Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1888-09-21
THE COUNTY COURT.
OPENING OF THE SEPTEMBER TERM
ON TUESDAY,,
The Disposal of Cases-DemurTers Heard
in the Railroad Cases-A Large Mum
Der of State Cases Set for Trial
The Hurlburt Estate Contest.

in the Railroad Cases-A Large Num-
ber of State Cases Set for Trial
The Hurlburt Estate Contest.
The September term of Chittenden
County Court opened at the Court House
in this city, Tuesday at 10 a m. with the
following officers Hon. Jonathan Ross,
presiding Judge Hon. j. f. Smith and
Hon. Y. W. r. Nichols, assistant judges ;
o. P. Ray, clerk D. J. Foster, State
attorney r. D. Wheeler, acting sheriff 4;
Thomas Reeves, NJ. c. Powers, deputy
sheritfs; Miss X. Il. Benham, stenographer.
There was a large attendance of lawyers
and others interested the seats being well
filed. The session was opened with pray
er by Rev. G. F. Carter pastor of the Col
lege street Congreg gational church. The
proclamation for the petit jury was made
and the roll was cal ed as follows
PETIT JURORS.
Bolton S. N. Pease.
Bur.ington-H = Adams. ,. j. Derby,
f&gs pdw 1Sw w. T. s'yIe J. g. ST. Smith, h'nSleS A.
Cochester-Peter Desaulele, =. L VOL
cott
Bliss
HInesburgh Elisha ia, k.on, o. A. Kenyon.
Hum IN tOn-O. ii. MOrClll.
Jercho-H. $. Wright, d. Root
MiltOn-A. l.. Writer'S X. W. Ballard.
Richmond, il; W; BATES. j. F. whtcomb.
Sheiburn-A. f. Peet, f. E. Rowl"y
Sou, Burnngt ne. A. Richardson.
st. George II II. TiIiey.
Undcrh / d. Goodwin
Westiord Freeman Beach.
Williston-W H. Mttcalf, Clayton Wright.
All of the petit jurors responded except
@. H. Kinsey and j. B. Smith who had
been excused until next Monday.
Judge Ross then charged the jury call
ing especial attention to the Importance of
the petit juror and the necessity of OBJ
serving the oath strictly throughout the
term. He impressed upon the jurors the
TACT that 1t was necessary to observe that
part of the oath imposing secrecy. With
out this secrecy there could not he the
proper freedom of discussion on the part
of the jurors. The Court had known in
stances where within a quarter of an hour
after the arrival at n verdict the attitude
OF every Juryman and what expressions
were uttered were known by most of The
persons in the Court room. 1t was also
accessory to keep the verdict secret until
announced in Court. He then spoke of
the nature of evidence and how decls-
ion should be arrived at. In closing he
urged the Jurors to not only bear their
oath in mlid but also to strictly observe
it.
the roll of the grand jury was then
called as below
GRAND JURORS.
Bolton-Edwin II al.
=, 'nrIington-C. f. Brown G. G. Benedict
Cha,loite-H c. Leavenwerth.
Colchester Sill Bliss.
FsseX-Willdm Folsom.
Hines burgh-M f. Remington.
Huutingt0u-Byron Brewster.
.JeI Iicho-E =. Fay.
MLtJn-J W. BrOnn.
klchmond- Ezra Stearns.
Shelburn- Lee Tracy.
South Burln TOM. n Dury.
81. GsorYu-Edward j .hnsun.
West, ord-w Ii. Mac mbe-.
WilistO, Md vIn .hapnan.
All of toe graud juors were present at
the roll call except Horato HickoA and
G. q. Benedict, VINO We're out of town and
II. Z. Leavenworth. 5. d. Hopkins of Bur
lington and p. o. Hood of Winooski were
called in place of the former two and the
gran! jury waited for MIR. Leavenworth,
who vas due on the lilo train.
DISPOSAL OF CASES.
The jury calendar was called and cases
were disposed of as followS
For trial-G n. Hurlburt VS.. estate of
Waite Hurlburt ; S. G. Rogers VS.. Pep
pin & Wilcox Porter and wife VS.. Frank
Flynn Jane Dane VS. w. H. Lee; +. u.
DAILY VS. John German j. j. Euright VS.
J. II. May A. B; Freeman VS. c: w: Van
cor In re FrenGh's Will, W. F, French
-. L.
King VS. James Broderick Dominick
Lawrence vs. Frank Kirby Thomas Pari-
70 VS. James Madden NJ. l.. Snyder VS. f.
u. Baker J. Z. Tilloson vs. l. n Austin
ct al IL. r. Teri ii vs. Frank Prouty :;
Joseph Wood VS. n c. Raymore Katie
Gill vs. Francis Sheeran.
Contnued-J A. Church administra.
triX vs. Central Vermont railroad Hattie
Bissette VS. Cornelius R-gan p f. Col
lier V. Marshall Lavigne ; Martin FIyun
re- M.l l4nH OF lie los. Ia
". l-,viGne, Ad'r, vs. A. A. Graves Al
fred Meltrdv aud wife vs. William Flynn
Settied-W lizard Blood VS. b. 5. Martin :;
A. b. Somers VS. Barney b Mattimore.
Jung -neut for the plaintiff by default
Elizabeth Daft VS. g. w Ellis.
Judemtnt for plant II, clerk to assess
Bennett, Sloan & Co. VS. +. l.. Prouty.
Demurrer-John f Livelle administra-
tor v Central Vermont railroad Addle
G Westcott administrators VS. Central
Vermont railroad
or the state cases those against j. ID.
Pickering, Martin Sullivan, V. X Lovely,
Fred Plnney, Ell Oban, A. n. Austin,
Joseph Austin, James Broderick, Zeph
HapGood, ". j. Joden, Antoine Brlssette,
Wis Ltdam, William Langlois aud
James Madden were marked fJr trial aud
the bond were called III the case of Will
Ham j. Goo len, Other cases will be dis
posed ui Later he cuurt stated that no
plea OF simply guilty Uf one offence would
be accepted III liquor case where more
could ne proven.
No case being ready q recess was taken
until ll!3O, at which time Mr.. Leaven-
worth made his Appearance and the grand
Jurors were sworn. The court charged
the grand jury, stating that any person
bas right TO 20 before the grand Jury and
make "A complaint and his or her name
should never be disclosed. The court
spoke of the various offences which might
come before the grand jury, and said that
they ShOull feel free to Call uDOn the court
at any time for advice.
III. c. Leavenworth was appointed fore
man of the grand jnry, but upon his re-
quest and statement that he had never
served on the grand jury before, he was
excused and Lee Tracy of Shelburn, was
appointed foreman. A recess was then
taken until 2 p. M.
Al the opening Of the afternoon session