Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1879-09-15

and of such mind that he was not |
capable, on arriving at twenty-one, to
care or choose for himself and conse-
quently was never emancipated, but |
continued under the care and control
of his father, thereby gaining a subse-
quent dcrivative settlement by his father
in the town of st. Johnsbury. And far
Their that if ever he had been emancipat-
ed on his becoming of age. he was not
likely to become chargsable to Coventry
for the reason that he had changed his
residence by going to Barton. A large
number of witnesses were introduced by
the plaintiff to show that Charles acted
for himself after becoming of age; that
he hired out to parties in New Hamp-
shire and st. Johnsbury, and collected
his own wages and purchased his own
clothing with the exception Of a few
presents from his father. The defense
relied upon the claim Of insanity princi-
pally and put on large number of
witnesses to prove their claim. It ap-
pears that Charles at the time of the
removal and subsequently had propen-
sity for throwing stones, sickles and
other dangerous objects at any one
against whom he had spite and was
soon after the removal, sent to the In
sane Asylum at Brattleboro, by the au-
thorities Of Craftsbury. The case was
ably argued by l.. IL. Thompson for the
plaintiff- -n----.-5s-----a-s W. III AE-a--
j and Gen. Grout for the defense. The
verdict of the jury was that the pauper
was duly removed, and that the plaintiff
recover one cent damages and costs.
The case of Ella Sleeper VS.. John
Stowell of Newport, was an action on
the case for spoken SANDER. 1t occupied
two days in the trial, and used twenty
five or thirty witnesses on each side.
! Plaintiff claimed that Stowell had circu-
lated large number of false reports to
the injury of her character. The de-
! PENDANT denied the charge and introduc-
ed testimony tending to impeach plain.
5 tiffs character. 1t was one of those cases
the tendency of which is not to elevate
the morals of the community in which il
occurs, or the one in which it is tried
The community itself was not only un
fortunate. but the parties themselves
for character previously untarnishec
s would, after passing through such al
l ordeal, retain the smell of fire on tht
garments at least. The jury found ;
: verdict for the plaintiff to recover $751;
q damages and her costs, which will prob
ably punish the defendant to the amour
of $500 or more T. Circuit, G. A
a Prouty and w. w. Grout for plaintiff
and Edwards and Dickerman, Crane ant
e Alfred, and H. S. Royce of st. Adams
e for defendant.
g The case of A. D. Massey of Glover
i VS.. J. B. Clement of Barton Landing
was an action in trespass for the wrong
full taking by attachment and execution
of the plaintiffs exempt horse. Tn
plea was the general issue with motto
: of justification on the ground that plain
tiff turned the horse out to defendant
e The evidence tended to show that ]. B
Clement was deputy sheriff, and tina
!. he attached plaintiffs on writ in favo
of Skinner and Guild; that judgmen
4 was rendered in favor of plaintiffs an
execution issued; that by an agreemen
with plaintiff, Massey he delivered tn
horse to Clement on the day of sale, bu
forbade his selling it. 1t appears tina
the horse was bid off at Sherif's sal
y by one Geo. Bush for Massey, and tina
Massey sold the horse soon after. Tn
g. sum obtained for the horse at Sheriff
l. sale was SOL, 40 of which was retain
ed by the officer to satisfy the executio
re and the balance paid over to Massey
The jury found that the horse was es
re empt property. and that it had not bee
[e turned out to the officer, and gave vel
dict for the plaintiff to recover $50 an
l. his costs. +. w. Baldwin and GEL
re Grout for plaintiff, and G. J. Rowe
and L. H. Thompson for defendant.
a Isaac X. Drew of Barton, VS.. th
ID town of Sutton, was an action on th
case for the recovery of damages sustain
- ed to his person, on account of the IL
- suficiency of the highway. The plail
tiffs case was that in Nov. 1877, /
: and one Horatio Nye of Barton, had o.
casion to pass through the town of Su
ton and Burke one very dark night Q