Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1884-12-12


for the plaintitT and Messrs. W. W. Rider
and W. &. Duuton for the defendant
The case of {. G. partch vs.. Solon \.
,SpOOncr. the first one which came to trial
Tuesday afternoon, continued all of Tues
day and was further heard Wednesday
afternoon. Mr.. partch claims that the de
fcndant SpOOncr has for general years been
trcspasSing upon Il certain wood lot stu
atcd in MOnktOn, belonging to the plain
tiI. Partch alleges that SpOOncr has cut
off the valuable timber from about seven
acres of the lot, leaving about one acre
which he did not strip of its timber, the
whole lot containing about eight acres.
Defendant Spoouer denies thar NE has
trespasscd upon Partch and claims that
he himself owns the wood lot in question.
The case lrizzled along very slowly and
very unintfrestingly to everybody but the
cOntcnding parties.
During the examination of Herbert
iIasseltOn, Il witness Tor the defence who
had made surveys of the disputed land,
the witness suddenly grew faint and lost
his senses. Water was thrown over him.
the windows were opened and in about
i've minutes h" came to. But he was so
weak hat hr was unable to Resume the
Witness stand until uftciUuuu
Ia the afternoon Mr.. ilHs>citpu'~ CROSS
examination by Mr.. Wiid- WIS long and
tedious. goin- rs it did into the technical
tiles and muuti,v Of ila~~ol,0u'~ Surveys.
arI ut surveys made previously. The
Ca~" i no, yet finished ANA viii occupy
ppit of Thursday. when it j. given to
The jury The case of irJ Tucker e. al. ".
f. Lawrence ct al. Il vrritab'r old ~tagct,
will come on for lral. It viii he 'hc lot
civil case Tor the Jury this term.
An Aged Vcrmonter Found Dead.
George \. Ford of Maidstone, VI. aged
scycnty-four years, was found dead in Il
culvert in Stratford yesterday. lie is sup
posed to have been walking on the track
in the night and stumbled, striking his
head and killing him.
Lamoille County Court.
The Lamoille county court adiouned ON
Saturday. after Il weeks sessions. No
jury case was tried, but score or 50 of
suits, mostly for divorces, were heard by
the court. The grand Jury reported SAT -
urday seven true bills and nine not found.
They reported the jail III good condition.
and speak favorably upon JailOr Grimes.
who has been reappOintcd by the new
sheriff, Mr.. Porter of BclVidcrc
The December Term of the Windsor
County Court.
The December term of the Windsor
county court began Tuesday morning,
Hon. II. :. Taft presiding Wm VI.
Pingry and w. G. Danforth. side judges
James J. Wilson, States attorney: Gard
ner j. Wallace, sheriff.; j. Il. Pembcr
steuographer. There are los cases ON the
law docket, including divorce and State
cases, and '93 cases on the chancerN docket
Prayer was offered by Rev. Mr.. kidder
and the grand jury Was called and
charged. On call of the jury list Oi
- cases IL We're announced ready
for trial and fourteen of them as settled
and continued and set to the court. The
case of y. Lucas and Edwin Harrington
was then put on tIdl before Il jury; Nor
man Paul for plaintiff, Davis x Enrighl
for defendant. This suit is an action tC
recover for Il treSpaSs alleged to have beer
committed by defendant in attaching 4
| stag owned by plaintiii, claimed to haN,
| been exempt The amount III cOntrO
Versy is the value of the stag 5 service fOl
| about Il month that he was kept by de
| fendant on the attachments, and l.
not large, but the suit has beer
| tried twice by jury and three times in Su
preme court, and is well headed for The
supreme court again. The case went to the
| jury Wednesday morning, when court
| ad dlOurned To afternoon to afford time FOL
preparation of the next case for trial
| Rugg ct H., vs.. liaZcn and wife, appel
| lantS On coming of court, afternoon
| that case was taken from the jury list
| having been arranged by the parties n
| rNnprtnu
week for triol mo- other c1se was rendy nm,
cnurt ndinmrned tn Thursday Most q
thr r,srs have been taken from the iur,
list and thr inry business will he shori
Thr inv in uce w HARRINGTON return
ed = yer,lict for nloiutitr for one crnt dam
noes 'rhe cnsr ,,nrs tnthp Sunrrmr cnIlr
on nvcrntionS Thnnavt cosr for trial i
| Nancy SnonIiiu~ " NInrris Mariner II
the case of Nellie \ Burbee vs.. Frank
| 3urbpp Ui NprCp NN;S trT;Iutpl for lntOlpl
mia Snvnritv Thrrr hive been ~ new
entries on tin law docket and fem ON In,
chnncerv dnrknt
In the cnse Of Spnuldinu vs. Warner
thn iurv rct1lrned y verdict for nlnintlt
for SIS Il damo~es Thr neyt case wa
Vestn / 'ork wonI vs. Charles y Iirrrirk
DAVIS <, FnriTht and NIlhn for nlnintitl
i " Pierce for drfenlent If IS nm no
lion tn recover dumnrrs for harhorin
nlaintitr's hnuphtrr, n minor The cas
hrnllr down bv reason of fine sudden sick
eninT nf thr nIaintitf and WAS continued