Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1878-12-25
Windsor County Court,


aud was hned $3.50 aud costs,
Tuesday, Dec, II,
IN lhe cafe State W., Henry babeoek,
spoken OF last week was ended on the
lsth, when the Jury, after being out four
hours, returned verdict Of guilty Ex'
eeptiOns by defendants counsel, Case
with Court. Ror tho State q, A, Davis,
IB, A., aud Warren q, French for re-
spOndeut, \, u, fingee aud Y, D. aeayef
In the above case exceptions were not
granted by tho Court, aud on Tuesday
morning, Dec, gitll, Mr., habcoek was
sentenced 10 six years NJ hard labor In
tho States Prison NJ Windsor
Thursday, Dec, 10,
Pratt, tho lridgewater idlotlc tramp,
who attempted to commit rape upon Mrs
Henry Morgan, OF barnard, In pasture,
last suIfmer, an account Of which was
published Ia the AGR At the time, was
next put upon trial, For the State g. A.
Davis, :. Al W, u, johnson for the re-
spondont, Verdict, Guilty, Sentence,
four years IN States Prison,
Aonzo Powell OF Sharon plead guilty
to aye offences under the liquor law
Ito had been tried before Justice aud
found guilty Of that number Of offences,
but appealed, Finally by advice OF coun'
sol. le was persuaded 10 plead guilty
The line imposed was $50 and costs,
The Ram Rods In some localities are
showing their zeal by skulklng behind and
over the Grand Jury Of the County and also
OF the Town Grand Juries In the towns
where the Town Grand Jurors are ready
and have been at pl times to entertain
any complaint aud prosecute the same II
well founded, Col, H. U, Peabody OF the
Central Hotel and Cha's, W, Abbott Of the
Chester House, Chester, are victims OF
ram rod oowardcc secretly made TO the
States Attorney aud IN Information filed
against them aud warrants Issued, The
matter was cNllcdup on Wednesday morn
Ink tho 18th inst. Tho States Attorney
Informing the Court that he thought he
could prove 10 offences In cnch case. The
Court under the rules ofpractlcc upon In.
formations said the court would be gov
erncd by the be lief honestly entertained
By the Attorney for the Statc. The dc.
fence was represented by Hugh Henry and
Geo. l.. Fletcher, The former said to the
Court, that he held In his hands paper
certifying that Col Peabody had kept u
good orderly house, and to their satisfac-
ton, signed by all the business men In the
village aud also by the Selectmen, Town
Grand Juror and by s,aunchcst temper
ance men Of the town, that he believed
the prosecution in this case was a sur
prise aud regret by the people Of Ches-
ter. Mr.. Fletcher also remarked In aii-
swer to the statement OF the States At
torney that the complaint was made by the
temperance men Of Chester, he said he
could speak with some knowledge upon
the subject and stated that 1t could not be
true that any considerable number OF
Temperance men in Chester had made any
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cnts, that this prosecution was Il surprise
to the temperance people Of Chester, TO
all who were truly temperance workers or
that had any true inward temperance de-
sircs or wishes for the good ofthe cause.
Mr.. +. further stated, that at an annual
meeting, some time since Of the Town
Temperance Society publicly held, (and
said Society embraced very nearly all the
temperance people in Chester) and fully
attended, resolution was unanimously
passed after discussion by Rev. j. g. Hale
and others, that the Society would in the
future see to It that the violations of the
Prohibtory Law were enforced at home
and not by the County authority. Mr. +.
further stated that he believed that the
complaint made to the States Attorney in
these two cases was by some individual
prompted to it by spirit of revenge and
not by any emotions sprlnging from
true principle Of temperance within him,
that both houses under the present man
agcmcnt were well kept, and as he believ-
ed to the satisfaction Of the temperance
people Of Chester Col. Peabody has kept
the Central Hotel for one year, Mr.. Abbott
the Chester House for seven months. Aft
cr the statements above, the matter was
held open for further action. The Town
Grand Juror, of Chester, is Rev. j. S.
Chapman and is and has been since last
March meeting, ready to promptly act IN
any violation brought to his notice. Why
then should any person pass over him and
and also the Grand Jury Of the County at
the present term of court and ask for an
information to be filed. 1t is a mean Ram
Rod and very slim cowardly one that
shoots off in secret and covers himself in
darkness because he is ashamed to have
the light shine upon his deeds because they
are evil, When town elect such IA man
as Mr.. Chapman, q thorough consistent
temperance man, there is upon its face
something wrong when he is bridged over
and complaint made in the dark and
thirty miles away. "The wicked plotteth
against the just, and gnasheth upon him
with his teeth"
Other State cases have been disposed
of as follows
Geo. Il. Trask, who stole his fathers
horse and sold it to Mr. Henry Cushing,
Of Woodstock, plead guilty, was fined
$500 and costs, and for want Of the
''spondulicks," was sent to the House Of