Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1880-01-09

froi,rb. s,ods oeioos o,, will lao orec,ad
aud ,l,oroos,o- ,ho b,,s;ros, Of tho coD,r,,v
will bo dave a, ,,,., noipt
WAsHISGroS CorRr-CRIMiNALs SEN
itN'tp-- Inc washington '"uu'S Nou''
mas adopted the rules lor ffactice recohi-
hehued py inc Siaie DAT Associalon' ioi
the purpose Oh having UNIFORM '"i's VI prac-
tlce throughout Inc Sta'e- sentences were
pronounced upon criminals rs lolio"s; 'osiah
oea'er' o. years o. age WHO con.esseu u
Jul iiis i''o''s o'''i'i'ns' ''i "i''''' was
sen'eiioeu 10 '"eu's -h'e se"is III 'ne '''''e
irisou' Hea'ef aPPca'eu iiu'n anee'e"'
plt MS "iie' WHO was present. seeiiieu ihofe
calm; Charles blay, found guilty OF lar
cehy' was sentenced 10 TWO years III the
House Oh ,orreclioh' Marh Danie's' poS
~ years old, indicted Tor horse stealing,
pleaded guilty, and was sentenced to three
years in the House oil Correction; Hubbard
Durgin was fined $50 and costs for selling
liquor, and Milessa Warner fined slOo and
costs, both cases, fine and costs, to be PAID
within twenty-four hours or commitment TO
the Workhousc. The sentence of Royal :.
Carr, convicted Of murder in the first de-
gree, was respted on exceptions by the re-
spondent.
SOME INTERESTING Court SrATIsrIcs.-
During the wear 1879 there were in our City
Court OF prosecutions the costs of which are
,,o,a,I. fro,, ,ho c;,v ,raasprv - cases
aca;,s, s. r.s,orde,ts Pif,v-,wo of these
c,ses ,vara bro,cb If tbc neoce chiefly as
sor,,s IN mott, 1orcorv N hrc,cb of CITY
ordinance, one violation of Sunday law
Fifty-two respondents were convicted, four
of whom took and entered an appeal. Two
had their fines RENTED by the mayor on
payment of costs. Twenty three respond
ents were acquitted, and thirteen discharged
on n0he 2r0ssqm The number OF cases,
while less than an average, has been slightly
greater than in 1873, all city cases for the
wear with the exception of two having been
tried before the City Court, while heretofore
considerable number of city cases have
been tried before justice OF The peace No
mittimuses issued during the year are out
standing. Fines and costs imposed during
the year have been paid into the city treas
ury 10 the amount OF Sj29.OS The total
costs for the year amount TO S692.O3. The
difference between these sums, or Sl6a.95,
represents :he actual expense to the CITY oil
prosecutions u'iiii's '''~ hiring IN"
iisI quarter hues anu eos'' iiup"'eu IA
"l CONVECTION nave pee" pau iii'o INT ''''
treasury 10 an aiiio''ii' eAoeeoi''s '"' 'o''' -"
III! cases iof inc Quarter.
The BosToN MYsTERY.-Thc papers are
still discussing the question whether Bos-
tons latest homicide was murder or somnam-
bulism. The circumstances make strange
story. Mrs. Ward, a widow of 30 years,
whose husband, it is said, separated from her
some dozen years ago and subsequently took
his own life by shooting himself with pis-
tol, lived in hired rooms in Hamilton Place,
Boston. with her only child, a daughter, de
scribed as very pretty and bright girl OF II.
The mother is said to have been excitable
and nervous; and they were in Strengthened
circumstance hut were fond Of each other
and lived pleasantly and quietly together
The other morning Miss Ward called III
passcr-by, from the street to their room,
where Mrs. Ward was found IN bed lnsensl-
bic and dying from pistol shot IN the head
She died before physician could dc suih-
moned. he girls story was mat ior soiie
| time she anu her mother had beeh aiarileu
by fears of burglars The night previous
they were rendered more than usually ner-
vOus by street noises, and on retiring talked
about their unprotected state and the danger
from bur,,lars the talk extending far into the
ii, IA. ,l,o i'll o,,, ,or mother rro,,;pe,
7"'' 'Y''i I'M 81 '''
more and more nervous. flnaily lley ieii
into a troubled sleep. A young man who
! ,,as cu,,omed IA tho dsughter had lcnt Them
revolver winch inc gun to"N 10 peu WIN
her. Toward morning She was dreaming oil
burplars when she was awakened bya sharp
,,,.I - f,.,,,,,, bo,s.,f s;,,;n,r nv, i, bod
''u"' anu '''''''
win the reVoirer IN her hahd anu hef ihother
shot. This. she thought, was about o'clock
in tho r,or,i,,, and the f,rt tina, i, VAST before
.I Cha, Ga, 10
she summoned assiSiaice' anu 'iia' 'he uoc
tor who came found no indications that the
he'd had beeu occupied by more than one
80, ,tr.,, so,,,o 1,,s,,;cio, ov,r ,h. cirls
f0''-'
story anu she was mre''ca LOT hi'ii"e' anu
'oi'i'i'''''' " jan i''' '''''' "
"uiihs IN "'s"' ''' vas Wy
ih"hef' VII" maj All a''i'h vi III "'' o''' ''''
"o'''' '''' MINT '''''
S""'''i's' Is h"' SURE "''''' '',' mum "
. 'u'iru' anu says S''e "r' ~ ''"" " "'''''
lhat hcI n'o'ici vas ''l''''''S nun ''''''
T. nih'iI no cal ulllll tciIlici mo iuShpp '''
help. No motive Tor taking her moihef
; l;r,, hoe jaan ,liScinacJ and thouuh opiniDu.
~ -"1 ~, -, i.,i;af :; a., :, ,.ao .
p case OF somnambulism. case in which
,here WINS Il narrow eecanc from "A somewhat
s tneiI "hs H1ii'" p a., D.,
similar Tragedy IS rciaieu ny INV pp''"i
UtrdM. Boston lady whose husDahu WA
lrePuehliy alillG'eu WIN h'4n,,''.,' wa hnr