The Middlebury register and Addison County journal. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1883-1885, 1885-12-11
Addison County Court.

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County court was opened Tuesday
| forenoon with prayer by the Rev. A.
| Def. Palmer. Hon. w. G.. Veazey is the
presiding Judge. Hon. VIM. S. Wright is
the colleague of Judge Lane this term.
1t is a source of great regret that Judge
| Doud was forced by ill health to resign,
but fortunately a competent man was
found in Judge Wright to succeed him.
Papers like the Burlington clipper out of
| excessive smartneSS and wisdom sheer at
the duties of side judges, but in addition
to the service Il competent side Judge can
render to the county by looking after its
finances, he is of material assistance to
the presiding Judge on account of his
! familiarity with persons and localities, in
| rendering orders and decisions in doubt
| full cases.
Not much amusement has thus far been
| afforded to habitueS of the court room.
| Out of the seventeen cases set for Jury
| trial, only one has 80 much as possibili-
| ty of being tried and it depends upon
how technical question is decided
whether that is tried by jury-the case of
Bridport V. Goodale. The case of Sta
pleton V. Hope was finally brought to an
end by the rendering of judgment in
Gordon y. Hope, growing out of the
former suit, was ended by 4 non-suit In
John Caldwell V. Sybil Green, an action
to collect seven dollars tax by the consta-
bic of New Haven.a judgment was given
the plaintiff. The defendant tried to get
a continuance upon the affidavit of a
physician of Lowell, Mass, that the de
PENDANT was suffering from some Latin
lc disease and unable to attend court
but the court thought it favor to both
parties to this seven-dollar lawsuit to
end the matter as stated.
n. f. Rider ct al V. John w. Martin
was settled by the defendant paying
some S32 and costs, without trial This
| was an action of aSsumpsit, brought to
collect debt due to the old firm of Rider
u Orchard for goods out of their drug
store. The only disputed items in ac-
count were some which defendant
thought could not be collected under our
| liquor law.
Balm V. Cushman was continued on &C
count of the illness of Il witness. This is
an action for malpractice against a ply
stefan, formerly a blacksmith. because of
"bunglery' in performing an operation.
The only case left for the jury is Brid-
port V. Goodale, an action for moving
| FENCES INTO the highway.
On Tuesday some amusement was af-
forded upon the hearing of petition that
George +. Field of Leicester be commit
ted for contempt of court. 1t will be re-
membered that Fields wife got divorce
from him with $500 alimony last June,
ana the court ordered that half of it be
paid in 6O days, the other half by Octo-
Der, 1855, and that meantime he should
/ m ,,pit H.,
The petition set forth these facts and
stated that he had not complied with the
order of the court in any respect. When
Judge Veazey asked Field if he was not
ready for hearing he said that he would
be ready next June. He apparently
thought the divorce case was to be tried
over again. Field is grizzly, weasel
eyed old fellow with very little idea of
the majesty of the law, and appeared a
good deal surprised when Judge Veazey
gave MN one hour and half to raise the
$500 with interest and attorney and court
fees, amounting in all to S543. 10, and put
him in charge of the sheriff meanwhile.
Field is farmer with some five or six
thousand dollars worth of property, and
he raised the money and paid it over to
the clerk within the allotted time. Then
he sought the judge, and in a tone of
grieved in .uiry said; "Jedge. how the
devil could you render SIGH decision as
that? Il. ii. Mcleod appeared for
Field and had hard work in making
his client understand that he was ia
court. Stewart & Wilds for petitioner
Wednesday VIM. Naylor of Vergennes,
on an information by the States attor-
ney, was arraigned and pleaded guilty to
the burglary of John Jackson's restaur-
ant IN Nergennes, and was sentenced to
the House of Correction for one year.
His two conn AIDES in this lark are out on
bail. His previous good character and
the fact that bad company and rum did it
made the sentence as light as it was.
The case of State V. Lapne was a case
selected from number of like cases and
taken to the county court, on the agree
ment OF counsel that the other cases
should be similarly treated. These were
liquor cases and the bail was forfeited
and bench warrants issued to bring the
respondents into court, and the suits
were brought before Justice to collect
the forfeited bail, which was fifty and in
one or two cases seventy-fiye dollars.
Lapine was bail for Joseph BrouIllett.
The bail was cut down to ten dollars. but
Judge Veazey said he did not intend his
ruling as precedent, nor did he con-
denim this new departure in practice. as
IL was fair and legitimate, though "ier-
ker" on rumsellers, but he was inclined
to be easy the first time.
Henry Ballard of Burlington asked for