News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1884-12-04
CniIMTY CQIIpT

| The December term of the LamOille
County Court convened at the Court
House in Hyde Park Tuesday. the I'd
inst, at 10 o'clock a. M, with Hon. II.
II. Powers presiding, assisted by Hon.
Horace Waite and Hon. Earl Guyer as
Associate Judges. The court room, with
an unusually large attendance, being
quieted, prayer was offered by the Rev.
Mr.. Ward, after which the court was
formally opened by Sheriff Thomas NJ.
| Potter. The Grand and Petit Jurors Ia
Fist of which was published in our issue
of Nov. 20 h. were then called and
sworn, with Lewis WhittemOre and
| Frank Kenfield as talesmen in the place
of Messrs. Chase and Fletcher, excused
i from the former pannel.
| Judge Powers charge, to both the
EGrand and Petit Jurors, was delivered
in his usually able manner, clearly point
ling out to them their duties as jurors.
| Deputy Sheriffs Jonas T. Stevens and
James M. Parker were assigned to and
received the usual oath to take charge of
the Grand Jury, while Deputy Sheriffs
VIM. C.. Doane, n. c. RaymOre, and IL.
G. Lanpher were assigned to the charge
| of the Petit Jurors.
| The usual membership of our county
bar were present, and also the following
attornieS from adjoining counties -
lStewart of Bakersfield, Burke of Albany,
Rand of Craftsbury, and Monahan of
I Underhill, whose presence has become
| familiar at nearly every session of our
court.
The jury calendar being called, only
height cases were found assigned for trial :
Billiard V, Cass, aplt.; Peck v. Cass, aplt.;
Mcclellan V. Buker, aplt.; Probate Court
fv. Cleveland ct ais; Adams, aplt. V. ES
tate of P. Daniels; Smalley V. Amber ;
Boutwellv. Hartman and Wiswell. aplt.
andReed v. Bashaw. The first case was
continued on emotion of defendant on
terms, and the others continued. settled,
or left with the court by consent and
agreement of parties.
This disposition of the calendar did
away with any expectation of civil trial
by jury and the case of arson, State ".
NMyron Amber, occupied the immediate
attention of the court, which adjourned
to 2 clock p. m, giving the Sheriff dl-
rections however to have the respondent
who was then in jail, in court at the
opening of the afternoon session.
At the opening of court in the after
noon, the prisoner being present, was
sSked by the court if he desired counsel
assigned him and what disposition he
wished to have made with the case. This
brought out rambling speech from the
respondent, charging masonry and re-
ligion as being evil elements among the
lawyers of Lamoille county, only one OF
which, Mr.. Wilkins, he was willing to
accept on any terms. Mr.. Wilkins finally
aSSented with the assistance of j. G.
Burke, of Albany, to consult with Am
bier and report to the court at 3 o'clock,
what should be done with the case,
whether to be continued or tried, to
which time the court took recess.
Three o'clock having arrived, Messrs.
Wilkins and Burke returned from the
anti-room with their client, Amber, and
reported that upon lengthy cOnsulta-
ton they learned that important wit
nesSes, the testimony of which might
have been had at a former court, were
now absent from the State, which would
at this term be impossible to procure,
and asked for a continuance till the
April term, with some special order of
the court to procure the evidence. After
consideration by the judges it was
thought best to continue the case and
if necessary hereafter to make a special
order it can be so done. and the prisoner
was remanded back to jail.
There appearing no further business
for jurors, they were ordered by the
court discharged for the term. There
appearing no present business for the
court an adjournment was taken until
Friday morning, ut which time the di
vOrce and other cases will be heard.
What the Grand Jury will do, of course
is as yet unknown, but it is said their
work will be light.