Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1879-12-24
Orange County Court.

ShOitesl hhOWu III lHiS COuuLy lOI many
years. the session commencing last week
Tuesday and closing Saturday forenoon.
Only one civil cause was tried by jury and
but three criminal cases. The following
is brief ofthe business transacted:
Arnold b. Fish VS.. F. A. Hobart. This
was an action of SANDER for calling the
plaintiff thief. The parties reside ia
Braintree and it appeared that some diff
Guilty had arisen in regard to the owner
ship Of certain personal property, both
parties claiming it. During visit of the
defendant at plaintiffs premises for the
purpose of obtaining possession of this
properly the words were alleged to have
been uttered. The defendant denied
speaking the words charged. Verdict for
plaintiff for 5000 damages and costs. p.
Perrin and j. w. Rowel for plaintiff; n.
l.. Boyden and K. Farnham for defendant
State vs.. McIntire & johnson. Indict-
ment for disturbing the perez by theaten-
ing, etc. Respondents reside in Chelsea.
The respondent McIntire leased farm,
he owned, TO Frank Il. Carr, reservir.
right TO occupy n portion of the house.
After a time trouble arose between Carr
and Mclntire and the evidence on the part
of the state tended to show that McIntire
used various ways to annoy Carr with II
view to induce him TO to give up the prem
ises before his lease expired. On the Goth
day of May last, Mclntlre procu red John
son, the other respondent, who lived near,
to 90 down 10 Mclntire's premises as a
witness, and it was on this occasion the
breach of the peace was alleged to have
occurred, the witnesses for the state tesli-
flying that both respondents used insulting
language to Carr and his wife and threat
ened to split out their brains, etc. The
case has been once before tried, the jury
disagreeing. Vedrict not guilty. r. NJ.
Harvey, states attorney, and S. b. Hebard
for the state; A. S. Austin and J. w.
Rowell for respondents.
State VS.. Richard Kennedy. Indictment
for assault and battery on IA young man
named George, at Tunbridge, on the 4ih
of July, 1878. The assault, as the evidence
for the state tended to show, was commit
ted Just inside the fair ground, and the
injuries received by George were severe
and from the effects of which he is still
suffering. The respondent admitted the
commission of an assault at the time and
place but not in the aggravated form shown
by the state. Verdict guilty of an aggravat-
assault. and respondent was fined one
hundred dollars and costs. Il. NJ. Harvey
and A. S. Austin for the state; S. b.
Hebard and j. w Rowell for the respond
ent.
State vs.. Frederick j. Woodwork. In
dictment for arson in burning Il school
house in Williamstown. The burning
was admitted but the defense adopted was
that the respondent was insane. This de-
tense, however, did not avail, and the jury
rendered II general verdict of guilty.
Sentence, five years in state prison. r.
NJ. Harvey for the state; d. A. Rogers for
respondent. This ended the jury trials.
Franklin Davis pleaded guilty to n
charge of larceny and was sentenced to
one year in the house of correction. George
Durham, for burning barn. received five
years in state prison. George w. Robin
son, larceny. was sentenced TO two years,
and VIM. &. Richardson, same crime, to
one year in the house of correction.
But two witness cases were tried by the
court.
Ora Burpee vs.. William L. Pierson.
Ejectment from premises in Chelsea. The
plaintiff claimed title by virtue of levy
and set off on an execution against Olive
I. Pierson the matter OF defendant. Olive
L. claimed that the premises were exempt
as being her homestead. Judgment for
the defendant and exceptions by the
plaintiff. j.. G. Hinckley and A. S. Aus
tin for the plaintiff; S. B. Hebard for the
defendant,
George c. Eaton VS.. Hiram G. Moore.
Action, trover to recover the value of
about eighty-tive c,rl,, rjInning measure,
of wood, one barrel ami one bag of flour
and other articles, in value, according to
defendants testimony ninety-iive dollars.
The defense was that the amount of wood
was much less and that he was entitled to
one-half of it in his own right rs tenant in
common with plaintiff. Judgment for
plaintiff for tifty-five dollars and costs. S.
B. Hebard for PLAINTIFF A. S. Austin for
defendant.
The following divorces were granted {:
Abbie A. Hatch from Olive T. Hatch for
intolerable severity; Emily j. Attridge
from Nathaniel Attridge for intolera-
BILE severity; Della Jewell from Ezra
A. Jewell, for intoerablc severity
Forette D. Cole from Seymour N. Cole
for intolerabIe severity; George C. Rob-
bins from Emily p. Robbins for wilful
desertion; Angelo Il. Beede from Iowa
a. Beede for wilful desertion; Henry L
Stearns from Addie \. Searns for wilful
deserlion.