Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1889-09-23
County Court.


Court commenced again on Thurs
day, and at this writing is still en-
gagged on the Miles case, reported
below. When the case was called,
there was a long squabble with the
lawyers over the way the Indictment
was drawn. The judge sustained the
objections, and the case went up on
that form of papers to appear again,
in another form later.
The first case tried was that of
State VS.. Harvey. This was a case
of alleged assault and battery by
Owen Harvey on one Frank Bullet of
Lowell, who worked for Harvey on
his farm in Albany. Bullet was the
first witness. He worked there two
or three weeks. On the night of the
4th of April, he was feeding the
horses, when he heard Harvey tell
his other men that he (Bullet) was
not good for anything, and that he
stayed all day in the sugar house.
Witness came out to where Harvey
was and said that he did not stay in
the sugar house. Harvey said, 81
don't want to hear any of your -
barney" Witness told him that if
he did not like his work to pay him
and he would leave. Harvey said, 81
will pay you in just one - minute,
and thereupon struck him twice with
the pitchfork which he held in his
hand. One blow over the right eye,
and one across the mouth. Then
Harvey punched him twice in arm
and leg with the tines. Witness push
ed Harvey off, and then Harvey said
he would -, which was equivalent
to ripping open the bowels of Bullet.
Harvey told him to leave the barn
and he did so. He testified to next
going to RowelPs. the nearest neigh
Dor. tueu " Guc NllldSC anu hOhhS'
Lizzie Mccartney swore to being at
Mr. Rowells that night when Bullet
came, and to seeing the bruises as
as heretofore described, which were
fresh and bleeding. Miss Alice Row
ell testified to the same, and to pin
ming a handkerchief over his eye.
Ephraim Hatson also saw the wounds
and the hole in the left arm of the
light overcoat which Bullet wore.
Mr.. Martin B. Chaffee, merchant at
West Albany Village, said Bullet
: came into his store on the night OF
the 4th of April. He also saw the
wounds and the hole in shirt sleeve.
Thomas J. Wallace, who was present.
swore to seeing the same. Mr.. Mad
ison Cowles testified that Bullet came
to his house that evening. He saw
+ the bruises which were bleeding. Here
the prosecutor rested and the defense
opened the case with the evidence o.
Harvey, whose testimony was in sub
stance as follows: 81 was in barn a
about 6 80, p. M, April 4th, told m,
b men / didn't think Bullet good TO
t much. He came down and said if
didn't like his work to pay him.
|, told him I would as soon as l coul'
e 90 into the house. He called me
lying son of -, an
$ struck at me. | warded off the blo'
and knocked him down twice as b
came at me. Then told him that
- he did not keep off | would let hi
- insides out. Did not strike him
all with fork, but stood with it in m
ID left hand with the tines on the foo
: Weighed 116 pounds then, was yer
Id much FRUSTRATED with heart troub
d and very feeble. Nothing occurre
as Bullet related. On the cross-e'
of animation. witness admitted that
went to the village that night for I'll
til purpose of finding the grand Juro
so as to complain of himself, for
he was afraid that Bullet would missta
p. it and have him arrested and eau
trouble. Richard Dunn,a farm han
= was in the barn, heard the alterc
~ ton; heard Bullet call responde
u, names, before stated. Harvey sa
err not to repeat those words; heard
sauabble. When he got there Ha
' a vey stood with fork in one hand res
gle ing on the floor, and Bullet acted
nd if he was going at him. Herbe
Newton testifed to about the san
Sc DIR. Templeton, of Glover, swore
on being attending physician upon Hi
yey at that time, and that he was
g debilitated condition. Jane HI
est vey, sister of the respondent, swc
d that at about the time of the fe