Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1885-12-04
LAMoILLE COUNTY COURT.
Opening of the December Term-Thre,
Cases Set for Trial.

Cases Set for Trial.
HYDE PARK, Dec. THE Lamoille
County court opened this morning ut 10
O'Clock a. m, with the following officers
Hon. II. Henry Powers, presiding judge
Hons Horace Waite and Earle Guyer,
assistant judges; w. H. II. Kenfield,
clerk S. b. Waite, deputy clerk Thomas
NJ Potter, sheriff II. NJ. Mcfarland,
states attorney John II. Mimms, reporter.
Prayer was offered by Rev. Frank F..
Healey of Morrisville after proclamation
by the sheriff The following grand ju-
rors were called and sworn S. G.. Taylor,
o. Eaton, Edgar Bentley, Orto Cady, f. G.
White, Thomas j. Baker, Alfred Dodge,
S. s. Gill, Sylvester Palmer, Henry A.
Thomas, George w. Wade, George II.
Watts. James Thomas, Harmon Morse,
Samuel Stafford, Francis F. White, A. NJ.
Kelly, Harlow Bliss, James G. Crocker.
Petit jurors were then called and sworn
as follows: Allen Chandler, Luther j.
Leach, Levi V. Smiley, William Hodges,
Henry Nigeant, Josiah Q. Perry, George
Randall, L. II. Parkhurst, G. H. Wilson,
Eli b. Town, Leroy Wilkins, Alvin p
c. +. Crowell, Edison Slaytor, Geo. w.
Holmes, Horace \. Melendy, James At
well, Fred w. Slloway, Cyrus j. Els
worth Jacob G. Ober, II. A. Midget
Norman Webster, +. If. stone, Charles
Wilder, Martin f. French, W. II. H.
Moulton, Alva A. Warren, John l. Smith,
G. A. Reed
/ The Jury calendar was called and only
three cases were found for trial viz: II. b.
| Bundy and r. +. Parks, executors of u. >
Benjamin's estate, vs.. the Town of VOL
colt the WolcOtt steam mill company
VS.. G.. II. Reed, G.. :. Page and A. >
4 L.
Smith. None of the cases beng ready fol
trial the case of Bundy ct al VS.. town OF
| WOlcutt, was set for trial ut il. m. Wed
neSday and the court took II recess until
/ that time.
| The case under consideration at the La
noble County court at Hyde Park Wednes
day was that of II. b. Bundy and X. f
Parker, executors of p. >. Beniamin's es
tate, against the town of Wolcott. Thi.
is an action in Assumpsit to recover take!
paid under protest to the town. The argtl
ment closed ut O'Clock p. m, and The
judge in his charge directed the jury to re
| turn verdict for the plaintiff for S29I 81
and costs. Exceptions were noted ant
the case will undoubtedly go to the Su
preme Court. No other case beng IL
readiness the court took a recess until 9 Il
m. Thursday morning
Attorneys were present from abroad a
follows: II. +. Brigham and W. ID. stew
NJ II. Alexander of Jericho, L. f. Wilbu
of Burlington, Nelson Rand of Craftsbury
J. j. Monahan and V. a. Bullard of Tn
derhill.
Windsor County Court.
The December term of Windsor count
Court opened at Woodstock Wednesda
morning with these officers Hon. r. ;
Taft, chief Judge: Hon William Round
and Hon. VIM. c Danforth, assistan
judges, and James j. Wilson, States at
torney. Prayer was offered by Rev. MI
Webb. The grand jury We're then called
and after being sworn were charged b
Judge Taft, A. Y. Bryant of Weston wa
appointed foreman. There were eleve
cases on the law docket and twenty case
on the chancery docket. Thirty case
were set for trial on the petty,list, but o.
call of the petty list twenty-five cases wer
continued, settled and otherwise dispose
of, leaving eight cases for trial. Their
being no case for trial the court adjourne
till this morning.
The case of VIM. II. Sabin VS.. w. K
Sturtevant, was put on trial before jury
being an action of trover to recover fo
hay sold by plaintiffs lessee and on whic
plaintiff claims that he had II lien for pay
Inent of rent The defense is that tn
, lease was fraudulent and the plaintiff ma
, no lien on crops Davis a. Enright fC
} plaintiff VIM. Batchelder and W. +
Johnson for defendant.
Caledonia County Court.
ST. JOHNsBURY, Dec. l.-Caledoni
County Court convened here to-da.
Judge Ross presiding. a short term
/ expected as the jury list contains on,
fourteen cases, and but five or six of theS
, will probably be tried The cases pendin
number $50 thirty-one on the CHANGER
{ docket, and ll9 court cases. The new Ell
tries are not all in yet The jury was ell
panelled this afternoon and the first cas-
e that of Chamberlain VS.. Fuller, was b
: gun.