The Middlebury register and Addison County journal. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1883-1885, 1885-06-12


The June term of the county court
came TO an end on Monday evening. hay
inc been i'm session only one week. Most
of the business was disposed of during
thr oftrrnoon the last call of the dorl<rt
CONSUMING .he evening.
But two cases were tried bv Jury
State VS. .Josenh Brouillctt and State VS..
Frank Mcbride. The tirst-naincd case
was called on Friday morning. II was a
prosccution under section 1910 of the re-
Yiscd laws. which provides that kecpers
of victualing houses must have licenses
from the sclcctmcn. Special Prosecutor
Thinner appcared for the State and Stew
art 4 Wilds for the respondent. Judge
knapp. town clerk. was the first witness.
He s,yorc that there was no record in his
Office of the issuance of a license to the
respondent. and that he had bought ovs-
ters AT RESPONDENTS place of business.
Mark Bissctte and Ed. Daniels were the
only other witncs, examined. and not
m,ich evidence WAS gotten ont of them TO
substantiatc the theory that respondent
kept an cating-house. The respondent
nut in no testimony. The Jury. after "A
brief absence. brought in a verdict of
..not entity" and were DISCHARGED.
Trial of State V. Frank Mcbride was
BEGUN on Saturday morning. Thc charge
was raDr. The circum stances. as told bv
the complainant. were riven last week.
The grand Jury found AN indictment.
When arraiGncd the prisoner pleaded
..not ouilt,.." He sand ne WAS not able
TO employ counsel. and Charles NJ. Wilds.
ESD. was assigned by the court TO de-
frnd him. Mr.. Wilds wa, assisted by j.
+. Staplcton. E>u.: and James NJ. Sladc.
ESQ. and W. ". Rider. ESD. of Bristol
hclncd the States attorney. Considerable
trouble WAS cXpcrienccd i'm getting n iurv.
Most of the iurvmcn had heard more or
less about the case anda few had formed
and expressed opinions about its merits.
Finally. after pretty much the whole
panel had been examined. twelve men
satisfactory to both sides were obtained.
The Jurors not on this case were excused
for the term. The court ordered all bows
in the courtroom to leave and told the
sheriff to keep them out during the pro-
gres, of the trial. The first witness
called was the complainant. Jennie
Strewent. She testified that she was the
daughter of John and Mary Clark of Mil
ton and was Ii wears of are. She ar
rived i'm Middlrburv on the 1920 train
Wednesday evening. June 3. At the de-
pot She injured the Whereabouts of the
Punch and Judy show. The Pierce
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search If rhrm' and when crossng the
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