Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1888-12-21
ADDISON COUNTY COURT.
Cases Heard at the December Term-A
Crusade Against Liquor Dealers.

M1DDLEBURY, Dec l9.-The December
term Of court for Addison county, which be
gan last week, has continued since and there
Is apparently work enough for another week.
-Four civil cases have been tried and this
completes the list Of civil cases to be tried
10y jury at this term. The first case of these
four was John l.. Thompson Sons & Co.
VS.. a. 2. Upper and F.. O. Porter The
plaintiffs are wholesale druggists in Troy
and they brought suit TO recover for goods
purchased by the agent of the defendants,
who owned a drug store in Middlebury.
The jury found verdict Tor the plaintiffs
of sol - and costs and gave the defend
ants an offset Of %9S -. the price of a bar
rel of alcohol purchased in this state by the
agent OF the defendants from the agent of
the plaintiffs, which purchase the defendants
claimed was Unauthorized.
The next case heard was Andrew Balm vs.
DR.. 4. d. Cushnan, for alleged malpractice
in the use of "A cathcter upon the plaintiff
four year, ago. The case was tried two
years ago and then the jury gave the plain
tiff damage, in a substantial amount But
the case was carried TO the Supreme Court.
and was rnmanded for a new trial After
trial lasting three days the jury on SATURDAY.
afternoon rendered a verdict in favor Of the
defendant. that he recover hi, costs. Mc,sr~
Wilds and Sladc for the plaintiff NIessrs
Ballard and Rider for the defendant
The case of w. ~ Farnhan vs. c. A.
Chapman was the first case called up on
Monday morning. The suit was FOR breach
of warranty in the sale of horse. the plain
tiff claiming that the defendant had war
ranted him perfect title to the horse, which
the defendant denied The case was given
TO The Jury Tuesday forenoon. and after
several time, announcing their inability to
agree and being sent back to the jury room.
they came into court this morning with a
verdict for the plaintiff giving him Si2J
damages with interest since December %.
1883, and III, costs. Eldredge a Slade ana
j. /. EStapeton for the plaintiff: Knapp and
Bliss for the defence.
After the case had gone to the jury the
case Of Rosa NJ Manlcv vs.. c. IL. Bell. O.
basJardy case war tried and the jury promptly
brought the defendant in guilty as alleged
in the complaint The Judgment of the
court announced later is that Bell pay to
the plaintiff $500 in payments of so every
six months and be kept in the custody of
the sheriff until bail satisfactory to the
clerk should b. furnished. l.. Z. Knapp
for the plaintiff; j. NJ Slade for the re
spondent
This morning the first criminal trial was
| begun. 1t is State VS.. Ormus Lewis OF
| Hancock, who il charged with grand larceny.
| the State claiming that the respondent stole
IA heifer from Alvin Sturtevant of New
! Haven, some two or three years ago. The
trial is still i'll progress and there is a con
siderable number of witnesses to be examin
ed for each side
1here have been a good i1any parties il
! ,a inf,
! tion for illegal liquor selling Most Of then
have pleaded guilty, paid fines of variou.
amounts and been discharged They came
from all quarters Of the county and tn,
amount OF their fines will prove large in the
aggregate, There are to be still other liquor
cases before the court but some which might
have been are not likely to- as the officer,
have not been able to get their hands upor
the parties wanted
One Edward Dillon. who has been in jaj
for some time charged with assault with in
tent to XIII, appeared in court, and TO an in
formation filed by the States attoruey
pleaded guilty of common assault, and We
! sentenced to a term of eight months in tn
House Of Correction.
There are several divorce cases to be hearC
and quite batch of criminal matter no
yet disposed Of. The new entry docket con
tain, six new divorce cases. With tn
criminal cases still to be tried and the civi
cases 10 be tr7d by the court with otha
business OF a rodtin" nature, the term ma,
possibly last up to New Years. taking ou'
the Christmas recess.
Bennington County Indictmcnts.
The special grand jury Of Bennington
County Court has reported five bills out %
| l2 presented. John Keenan, and Jane