Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1882-09-27

Daring the past week the followin.
civil cases have been tried by Jury:
In the case of Hill against Murray. IN.
Jury found for the plaintiff to recover Tn
peaceahie possession Of the premises, tire,
dollars damages and his costs.
j. Z. Wheeler ct al against the town n
Woodbury.. This was an action of assump
sit TO recover for the caro- and support O
town pauper. the father OF the plaintiff
during his last sickness. The defepc,
urged that the town was not responsible
by reason of a special contract entere,
into between the oversecr of the Door al
the defendant town and the plaintiff; by
which they promised to care for him nl
dollar a week, and run all risk Of extra
care and expense in case of sickness. Thi.
contract the plaintiff denied. Verdict foi
the plaintiffs TO recover SCI 40 and then
costs, the full amount of their claim
J. p. Llmpson and G w. Wing for IN,
plaintiffs and Heath e. Carleton for defend
ant.
NJ. I. c. Wing against David Barton
and trustee. An action of assum3sit tn
recover for certain services rendered The
defendant by the plaintiff and for part Of
the consideration received by the defend
ant in farm trade, and promised to the
plaintiff by the defendant. Defence
Il general denial of all services and agree
ments. Verdict for the plaintiff fol
S77.54 and his costs T. J. Dsavitt and
j. z. Lampson for the plaintiff. S. G.
Shurtlef for tho defendant
Perley Belknap VS.. John \. Tyler
This ,c
the title of one COW and n number of sheep
The evidence was somewhat conflicting
and the jury, after being out all night, ro.
turned verdict for the plaintiff to hold
the COW and the defendant tho sheep, and
for the defendant to recover one cent
damages and his costs. Johnson and SEN
tor for tho plaintiff; Plumloy for the de
PENDANT.
The case of II. c. Worthcn ana wifi.
against Ransom Dickey, which has been
once tiled and sent back by the supreme
court, is now on trial.
The following criminal cases have been
disposed of; State against T. j. Murphy
liquor, trial by Jury, verdict guilty of two
first offences; States attorney George W.
Wing for respondent. SLatoaglinst Mary
Carr, iptoxicaton, mol pros. State against
Levi j, Bolster, plea guilty; sentenced to
pay fine of 800 and costs State agans.
Lewis Marcott, plea guilty, sentence res.
pited.
The grand jury has adjourned. Il found
thirteen indictments, and reported i've as
not found. The list is as follows: aglinsr
Patrick Hassett Of Berlin, for impeding
D. w. Dudley, a deputy sheriff, on ApriD
18th, 1882, while taking James IIassett.
his son, to jail; against James Hassett
for the same offense; against Edward
Sullivan of Montpelier, for assaulting and
impeding James Finn, policeman, while
conveying Lewis GerauX to Jail for intoxi-
cation; against Levi j Bolster of Barre.
for a breach of the peace at Barre, June
9th, 1882; Lewis Marcott of Montpelier.
for pointing pistol at Frank Jangraw
without malice"-this is the toy pistol
case; Edward Preston of Berlin, for the
burglary of Scribner's grocery in Berlin.
on the night Of July 9th, 1882; Clarence
J. Campbell ofBerlin, for the same offense
S. II. o. Bosworth Of Berlin, for perjury
in his tax inventory Of last April; VIII
liam King of Warren, for the larceny Of
four tubs of butter, some eggs, candles,
and shirt, at Warren, August Goth, 1882;
Georgiana RichardsonQ Lawrence)of Mont.
pelier, intoxication; Carrie E. Gibbs OF
Mortified for bigamy. This grows out
of the Mortified Methodist Episcopal
church scandal. The indictment charges
that the respondent was married at St.
Armund, p. O.. eighteen years ago to ono
Vincent, who is still living and from
whom she has not been legally separated
and that she was afterwards married, at
Holyoke, Mass, to Gibbs, with whom she
now lives as his wife in Mortified.
The jury found two indictments against
Matthew McCaffrey, the Waterbury muir
derer now confined in the insane asylum
at Brattleboro, the majority of the jury
believing the respondent to be legally
probably be discharged this week.