Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1883-10-19
IIte Sire press.
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thing. Numerous objections and exceptions
nave been taken. After arguments on law
points Judge Neasey irtimatcd that the view
the court TOOK OF the case was substantially
as Claimed by the defence. but declined to
direct verdict of mot guilty" Arguments
10 the jury were then waived and after n
charge substantially directing them to ac-
quit the respondent they retired and IN few
moments returned with the verdict mot
guilty. As the other five indictments stand
like this they will probably be nolle pressed.
An Extraordinary ra,Iure rJu.,,ce.
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Last May j. Nj. Haven was removed from
rho office of treasurer OF the Rutlanl railroad
.o-,o.a,io, a.. It., l.. 49,. III,
corpora''oh' IN ONCE ~hicn ne mad heid
some seventeen years, and j. ii. Williams
Of Bellows Falls appointed acting treasurer.
Sihscouentlv NJ Uavo, was arrootod and
p'' unuer oaii W answer tle charscoi having
issued large amount OF spurious stock he
was also nut under bail TO answer the charge
If ho,;r., o,,,,,o,,,,, Cow, elo ono 80 a.
Gum. .'0'oo0 Va ''o
cash Oh Tue corporation. When the grand
jury met 1t presented indictments against
Haven for tho ,ssuc NJ snuri,us stool, but
did not indict anybodv FOR the embezzlement
of the missing cosh Tho failure 10 ipdict
ANYBODY for Inc embczzlement of the miss.
ing cnsh OF the cornorotlon was n SUNRISE To
the community. cspeclally since we cannot
learn iha, any searching effort WAC made IN
slft This ALLEGED crime to the bottom. One nj
least Of Inc new hoo,d inn,,ired whetbor
he won!d he summoned ne n witness and
received renlv in The negative,
nor do we learn that ony member
OF the nrw manapemcnt was sum.
mon to testify in The matter The com
munitv were gTco,lv disannointed IN learn
thai $40 600 could he 90 skillfully stolen
from The trcasurvsof n CORPORATION as to
leave no trai behind. which an earnest. nc.
tive, acute prosecuting officer could follow
nm TO The pres,lmablv T,,ity marty with suf-
fcient directness as To ius,ify nm indictment.
If The prosecution did MI that an able and
indefatirable officer could do under The cir
cumstances then the responsibility must nj.
tach to the defective character OF our Judi.
cial machinery, for we do not believe that
$40 OOO often disapprars from the treasury
of any cornorntinn 81 mvs,eriouslv as To DEFY
the discovery of an indictable ncrnrtrator Of
State confessed it's failure IN find the fellow
who famed tnc treasury IN the amount or
$40 O00 This week I II Haven was tried
on Inc Indictment far tho issuo of a cer,id |
ticate of AHA shnrcs Of allcged !, snnrious
stocl; IN p " element I n Haven os |
indicted nm Ills nn,,iculor co-,iicote was
on Thursday nrnmn,lv acquitted in accord. |
ance viii iha chnrge If The iudge who
could moi have r,lcl otherwisc accord |
inr 4, The evidn,cn II was shown that
wien Haven issued This particular certificate
of STOCK IN satisfy his contract with element
he actuallv hold bnno fde shares To entirely
cover This nar,icnlnr ,ranssction. and Glenn
emf received from Haven these bona fide
shares vl,ich ynro turned into Tho transfer
ofi GA IN ofra.t ,he cnr,;fcote iseued In Glenn
emf The indie rulnd that while The cvi.
dencc showed there had been an overissue
of ,stocl; the pnr,icuior certificate unon
which ibis indic,mcnt was brought rcpre.
sen,cd ganiine sioux belonging 10 Haven
which was imrned into the transfer office for
canc.llo,ion md comn,ot cd n hono fide tran.
sacion. In Lrirf The iudgc ruled that the
certificate issued Clement stood ior genuine
stock owned Inv Haven and actually turned
over bv Inn 10 ,hr transfer office for can.
collation. There was nm actual delivery of
pcnuine stock for The certificate is.y,pd
orJ M /; d;o,, ,a,, nou,a ho ,,o;nto;noL
that this nart;culor certificate stood for an
issuc If spurious s,ocl, Tie CHARGE If Judrc
Vrazcv was clear ON This noint and the iurv
could no, do otherwis, than nromptlv acnuit |
Haven as indicted. Now lwhat 1t is clear |
that there has been an oyerissue of the stool; |
TO a greater or lesser amount by somebody it |
is clear tbnt there has hern n disanreorauce of |
which soncholv ia rcsnons;hlc The cornnr-