Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1886-12-31
ADDISON COUNTY COURT

noon took recess till 10 o'clock on We'd
time from then to the 18th will be occu-
pied with court cases. The trial of State
VS.. Flint is set for the 18th.
In State VS.. James w. Mitchell, indict-
ed for the burglary of John W. Jackson's
saloon in Vergennes, which was on trial
when our last report closed, the jury on
Friday morning announced to the court
that they could not agree and were di4-
charged. 1t is understood that half of
them thought that he was guilty of the
crime charged and the remainder were
equally divided between grand and petit
larceny.
Friday morning State VS.. Steele was
taken up. 1t was charged that on the
evening of the 9th of October last the re-
spondent assaulted w. II. Cobb, w. NJ.
Cushman and w. C. Langworthy here in
Middlebury village. A large number of
witnesses were put on by both sides. The
jury got the case about 8 80 Saturday
morning and at three in the afternoon
brought in a verdict of mot guilty"
States Attorney Wilds prosecuted, and
Hon. Henry Ballard and j. f. Stapleton,
Esq, defended. Most of our readers are
familiar with the facts involved. It was
shown In evidence that on the evening in
question the respondent drove rapidly
through the streets, and that when the
officers tried to stop him he resisted. He
was finally stopped in his career, but as
sertng that his wife was in dangerous
condition, one of the officers took him
home. and finding that Mrs. Steele was
i'll, allowed him to go.
Lewis Gordon of Addison, convicted
on Wednesday of stealing pair of har-
nesses of Cyrillo Taylor of that town,
last summer, was sentenced to three
years at hard labor in States prison.
During the deliberations of the jury,
Saturday, and at other odd times a num-
Der of cases on the docket have been dis
posed of. State cases not heretofore
mentioned stand thus: State vs.. Geo.
McCue, liquor, plea of guilty of one first
offence, fine of so and costs. S40.5G alto
gether; State VS.. p. j. Coolihan (twO
cases, state VS.. Harry Willoughby,
State VS.. j. :. Dodge, State VS.. Harvey
Taylor-all liquor cases-nOlle pressed /;
State vs.. Orin Danforth. plea of guilty
of one offence, fine of 80 and costs.
amounting to sos; State against David
Lepp, refusal to obey subpoena. nolle
pressed; State vs.. Edgar w. Gaige, IL
quor, recognizance forfeited; State vs..
Lewis Lapoint, scire facias on bail, paid
and discontinued: State VS.. c. S. Albee,
liquor, bail forfeited and chancered to
S25; State VS.. David Laura, indictment
for larceny, State VS.. Alexander and Gil
bert Wood, indictment for assault, and
State vs.. Louis Ubar, indictment for
larceny, are mot to be brought for
ward
These cases are discontinued F. w.
Pierce VS.. A. F. Styles and trustee; r.
NJ. Chapman & Co. VS.. Edward kemble
and trustees; Philander Witmore VS..
ii. X. Severy, apt; in re w. II. Cooks
account as guardian Of Reuben Cook; c.
d. Mead VS.. f. F. Harrington and trus-
tee; Powers & Kimball, apts., VS.. An
drew b. Fales and trustee; Louis Gou-
lette VS.. n b. Douglas, apt; Eugene :.
Colvin vs. l.. X. johnson.
In the following Judgment for plaintiff
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Willis ID. Kemp, apt, assumpsit; Henry
JOY VS.. Frederick Hopper, J. ID. Barber
VS.. same and John Il. Cloyes VS.. same all
actions of assumpsit; w. w. Goodrich
Geo. W. FOwle.
The defendants defauted in Paschal
Maxteld VS.. solomon Field; Cyrus \.
Booth VS.. Geo. l.. Russell; IL. c. Sessions
vs.. Edward p. Nash and others, and c.
n. North vs.. Alexander Bruyear.
Hazen Campbell VS.. Daniel Tarbell, .jr.,
and Luke Tarbell, and Mitchell Carter VS..
Frank Trudo, apt, were abated for want
of prosecution. In Lee Tracy VS.. j. l..
ButtOlph judgment was rendered for de-
fendant on the report of the auditor and
the case goes to the supreme court. The
cases of the town of Ferrisburgh against
H.. c. Martin, its former collector, and
his bondsmen are continued because the
report of the referee has not been filed.
In Louisa +. Bisbee VS.. Chas. Bsbee, di-
vorce, the libel is dismissed without pre-
judice. In w. +. Howard VS.. Z. b.
Cloyes there is a non-suit for want of
bail. The cases of Amanda Hayward
and Mary Laird against the executor of
the late Pattison Murray are discontin-
ued upon payment of $500 to Mrs. Hay
ward and sl25 to Mrs. Laird, as agreed
upon and reported by the auditor Enos
Douglass and wife VS.. f. ID. Hall, an ac-
ton for malpractice, is continued.
The remarkable series of suits that
were caused by horse trade in this town
were acted upon in one way or another.
The history of tha litiUa tinn Is intarastin0 ~