Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1879-01-01
Orange County Court.
Hon TIMOTHY p. REDFrELD, Presidinq Judge.
Hon Hon S S h h q D1n,,Sa Asst Judgcs
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Hos TIMOTHY p REDfrELD, Presidinq Judge.
Hon. j. p CLEVELAND, ,..,, III,
HON. 5. Is. DARLING, ''S """yeS'
L. G.. HINcKLEY, Clerk
A. $. AUSTIN, Deputy Clerk
w g. CLARK, Sheriff.
X NJ. HARVEY, iSf0te's 1nOrueu
D. II. MMMs, Reporter.
William Swami u.s. Daniel Cox.-Tbe narties
resided at Tunbridge Cox being son-n-law Of the
plaintiff Some time in the fall Of 1876 tho
plaintiff, as shown by the evidence. left his wife
and disposed Of nearly all the household effects,
etc, and among other stock and material en-
deavored to effect the sale Of yoke Of oxen pur-
chased OF II man In Brookfeld, who had retained
Zen on the animals. The man who sold the
animals came to Tunbridge and took them on his
lien, and left them in care Of plaintiffs wife on
the farm In the spring Of 1877 the plaintiff went
on TO the farm 10 do his sugaring and had oc-
casion TO use the oxen while at work tapping.
the defendant came up and run Oft with the woke
Of oxen, for which act plaintiff brought suit The
defence was that the oxen were left in charge of
plaintiffs wife, and were used on the work of the
farm which defendant was carrying on for her:
plaintiff also sought to recover for an amount of
hay fed out by the defendant to some Of the lat
ter's stock, and also for the misuse Of a certain
horse owned by the plaintiff Verdict for defend
ant as TO the first and third matters ~ 10 second
a special finding was made, that the defendant
had fed ont three hundred and eighty-fye pounds
Of plaintiffs hay at SO ~ per ton, for which
plaintiff recovered J. H. Watson and ]. W.
Rowell for plaintiff Sol b. Ilebard for defendant
state rs. Andrew J. Brown, mpe-The respon.
dent was Indicted by the grand jury for commit
ting rape upon the person Of one Mrs. Maria
Elliot, widow fifty years old, in the summer Of
1877. 1t appeared by the prosecution testimony
that while staying at friends house in Chelsea.
the respondent came to engage her as housekeeper
for him. she hired out to him and accompanied
him to his residence at Topsham when there she
discovered they two were the only occupants She
stated that after a few days working there the
respondent threatened her. and finally carried his
threats into execution. About an hour after that
occurrence she left his house and went to the
nearest neghbors and complained Of having been
i'll used by Brown. The respondent denied the
accusation IN toto and relied upon former state
ments Of the prosecutrix The jury were not out
long and returned verdict of not guilty" J.
W. Rowell and o. b. Boyce for respondent; D.
A. Rogers and p Chamberlain for the state.
State rs. Lafayette Bass and Charles Stevens,
alias Richard Row-This was prosecution under
an indictment against the respondents for the
crime Of arson, claimed tn have been committed
upon certain premises in Newbury, in February
1877. The evidence in support Of the charge was
purely circumstanta The respondents were
the last persons seen about the premises before
the fire was discovered and but "A short time
before. The house burned had been taken by
Mr.. Carlos f. Brock, but had been formerly oc
cupied by Mr.. Thomas Westgate, deceased. and
his wife. Some unpleasantncss arose between Mrs
Westgate, widow of Thomas, and C. T. Brock.
in which it was claimed by the state that respon-
dent Bass had taken up the widows cause. he
being her brother-in-law The testimony in this
respect was quite slim, and inadequate to base
any presumption Of malice or ill-wil upon The
respondent Bass accounted for his presence on the
premises by stating his object in going, viz to
get some oats he had there. The respondent
Stevens merely accompanied Bass, without know
ing where the latter was really going The jury
made short work of the matter Verdict not
guilty ?" in both cases Mr. Putnam of Permont,
N. H., (where the respondents reside) and +. W.
Smith correspondence Harvey States Attorney,
and ID. A. Rogers for prosecution
John Welch pleaded guilty to charge of
fenced to pay a fine of 50, and costs So
George B. Carr was sentenced to three months
hard labor in the house of correction for the petit
larceny of three silver watches, to which he
pleaded guilty
Calvin A. Hyde and wife Us. Charles bearing.
In this action the female plaintiff sought to re-
cover damages for an injury sustained by her in
consequence of being bitten by defendants dog
The dog was in the habit of watching" articles
of wearing apparel, and was sitting on or near
plaintiffs apron The plaintiff took the apron,
and while so doing was bitten as claimed. The
biting was admitted, but its extent as the plain
till represented was denied The defendant also
denied having any knowledge of the vicious habit
OF the animal. Verdict for the plaintiff for fifty
dollars damages and costs. j. W. Rowe and
j. h Kinney for plaintiff; N. l.. Boyden and
Charles IL. Heath for defendant