Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1879-03-19
Washington County Court.
Hon TIM0. P. REDFIELD. ChiefJuige preAidiny
Hon PhdLsANDER RIFORD. Assistant Judge.
hon. LANES COBURN. Assistant judge,
MELVILLE L. SMILE. Clerk
FRANK PLUMLFY. 81 ite's ATTORNEY.
JOHN l.. TUTTLE, sheriff.
HENRY (lvIaTT

I JOHN LII UTILE. Sheriff.
HENRY OvIATT Reporter
The court took a recess last Thursday
!, the jurors having been dismissed for th,
d term. till to-day, when The hearing o
"court cases was begun. The new
docket will be called this afternoon. i
contains one hundred and twenty-five new
law cases and sixty-thrce new chancery
cases. VI the law eases nine are petition.
Tor divorces, us follows: Charles il. Ken.
erson of Cabot vs. Boil C. Kenersnn, for
deSertion; +. l.. Henry w. WILDER T.
Henry, both of Waterbury, for intolerable
severity and adultery; Mary A. Blood VS..
William Blood, both of Nnrthliel. for
intolerable severity; Jane W. Smith of
beriin VS.. Edwin Smith of Norihfi Id, for
intolera6le severity and refusal TO snpport;
Fanny +. Alexander vs.. Charles w. Alex
AMER, both of Berlin, for intoler.ble se.
verify; Maryetta Bayer of Mortified VS..
Joseph Bayer. for intoerable severity and
adultery; Emma NJ. Blool of Montpelier
vs. Norman A. Blood of Jericho, for intol-
cradle severity and refusal to support:
Edna A. Brown of Montpelier vs.. Gilbert
Brown of Boston, for desertion and refusal
To support; Lille E. Lane of Grafton, N
H.. vs.. Edwin V. Lane of Marshfiehl, for
lntnlerable severity and refusal to support.
One OF the new cases Is Il Islander suit
between Ed" Wright. the keeper of the
State arsenal on Seminary Hill, and J. V.
hl0rrow, the expresSman, better known ms
Truthful James The plaintiff claims
that Morrow has injured him TO the extent
OF S30OO by alleging that he has stolen
muskets and blankets from the arsenal.
" Ed " took Morrow's body us security
hut he was bailed by Mr.. Shurtleif. Mr.
w. A. Lord is counsel for the defendant.
and Mr.. Clarence II. Pitkin brought the
suit.
The bar has been strengthened by the
accession of two new observation-disclosures
John IL. Senter of Warren, and Osman d.
Clark of Montpe Ter, who were sworn in
last Wednesday, after II thorough examn.
allon by Messrs. Homer w. lIeaton and
Joseph A. Wing, the examining commit
tee. MIR. Clark is II graduate of Amherst |
college, in the class Of 1876, and has been
studying for the last two years in the office |
OF Messrs. Heath d Carleton. lie is the
son of Captain John w. Clark, postmas
ter of Montpelier. Mr.. Senler formerl,
lived in Montpelier, but for the last half |
dozen years or more, has lived in Warren
and taught school in that vicinity. He
IS u young man of great industry and
and is bound to succeed
lie will practice his profession in Warren.
Mr.. Clark hasn formed any definite plans
us YET; but it is to be hoped that IL young
man OF his unusual talents and education
VIII not leave the state of his birth even
Tor the falrer and wider fields of other
states.
There were only two eases tried BY Jury
the smallest number since the Seplem.
Der term OF 1860. when none were tried
The first case WAS from Nprthhrld. and
was between Isaac Z. jerks aud David L.
Fisk. 1t was 10 recover the value of ;,
mare and ten tons of hay which the de.
ehdant turned ont to the plaintiff rs seru
lily for sllO. lent him in August, 1871.
The defendant fed the hay out To his stock
md the mare turned out to be the propert,
# defendants brother. Geo NJ. Fisk, ESD.
There was no defence of any account, ana
the jury gave the plaintiff II verdict OF
sl6o.29 and costs; johnson and Heath fol
plaintiff; Plumley and Shurtlef' for de.
enIant.
The second case was between Charles
[. 3atchelder of Painield and DR.. VIM.
+. Lazelle of the same place; and was c
brought 10 recover the face and interest oil
wo notes of 500 each, which defendant
ave Joseph Bartlett of PIainfeld, April Il
4, 1871. Bartlett subsequently transferred i:
hesc notes to Batchelder. Balchelder I
ave no notice to the doctor of the trans
II till April, 1877, and Bartlett mean
While allowed him to pay them in medical
erviees and other ways. Why the sui, \
'as brought under that state of facts is d
"ro teller can find out" The
curt ordered IL verdict for defendant as
Don rs the evidence hal been heard. Mr. !
}. l.. lloyt was plaintiffs lawyer, assisted t
uring the trial by Mr.. j. a. Wing,
lessrs. S. G. ShurtltH and G. II. Heath
1ere for the defendant.