap, had an old orndoe AGAINST ,he ,,oiu,ig
| and no,i,ed Noves that ho ,yo,,d NOT have tho
nlaintie ON tho nremises Moves notified the de-
rendart tbat he had emnlovod tho ,la;rtig Tor
onlv a fov dovs and ,ho, no ,yorrI ha oh,;aod ~
Loen tbe nla;rtig for tho tine be Ind enga,ed
him Tho dav before ,be ,ine exrired tle ,laip.
,ie ,,.o Il, ,ha s,ro alone ir ,ho ,,,orn,ro ,,ho,
tho defendant como In aud coon after ,ho Main.
,ig stor,od ~ no 20 h,s hroo,,,os, ,rhon ,ho IA
fondort told hin, bo nrst mo, emma hocL a,air
rio ,,,oir,ir ro,,;od ,ha, no sto,Id and ,he 40.
,ondant .old Min, /, Ia d;d ho h,,id ,,, hin, an,
The nlaintiff GOT his breakfast and returned and
| want ,bon, bis busipess WHOM tho daferdaut cane
from the tinshop in the rear of the buildino with
a lo,or usod in tho sho,, ,,,lif,od In hi hand in nm
a,,;,rdo ,or s,r;,iro and .,yo or ,broo ,;r,as or
| darod ,bo ,l,in,ie IN ,aoyo ord osLad hin, 10 be
,o ,,,;n,, g., ,,har tbo ia;r,if, saia ho sp,,,osod
an ~ be said an and immodia,o,v tprrad and
started IN on ont The defendant followed him
to the door and inst as the plaintiff was stenninc
ont tho defendart kicl,od him violentlv vardic
for the plaiptifr for nine dollars damages Z r.
sawyer for tho nlaintiff nrigham g watermar
for the defendant
rhomos Ionc, -. chor,os ohor Action .,
tresnass O q + in regard IN the lot line hetyeer
tha land ~ tho ,,ia,n,ig md do,anaant ,rh,
h.,,, .o.;5o T., ,ho -, - c.,,.i,.,o 1to H.,
- a.,
hr wa.orn,o,, rsa 90 Io,nso,, A.
C,.a, o,,a ,,a,,sa. Saoar1 H., -, rn,1n.,a,,o
=, which srrvo,. NO 100 ovac,,v a',rood verde
tor Tho ,l,int;rT Tor ana cont aama,es and III,
| estnllishment of the Waterman line as the tru,
I,no Co.ts ros,r;ctod IN an,onnt q, davoooo Fv
oor,;ors b, tho n,oi,t;0 Nna. e THOR, nm,
caor,a Iva,orn,an Fso ,or Tho ,,o,n,ie p
Ciaed Fso for tho defendant
Stella / Marrill rs Marshau p Ki,ohau Com
III, ,r Ia.,ar,, ,,,o ,,ar,,o. ro,,,;.', l., ,h,
,o,yn 81 s,o,yo ma ,ria, lasted tyo dovs and re
,,,a. t. a,,a..aa,,,o,, IT,,
a.,ap S,ooJ ,,r ,ho Io;onIa,, IIon coa
vu,,,.a o,,d pr;,,,',n, g. wa.or,,,ar 10. ,ho AZ
,oaaaa.
~ - s,ou,ou -. No.,,oo po,,nor a,ro,,o -,
Assn,nn.i, ,nr ,yaaos IN Tho o,nnoy of Tho doferd
ON, ,,,,n rosidos in Crat,sh,rv ana Ia a farmer
Tho do,anoo ,,,o, ao,,,a.as -, ,ho do,ondan, l.,
-, ,to ,Iai,,ia ,ho ~ ~,
.~,.s'a,. 49, ,,,a -. -, H. -
,, ,, b. ,,,,,,rs,,o.,,, ,-,a-ain, h,s d,,,,a
~ -, ,asa,,aa,,,,a 49,, w., 10. ~,
',,,.,.,s o.. ,ia $50, -, a.. o,ai,. n,,,a
oi,,,,, d,,,ar1 nd nat, si,, oo,,. n :,
Ca ,sr ,,,ain,,,. w AZ Nno. ma No,so,
Rand for defendant
III, ;,.,,, ., In, ma r,,,o. ono ,1hor, ron,r
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