The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1882-12-15
COUNTY Couur. The December icrtn

lii-r. II ll,"iN r,0r sat N,.ri.viih'
nri,g cliri iilri .i.,l 4 Sc T. Il
ralt, who iias i.r.,,!,4i t., ia. Sc. ~"
terms. The other officers are: Hon.
lG. l.. Harrington of WeybriGge and
Hon. Carleton Il. Stevens of Yer
gennes, assistant judges; Rufus VAIN
wrish t, county clerk; Noble +. Dun
shee, sheriff; +. w. j. Hawkins, states
attorney; Henry Oviatt,I photographer.
After the opening prayer, by Rev.
Mr.. Quinlan, the following gentlemen
were sworn in rs petit jurors: Addison,
Edwin Hoyt; Bridport, Henry Nichols,
l.. S. Burwell; Bristol, ID. S. Parmelec,
Hiram Shattuck; Cornwall, Ii. L. San
ford; Ferrisburgh, James Clark; Go
shen, Turner W. Dutton; Granville,
G. Hubbard; Hancock, Milo M. Ball
Leicester, Calvin Brown; Lincoln,
Cornelius E. Bristol; Middiebury, f.
G. Severance, j. L. Ainsworth; Monk
ton, John A. Palmer; New Haven, A.
G. Eastman, Cullen b. Bullard; Orwell,
Charles Sanford; Panton, Madison
| Converse; Ripton, George Hodges;
Salisbury, w. w. Crook; Shoreham,
| Thomas Leonard; Starksboro, Joel w.
Orvis, Hoel Sayles; Vergennes, s. ii.
Stevens, Il. Il. Barnard; Waltham,
Frank ID. Barton; Weybridge, L. b.
Dodge; Whiting, Charles F. Church.
The customary instructions to the
petit jurors as to the nature of their
duties was given by Judge Powers.
The first case reached for trial was
that of Patty Fletcher VS.. Ira ID. Fetch
er ct al. The plaintiffs counsel entered
| a non-suit as to all the other parties
except Ira ID. Fletcher, a brother of the
| plaintiff. This suit is trespass for the
taking, using, and damaging by the
defendant, Ira ID. Fletcher, OF certain
phaeton or carriage claimed by each
party as gift from their father, James
| Fletcher, who died in 1881. The vital
question in issue was whether the gift
was valid in law, there having been no
change OF possession after the gift to
Patty Fletcher, the carriage remaining
on her fathers premises and used by
all the family rs before the gilt. The
case after argument by counsel was
given to the jury Wednesday night,
and Thursday morning they brought
in a verdict for the plairtih of 1888
and costs.
Exceptions were taken to the ruling
of the judge, and the case will be con-
| tested in the Supreme Court on ques.
tons of law. Stewart Il Wilds for
plaintiff, Il. II. Hard and Jas. NJ. Slade
for defendant.
The jury were discharged Thursday
morning, there being no more cases for
Jury trial. Thursday the docket was
called. There were some cases for
trial by the court and few divorce
cases. Probably no criminal cases will
be tried. All the cases against Luther
Blanchard have been continued on ac-
count of the illness of A. Z. Upper,
who is one OF the respondents counsel.
Joseph Flanders plead guilty Wednes-
day, to stealing a pair of horses and
harness and few other fhings from
Chester Elmer of Ferrisburgh, in Octo-
Der of this year. The goods stolen
were of the value of about $500, and
Flanders was sentenced TO three years
hard labor in state prison. Flanders
has graduated from our State Reform
School, is not very bright, and is sup
posed to have been the tool of fellow
by the name of Joseph Washburn, who
"lit' into Canada with the spoils.
Most OF the property has been recover
ed through the efforts of Ed Grosvenor,
of Bridport.
The case OF Ford VS.. Steele, which
has been in the courts about three
years, was again decided in favor of
the plaintiff, who sued Rob Steele in
ejectment, 10 recover possession of
house and lot sold TO Steele by the
plaintiff by conditional deed, the con.
ditions having been broken and the
pa5.ae~t 80. i>--:..- L---- -
ing TO contract.
The marriage of Sophia Bitney to
Peter Rebedo, alias Peter Robinson
was annulled, the plaintiff in the action
proving that the said Rebcdo- Robinson
had another wife living at the lime he
married her.
In the case of Sessions VS.. Seeley,
trespass, there was hearing 10 recon-
nit the report TO the referee, Hon. w.
T.. Dunton, of Rutland, to take further
testimony. The motion was denied
and the court gave Judgment on the re-
port for def.
The noted Ginning" case will not be
tried on account of the illness of A. p.
Upper, counsel, and for other ieasons.
Court will probably adjourn Saturday,
but possibly Friday night.
EAST MIDDLEBURY.
Misses Wood, and Wellington arc
teachers in district No. 2.
Miss Delana +. Sessions left her
fathers on the 10th, TO spend the win
ter with her uncle, George Lyerls, in
Michigan.
Carriages are not all displaced by
sleighs; manyiof the former are still
seen in our vicinity.
The snow affords a convenient OPP
portnnity for farmers to add TO their
diminished wood-piles.
The complainants affirm that one
of our citizens has r-stepped the
law in the sale of intoxicating drinks,
consequently he is held for trial to ar
adjourned justice court.
From call al T.. j. Olmstead's
shop and engine room we fl und an ex-
tensive improvement, made by the
addition of steam power to run his ma
chinery by. His business is rapidly
increasing.