The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1879-12-19
Addison County Court.
Our last weeks report ended

Thursday evening.
Friday morning the case of Luther
E. Hunt, for assault, was finished, and
he was subsequently fined $40 and costs.
State VS.. Justin White. an indict
ment tor stealing horse, buggy and
harness from G. G. Dunshee, at Bristol
last August. Slade and Mardin for the
state; Rider, Ballard and g. M. Wilds
for respondent. The defensc succeeded
in proving that it was only trespass,
the respondent having merely taken
the team for ride home and then turned
1t adrift. Verdict for respondent.
White still remained under two other
indictments.
The following pleaded guilty: Lewis
Davis, two indictments, one for breaking
Jail, the other for stealing steer.
Sylvester Burton, larceny of a gun in
Bristol. in September; Cyrus Persons
Of Ripton, damage to house by break.
ing glass therein.
Frank Emory, who was brought into
court in irons, pleaded not guilty to all
Indictment charging him with assault
with intent to kill upon Sheriff Dunshee
and upon Officer 7. M. Chapman. lie
pleaded guilty to an attempt to break
Jail on the 18Th of September last.
Horace Edison OF Granville was ac-
quilted on an Indictment charging him
with an attempt to ravish little girl
named Mary E. Hopkins.
Mrs. Kate Bentley of Leicester was
up OIL complaint by the grand Juror
of that town charging her with keeping
an unlicensed dog. and asking for the
imposition of a fine Of twenty dollars
therefor. The dog was terrier which
had been presented to the respondents
little girl by her uncle. She was ac-
Quilted on the ground that the dog was
not lers but her daughters. This case
employed much first class legal talent,
W o e efforts were much admired.
Sa urday morning the trial of Frank
Emory on the indictment for assault
with intent to kill upon Officer Chan
man was proceeded with. lie was de-
Tended by Il. II. Mcleod. He testified
that he had no intention of shooting
Chapman, but fired only TO intimidate
him and Sheriff Dunshce, and secure
time to escape. He was found puilt,
and was sentenced to ten years in the
state prison. The highest sentence 70,
such an offence as his, is imprisonment
for life.
In State VS.. Henry Atwood; State
VS.. Alonzo Derby, and State VS.. Will
Allen, bail was called aud forfeited
STATE VS.. Darwin Garvey, for adultery
was mol. pros'd. Myron KELSEY l AIDED
guilty to one offence of selling llouol
and was fined ten dollars aud costs.
The jury cases being concluded the
jury were dismissed.
The trial nf thu cau.f oocoo
gun on Monday: The following divorce
cases were heard:
George Farmer VS.. Ida Farmer. A. p.
Topper tor petitioner. Bill granted for
adultery.
Eliza Aldrich VS.. Amos Aldrich. A.
T. Topper for petitioner. Bill granted
for desertion.
Julia Canteen VS.. Joseph Canteen.
Mardin and Woodbridge for plaintiff;
Rider for defendant. Granted for intol.
cradle severity.
Lucy A. Adams VS.. Henry NJ. Adams
A. +. Upper for petioner. Granted
for intolerable severity. Custody OF
minor child given to petitioner.
Maggie Il. Cole VS.. Albert S. Cole.
j. nj. Slade for petitioner. Granted
for adultery.
Lizzie White VS.. Dwyer White. r.
II. Mardin for petitioner. Granted for
desertion. ..t
The case of Ira w. Clark VS.. Eliza
beth +. Clark was continued.
A. G. Chandler, apt, VS.. L. Bean Il
Co., case Of debt ON a Judgment. A. p.
Topper for plaintiff; j. NJ. Slade and
L. e. Knapp for defendant. Judgment
for plaintiff.
E. II. Merrill VS.. j. d. Smith, ct aI.,
Judgment for plaintiff.
In State vs.. VIII Allen, bail was cham
cered at 1925. -
State VS.. Justin White, for receiving
stolen goods, respondent was fined ten
dollars and costs.
In state VS.. Hiram Shattuck, bail
was chancered at S75 aud costs.
Cyrus Persons gets thirty days in the
House of Correction. Lewis Davis
received for breaking Jail, ole year, and
for stealing steer three years in
state prison, both sentences beginning
at the present time. Sylvester Burton,
for stealing a shot gun, three months in
the House of Correction. 4i,s
The court adjourned Tuesday.