The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1885-10-21
VOL. SO.---4O23. NO. 45.

printed the business card of the respondent;
that later that same day the two brothers
became bewildered and were escorted to
Washington county Jail by Officers Ordway
and Demeritt; that the package of bottles
of alcohol was then in their possession
intact; that the officers took the package,
undid it and found the almanacs therein;
that they were taken the next day before
Justice Clark and made their disclosure,
and that the bottles had been in the pos
session of Mr.. Clark since that time. The
bottles, full of alcohol, and the almanacs,
were produced in court and offered as evil
dence. The witness, John Jondro, testified
that after he had obtained this alcohol,
which he said he got for his sick wife, he
again went to the drugstore of the respond
ent, asked for drink of liquor and was re-
fused. The clerk, Charles Sargent, testi-
fed that he did not sell any alcohol to the
Jondros, and that his orders were, while at
work for Mr. Bascom, to sell no liquors ex-
cept upon physicians prescription. He
admitted, on cross-e examination, that there
were barrels of Intoxicating liquor in the
back storeroom; that there was a bottle, or
jar, of alcohol in the front shop, as had
been described by the states witnesses
The respondent went upon the stand and
testified that the said John Jondro came
into his store on the day named and wanted
to obtain some liquor, and that he refused
him; that the witness then asked for some
almanacs, and he told him he could have as
many as he wanted; that the witness took
some and went out; that he never sold him
| any liquor. The respondent also testified
that he had never retailed any Intoxicating
liquors in this town except upon physi-
clans prescription. The witnesses for the
respondent were corroborated by Colonel
| Horace Mills, who was in the store and saw
the witness (Jondro) come in and ask for
liquor; that he was refused and asked for
and took the almanacs. The states attor-
| ney for the state: George w. Wing and w
| A Lord for tho rasnppdapt The iury
out all night, failed to come to an agree
ment and were discharged. 1t is under
stood that they stood six for acquittal and
six for conviction.
State rs. A. ID. Lane.-In this case the
states witness testified that on Decoration
day he bought of Aaron Somerville, the
respondents clerk, one glass of whiskey.
The respondent and his clerk both denied
the sale and claimed that the liquor was OBJ
tanned from other parties, whom the wit
ness desired to shield This case also re-
suited in disagreement, the jury standing
eight for conviction and four for acquittal
on the final and first ballots, and all the way
from that to one for conviction and eleven
for acquittal during their deliberations. The
states attorney for the state: George w.
Wing and w. A. Lord for the respondent.
State Us. ID. G. Sloan.--In this case the
states witnesses were not as positive as in
the other cases, and although one of them
testified that he thought he bought three
drinks of Will Reed, the clerk of the re-
spondent, yet his testimony was not up to
his disclosure before the justice and the
respondent rested without putting any de-
fence in. Verdict, not guilty. The states
attorney for the state: George w. Wing
and w. A. Lord for the respondent.
The other cases of State rs. Lane and State
as. Bascom were ended by the states attor
ney entering by leave of the court, nOH,
prosequi, the witnesses not being forthcom
ing, or their testimony being regarded as un
reliable. The cases of State rs. Lane, Bliss
and Campbell, for violations of the Liquor
, law, were continued, in order to procure tn,
attendance OF the witnesses. The case o
, State Us. Omer Miller, for violation of tn,
, liquor law, was ended by the attorney fo
the respondent entering a plea of guilty
The bail in the case of State Us. NJ. j. Duke
was forfeited. In another case, State rs
| Bliss, plea of guilty was entered. State Us
Intoxicating Liquor Dr. Porter, claimant
? plea was entered that the liquor be for
) feited and confscated. State u.s. Thomas
t Cory was continued, at the request of th
states attorney, by reason of the absence o
an important witness State Us. York ant
} State rs. Yatter We're continued, on motion
= of the respondents. In the cases of State as
t Malcom Beaton and State as. John O'Neil
Q indicted for malicious mischief, the respond
ents attorney, j. p. Lamson, informed tn
= court that there would be a plea of guilty
I The case of State u.s. Hannah and Saral
"
e State rs. William b. Richards-for iniur!
: to the dwelling-house of Chauncey Goodale Q
: Cabot on the night of the 9TH of last Septem
S ber--was the last case for trial. The evidenc
{ on the part of the state tended to show tina
e on the night in question two horses-one
e white one and the other bay, with star il
4 its forehead-were found in the barn of JOh
!, Bolton, a neighbor of Chauncey Goodale's
e at the time the crime was being committed
Y and that the said horses were being drive
i and We're owned by Rudolphus Goodale an
y; Leslie Leach. 1t appeared that Rudolphu
r and Chauncey Goodale were cousins: tina
e the wife of Rudolphus had left her husband
+ house and gone to live with Chauncey, VIII
t was then living apart from his wife under
}. mutual agreement; that Rudolphus, Lesli
: Leach (who lived at his house, Charlie
e McCosco and the respondent had ha
r some talk about going over to Chauncey
{ and giving him and RudOlphus' wife dos
r of tar and feathers; that on the night i
: question George Goodale, a son of Chauncey
r drove to the house of Rudolphus an
h brought back to his fathers house tn
r daughter of Rudolphus, arriving HON
}. about half-past nine o'clock; that befor
II George started from Rudolphus' house t
). return the four men named went away, say
:. ing that they were going to Joe's Pond tisl
ing. When George drove into his father
s yard he noticed an object lying on tn
j. ground near a tree, and after helping tn
Il young lady to alight he went toward the oil
d lect to ascertain what it was. Suddenly
S person jumped up and struck at George, an
- was at once recognized by the boy and gil
(, as person wearing light pants, dark cos
B.; and a wide-brimmed hat-the same clothin
Q that Richards wore when George saw hin
II at Rudolphus' that night; that George the
> went to the barn and put up his team, an
Il while doing this stones began to com
L against the barn, one of which struck hin
Q that as soon as possible he went into tn
t. house, and then stones were fairly showere
g. upon the house from three sides at the sam
y time, they coming through the windows
d that this shower of stones continued fo
o about ten minutes, and until Rudolphus
:, daughter went to the door and said
n Father, don't throw any more: you wi
e kill MOTHER" that at this the stonng stoppe
d and all was quiet Leach and Richard
# We're indicted by the grand jury at the pre-,
II ent term of court, and Leach's case was cor
n tinued and Richards tried. The defence
: taking the advice of Mr.. Weller, relied upo
# an alibi-the respondent testifyng (bein
e supported by the other men implicatedD tina
}, at the time of the stone shower they wer
{ on Joe's Pond fishing, but admitting tina
d they did not catch any fish, that after tn
;. fishing had proved Improbable they wen
$ to the house of John McCosco, the father O
e one of them, to dance, and remained unit
i about midnight. The dance was peculiar
!, in that there We're only nine persons pres
Il ent-siX men and three women, countin
It the old folks and the children. The jury
S after being out about eight hours, returne
1 a verdict of guilty. Upon their coming 4
: the court remarked that they considered tn
II evidence for the prosecution overwhelming