Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1882-12-22
Addison County Court,
MIppLRBuRY, Dee

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trover aud trespass for the taking away Of
carriage which the plaintiffs father, Sic
died, had given TO her. The deiendal
, claimed that the carriage had been given t
him by the old man, and 1t was proven tia
the old gentleman had offered I
give it to two or three others G
his children. The carriage, whic
was valued at S225, was afterwards take
from the defendant on writ OF repevin an,
Is now in the possession Of the plaintiff, an,
the present suit was brought to recover dam
ages for its use and injury by The defendant
The real question at issue was whether hi
gift of the property to Patty $. Fletcher wa
accompanied by such delivery of possession
T. her as to make the gift legally valid
Lengthy arguments were made on that pon
by Governor Stewart for the plaintiff and b,
L. X. Hard for the defendant. The cour
ruled tina. if the jury found the
facts to be just as testified I,
find for the plaintiff. The delivery was
COOL one in law, and about the only delivery
which could be made under the crcumstan
CTS. This partially settled the matter. but
arguments were made to the jury by Mcssrs
John W. Stewart and Charles NJ Wilds fol
the plaintiff and by Mcssrs. l.. X. Hard and
James Nj. Sladc for the defense. The court
was occupied with the case nearly all day,
and the case Was given 10 the jury this even.
ing. The jury have not yet reported but they
will probably bring in verdict for the plain.
till in the morning. In the case of
the State against Joseph Flanders charged
with stealing the horses, wagon and other
property of Chester Elmer at Ferrisburgh
last October, Flanders pleaded guilty and
sad that he was asked to go, and went, but
that he had none of the money for which the
property was sold The court then pass
ed sentence on Flanders, giving him three
years in the state prison. There is only one
more jury case to be tried this term and the
jurors will probably be discharged by the
court Tomorrow.
MiDDLEBsgY, Dec. IA.
The jury in the case of Patty S. Fletcher
against Ira d. Fletcher reported verdict in
favor of the plaintiff, awarding her S33 dam
ages. The case will be carried up.
There being no more Gases TO be tried by
jury, the jurors were then discharged.
The forenoon was occupied in dlsposing of
n considerable quantity of routine business.
In the afternoon the divorce bust
ness came On. The fist case WAS
that of William II. Green vs.. Ellen
Green, both parties residing In Lincoln.
They had been married twenty years before
the cause of divorce arose. Four years ago
til woman deserted her husband, gong to
live with Il married man residing in the
same town. 1t was shown that there had
never been any family quariels, and that the
only PROBABLE or known cause of her desert.
ing her husband was her preference for the
other man. The court ordered the clerk
TO enter marriage, notice and residence PROV
en- Bill pending.
The next case was that of Maggie Shaw
VS.. Dustin Shaw. Cause, Shaw's incarccra-
ton in States prison for larceny, TO which
he pleaded guilty in this court last term
Bill granted.
Mrs. Jennie A. Sattlcy vs. Robert p. Sat,ley
was the next case, cause intolertblrl severity
The parties lived in Fcrlisburgh. The pci-
tioncr testified that her husband had treated
her unklndly, beginning this treatment three
weeks alter their marriage. On one occasion
he kicked her out Of bed to the floor. When
she was i'll he refused to furnish her physi-
elan, on some occasions. On another occa-
sion when she had been sick abci
lie took the fire out of the stove,
on u very cold day. AT another tine
he delused her with the contents of two
thirty pound tubs of water Once he was
angry with her for going fishing in company
with her daughter, the hired girl and the
hired man, and he accused her of criminal
conduct with the hired man on that occasion.
Again he struck her with a stick of wood.
Another time he tiled 10 throw her down
stairs. He after accused her of adultery,
and she finally left him, after bearing his
cruel Y until 1t had become intocrablr. lie
said he was glad she was going, but after
wards hunted her up and tried to get her to
return TO him. A written confession Of
Saltley's was put ill., in which he con.
(, sscd all the acts which she charges
against him. Finally she consented to 90
back and 1--we with him again. After her
return to HIM he treated her more unkindly
than ever before, would not allow her 10
sleep for week at Il time. Bill granted.
Petitioner may resume her former name of
Jennie a. Bailey. There was II counter pc
titiOn, which was dismissed.
This ended the divorce business for the
day, and nothing else of public interest or
importance was done. There are several
other divorce cases on the docket, some of
which will probably be tried Friday.
MlDDLEBugY, Dec. 10.
The first case to-day was Charles lie Bpuf
OF Ncrgennes against John NJ Dyer of Sails
bury. lie Bout sued Dyer for work done on
the defendants store in Vergennes, which de
fcndant claimed lie never ordered done. The
case was tried by the couit. $97.33 was
awarded TO the plaintiff, with interest from
June, 1851
Ju'ia McPhcr,on vs.. Cyrus Mcpherson,
formerly OF Riptou but now OF the House OF
Correction IN Rutland, divorce case, was
next Tried. Jula looks TO Ge about fifteen
years o!d, but said she was twenty
two years and h,s Il child twcuty-one
months old. She and her father swore to
many acts of cruelty TN the part of Cyrus,
and the court granted the bill giving to the
petitioner the custody OF the child. Nc
fber'on is "A worthless character, and is now
serving his lhlrd term IN the States institu-
ton at Rutland, where he was sent couple
OF weeks ago Tor petty larceny.
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