Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1881-12-14
LamOilIe County Court.
Hon. II. II. Powers, Chief Judge.
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Hon. X. A. SAVAGE, "'''''U'" '""veS'

Hon. II. II. Powers, chief Judge
H Hos K K ( (. sss sx.sr. Assistant judge,
w. II. H. KENFrELD, Clerk.
NoRRIs G. RAyMoRE Sheriff.
r. +. PARKER, States Attorney.
JOHN ii. MIMMs, Stenogrdpher.
The December term OF this court convened at
Hydepark on Tuesday the 9th inst, at ten o'clock
a. NJ. After the formal opening Of the court, the
| following gentlemen answered to the call of the
clerk, as grand and petit jurors
Grand Jurors.-Oliver II. Potter, Belvidere
J. M. Stafford and Harvey Montague, Cambridge
James Atwil Eden; II. II. Churchill, Elmore;
Calvin Campbell and sas A. Keller, Hydepark
o. NJ Fitch and Heman Miller, Johnson Orlo
Cady, Alden Darling and B. L. Rand Morristown;
r. C. Hodge, Jesse Town and Vernon wilkins,
stowei Stephen L. Hemenway, waterville; c. G.
Fisher and p. A. Stevens, wolcott.
Petit Jurors-Wiiam Slater, Belvidere; +. s.
Edwards, X. s. Fuller, d. H. Fullington and b.
G. Mccoy, Cambridge; N S. Adams andlM A.
Hadley, Eden; S. B. Daniels and T. B. Morse,
Elmore; George II. Campbell, A. G. Collins, Ter
renee Finnegan and ]. C. Masure, Hydepark; D.
G. Holmes, Henry Marshall, Howard Manning
and j. NJ Sinclair, Johnson; J. A. Bundy, Dana
Chaffee, j. p. Clement and Chester Darling, Nor
ristown; J. +. Campbell A. G. Lamson, Carlos
N. Thomas and Allen Kellogg, Stowe; w. c. Car
penter and Ernest W. Manchester, Watervllle
Joel r. Parker, John II. Poor and John Sanborn,
Wolcott
Upon calling the jury calendar It was found
that no case on the first days assignment was for
trial, they having all been so disposed Of that
there was nothing for the jury. An adjournment
was therefore taken until Wednesday morning.
Upon the going in of the court Wednesday
morning 1t appeared that but one case on the list
Of those set for the jury would be tried, and
jury was empaneed in said case, 1t being AFRO B.
Waters and wife Us. ]. d. Langdell and others.
This was an action Of trespass qudre clausum.
The land in question was located in the town Of
Cambridge, and the main object Of the trial was
to settle the line between the lands Of the respec-
tive parties. After the introduction of certain
deeds TO establish the chain OF title the plaintiff
testified to the cutting of certain timber by the
defendant and his hired men, the value of said
timber being estimated at from fifteen to eighteen
dollars. The plaintiff claimed that the deeds in
troduced clearly established the location Of the
line and proved that the land upon which de-
PENDANT broke and entered was his, the plaintiffs
The defendant introduced several witnesses who
had occupied said land and heir testimony tended
to so establish the line that the land would be-
long to the defendant, Langdell, and further that
the line as claimed by them had been recognized
by the predecessor Of Waters for more than fifteen
years. The defendants, when the testimony was
all In moved the court to order verdict upon the
ground OF variance between the proof and plain
tiff a declaration Tho RI nd tbara
fatal variance, upon which plaintiffs counsel
asked leave to amend the declaration, and for the
purposes Of the trial the court ruled, as matter
OF law, that plaintiffs might amend. The defend
ants excepted and the supreme court will be
called upon to settle the question. The jury re-
turned a verdict for plaintiff for Sc damages
and COSTS G. W. Hendee and NJ. o. Heath for
plaintiff; George wilkins and p X Gleed for de-
PENDANTS. This was the only civil case. 1t is pos
sible there may be criminal case or two to try
next week.
On Saturday afternoon the grand Jury was dis
charged, having reported three true bills, one not
found. In the last matter before that body He
man Miller OF Johnson being disqualified was ex-
cused, and Henry Smile Of Cambridge appointed
talsmen. Hon. Orlo Cady was the foreman of
the grand jury.
One of the bills found was against Levi Robin
son, larceny Of horse valued at S75 the prop
erty OF Frank Wilcox Of Cambridge Robinson
pleaded "not guilty." but subsequently retracted
and pleaded guilty" He was sentenced to three
years at Rutland
The Hon. r. A. Savage second assistant Judge
resides at Stowe. He was appointed by Cover
nor Farnham uice Hon. Chester w. Ward, re-
signed on account of i'll health. r.