Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1881-09-21
Washington county Court.
MONTPELIER. VT. Sept. 20. g

county court was opened at 10 o'clocl
Ithis morning, with prayer by the Rev. J
II. Hincks, pastor of Bethany church
Judge T. P. Redield, presiding.
The following gentlemen were sworn il
as jurors:
GRAND JURORS.
w. C. White, Barre; J. n. Perrin
Berlin; w. p. Whittier, Cabot; NJ. s
Hathaway, Calais; William Turner. Dux
bury; John Maxwell, Fayston; Georg,
Davis, East Montpelier; Hiram A Saw
.yer, Middesex; Asa Blanchard. Mont
pelier; Daniel B. Wooster, Marshtield
,Barnabas Mayo. Moretown; J. p Davis
I Northfield: IL. n Bushnell, Waitsfeld
George H. Luce, Waterbury; Clark Ford
Warren; Edwin Bruce, Woodbury.; j. A
Kelton, Worcester.
Mr.. w. j. Simonds of RoxburY, drawn
Jas grand juror. did not respond to hi,
name, and the Hon. Willard Martin o
Plaintield was sworn in as tale, man
! Mr.. w. C. White of Barre was appointe,
foreman.
PETIT JURORS.
Albert f d dye, o. J. liowes, Barre
w. A. Leland, Berlin; b j Lance, Jas
Moves, Cabo' Ira 5. DwInell, Calais; C
10. Turner, Duxbury; John Goss, Fays
J bon; George Goodwin, Chester B. TiIlot
son, East Montpelier; Owen Davis. Gard
ner Sawyer, Middlesex; Dayton 2. Clark
A. o. Cummins, Montpelier; w p. Mar
in, Marshtield; Patrick Callahan, Georg,
t.. Evans, MoretOwn; William j. Wright
l. q. Fuller, Northtieid; Carlisle Good
rich, G. II Bartlett, Plainield; Ira Boyce
sRoxbury; 4. G. Trtsk, II. r. Campbell
IWaitsfeld; John b. Parker, Jos. Som
uerviIe, Waterbury; S. d. Allen. Dame
] II. Steele, Warren; o A. Daniels, Wood
| bury; W, IL. Kellogg, Jr., Worcester.
A meeting of the members of the bal
was held this forenoon, over which Mr.
Clarence IL. Pilkin, tho Yates attorney
presided, to consider what action should b,
AIKEN in regard to the lie tth of the presi
! lent. Messrs. Homer w. Heaton, Hemat
Carpenter and Joseph A. Wing wer,
appointed II committee to draw up appro
pirate resolutions to be reported at al
( adjourned meeting, and to request tn,
( court to adjourn as mark of respect.
After the organization of the court, Mr.
Heaton addressed the court as follows:
May ii Pease Your Honors AT al
Informal meeting of the members Of th'
5btr, held this morning, just before tn,
coming in of court, the sad duty wa
imposed upon committee, of which
I'M one, to announce to the court tn,
iaath OF the president Of the United States
This event, though not uncy pected, ha
Z It last come. For eleven weeks and NOR,
he prayers of this whole people hav,
been uttered in his behalf, and the Chris
ian people OF the world have Joined will
Z u.s. But 1t has seemed good to the A
wise Providence that he should be taker
from Us, and the president is dead HI
/ uas fallen the victim of dastardy assas
: sin, whose crime is rs wanton and pur
po>eless as any that ever stained the eartl
with its atrocjty. His death has plunget
he people of the country into universe
Sgrief, and the whole land is to-day il
mourning for its chief 1t has seemed I,
he bar that it is eminentIy fit and prope
hat the court should take some public an,
official notice of this sad event, and
I therefore move your honors that the cour
10 now adjourn.
Judge Redield responded in behalf o
he curt:
The great calamity to which the bar ha
called our attention was not, as Mr.. Heatol
Z las said, entirely unexpected. In such
) INSTRUMENTATION sewers from US our chic
magistrate, the representative of thi
great people-it is fit that we should paus
/ and resolve rs to our conduct in the occur
Srences of the future. This is the secon,
ime that the chief magistrate of this ma
S ton has been stricken down by TIN
tssassin's hand, and that we have bee
called to mourn for the victim of a Grim
q he most dastardly and cowardly. In thi
hour of profound grief all lines are oblit
aerated prejudices are laid aside, and tn
8whole people mourn the loss of their ruler
II This is II calamity which affects the Who'll
snation, which touches alike the heart q
4 he humbIest and the highest. The Grim
Switch laid the president low is a bio,
! against the interests and welfare of tn
Hwhole people. And in such II time of na
stional grief, it is eminentIy proper that "
i take time for proper and just ret1ectio
9upon this momentouS event; and in ordc
u % that, and as mark of tribute an
Prospect for the ilustrious dead, we ordt
ethat this court adjourn until 2 O'Clock tn
b afternoon.
The court is now trying the case {
ECharles +. Stevens of Barre against
NV. Dudley, the deputy sheriff of Mon
Hpeler. The case was tried in Septembe
q S78, ard The trial resulted in disagree
Ament The suit is Tor damages for injr
& ries which the plaintiff received upon ii
I flair ground at East Montpelier in Septen
sber, 1874. The defendant was a marsh
aat the county fair, and in endeavoring
Eturn a team off the race track, it ran ava
Bcollided with the plaintiffs team and hu
Ahm and his wife severely. he defenda
4 clams that he was only exercising h
duties as marshal Messrs. G, }. Gle
%son, w. P. Dillingham; and j. A. VIII
Sare for the plaintiff; Messrs. Heath
ECarleton, Homer W. Heaton and 5.
kShurtlef are for the defence. The ca
will take up most of the week.