The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1888-03-29
wINDHAM COUNTY COURT.
TUESDAY.

A he"ioSio Va WIG p'i hoo pcinS PrcS'
d ent. Two panels of Jurors were or
" hand, however, and as far as they
were concerned jury trial could have
been called on at once, but as all the
cases set for the jury on that day
were disposed of in some other way,
the jurors were given the assurance
that their services would not be need
ed until on the morrow.
In all 25 cases are on the jury list.
: OF these 8 are continued, among them
being the case of Davenport VS.
: Shanks brought by the plaintiff for
I private damages and put on the list
by both parties. Five of the cases
are set for the court and only five for
: tn jury, and the chances are that not
all of these will be heard. From the
appearance at present it is presumed
that the term will be a short one.
A side issue occurred on Tuesday
which occasioned some stir about the
court building, though the business
of the court was devoid of any excite
ment. 1t seems that on Monday the
janitor of the house had occasion to
burn out the chimney in the south
east corner of the building which had
become well filed with SCOT and made
a lively fire when ignited, The burn
ing SCOT falling to the bottom of the
chimney made great heat against
which the chimney was not sufficient
protection for, the bricks becoming
heated, they set fire to the wood work
which encased the chimney at the
bottom, and had it not been for the
early discovery of the fire, the build
ing would certainly have been con-
sumed and some of the legal fraterni-
ty from the "hub," who seemed so
dissatisfied with the results of the
fire, would have had no occasion to
mourn. AS it was little effort on
the part of the janitor and high sher-
if, Kidder, saved the building.
The early part of the day was de-
voted to the reading of the old docket,
hearing of petitions &C. At 3:15
court adjourned until Wednesday
morning.
WEDNESDAY.
The second day of court was in the
main, uneventful. In the case of
Lucia S. Fish v Eliza A. Fish, Col.
Haskins read report which was pre-
pared by j. L. Martin, to whom the
case was referred to find and report
the facts. In this case Lucia S.
Foster of Blattleboro brought petit
ton to annul the marriage of her
brother, Chas. B. Fish to Eliza A.
Fletcher of Templeton, Mass, who
were joined in wedlock in Worcester,
Mass, May 81, 1885. The petition
alleged lunacy on the part of said
Chas. B. Fish and came under Sec.
9th of Chap. 70 Of the general statu-
ties. 1t appeared from the referees
report that four days previous to the
marriage above referred to the spirit
of the former wife of the would be
husband, as he claimed, appeared to
him and warned him not to marry,
that he told the one who was about
to become his second companion that
the marriage must be postponed, and
that he acted strangely. The mar
rage took place, however, as arrang-
ed, but this was not the last of the
spirit of Rhoda, the husbands first
wife. The report showed that occas- .
lonally the new husband would leave
his bed and 60 about the house under
The hallucination that the spirit of
Rhoda was there and was command G
ng him thus and so. Itfurther show
ed that after they had lived together
tor ten months the spirit of Rhoda
again appeared, commanding him to =
pack his goods and leave his wife for h
'ver. This command he obeyed and
hey have not lived together since CO
hat time.
The referee found from the evil :
lence in the case that Chas. b. Fish |
vas lunatic at the time of the mar
iage and has been ever since. Judge -
Taft declared the marriage annualled.
Ldndmdn Vs Emerson. In this
ase the court overruled motion on on on
he part of the defence to dismiss. tn
he question raised was whether the
ase involved the question of title. OF
Hostord Us Thusber. This case an
1as set for the jury, but it was TAX
n from the jury list and heard by the
curt. The case was an action of =
rover to recover for one ton of meal
'hich the plaintiff claimed was OBJ
lined under false pretenses. The
ase is now with the court.
PrOyOSt Us ProUOSt. In this case a
i'll of devorce was granted appellant
-ddie X. Provost of Bellows Falls
or intolerable severity.
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