Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1890-12-26
ADDISON COUNTY COURT,


week the case of State VS.. John
Carasaw, for assault with intent
to rob, was still on. The evidence
was all got in by Thursday noon, and the
afternoon was devoted to the arguments
of counsel and the judges charge. Mr..
Wilds appeared for the State and was
followed by Mr.. Fish of Vergennes for
the defense. Mr.. Fish made "A very good
plea, and as he is a comparative stranger
in our county court, we give him this
good word gratuitously and honestly.
MIR. Bliss closed for the prosecution, and
then Judge Start charged the jury, max
ing an elaborate exposition of the law
applicable to the case and trying to guide
them clearly on their way to verdict.
The case was given to the jury at about
. o'clock, and Judge Start remarked that
the Court would remain open to any rea-
sonable hour that night to receive their
verdict, should they arrive at one. A re-
cess was then taken until 8 o'clock Fri
day morning. At o'clock the Court
was sent for, and it became known then
that the jury had either reached verdict
or desired further Instructions. The
Court went in, and at 8 20, after the usu-
al formalites, Foreman Martin an
nounced that the jury had found the re-
spondent guilty of assault with intent to
rob. This was the full extent of the
charge made in the indictment. Mr.. Car
asaw and his counsel, as well as many
others, were not a little surprised at the
verdict.
AT the beginning of Friday mornings
session, the State cases against Philetus
Philips and Rose Philips, each for as
sault, were entered continued by the
States Attorney. Then the Court as
signed Frank l.. Fish of Vergennes to
prosecute the case of State VS.. Leonard
o. Allen, a Vergennes dog case, States
Attorney Bliss being disqualified as hav-
ing been Mr.. Aliens attorney in the ii st
instance.
After these brief preliminaries the case
of State VS.. Joseph Mayhem was taken
up. Mayhem is rather intelligent look
ing fellow, 10 years of age, who has had
to kick around the world for himself for
the past five or six years. He came from
Chazy, n. Y, and in the course of his
wanderngs struck INTO Salisbury, where
he worked off and on for several months.
a white mare owned by Mrs. Ellen a.
Ranney, wife of Mr.. Albro Ranney of
Salisbury, turned up missing on the
morning of December 81 last, and May
hew had left the night before, saying
that he was going over to "Ti." to get
some liquor for New Years. The mare
was left at Michael O'keefe's in Shore
ham, near Larrabee's Point, by some one
whom Mr.. O'Keefe nor his housekeeper,
Mrs. Currier, could idemHy, and Mr..
O'keefe was told that she Would be called
for the same night. But she was not
called for, and Mr.. OKeefe advertised
her, the result of the advertisement being
that she was returned to her owner, at
loss of So, eight days after her disap-
pearance. From all the evidence it SEEM
ed dead moral certainty that Mayhem
took the mare away, but whether he did
so with the intention of stealing her was
another question. Mayhem had knocked
about the State considerably since the al
legged grand larceny of the mare, and was
finally arrested some three months ago
while at work for Mr.. Rollin Foot in
Cornwall. Since then he has been in
Jail, having been indicted last June and
no one having come forward to give
bonds for his appearance. The case took
up all of Friday, with the brief interval
of other business hitherto noted. Mr..
Bliss prosecuted and Judge Slade APP
appeared for the respondent. States
Attorney Bliss addressed the jury for the
State briefly Friday afternoon. and Judge
Slade followed him for the defence in an
address of nearly an hour. 1t then be-
coming evident that the case could not
be finished that evening without night
session, a recess was taken until o'c clock
Saturday morning.
When the Court came in on Saturday
morning, Mr.. Bliss talked for half an
hour to the jury in closing the case for
the State, and Judge Start took up about
the same amount of time in delivering
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minutes the jury came in with verdict
of mot guilty." and the prisoner was
discharged.
As there was nothing else ready to be
heard by the Court, recess was taken
until 10 o'clock on Monday.
Court re-convened Monday morning
aud one case was tried to verdict during
the day. This was State VS.. Levi ). Ste
vens, for assault. But before this was
begun some other matters were disposed
of in short order. These were:
State VS.. Lizzie Garrapy, indicted for
petit larceny. Continued.
State VS.. William Noonan and Lizzie
Garrapy, joint indictment for keeping a
disorderly house in Ferrisburgh. Since
this case was brought to the attention OF
the authorities the parties have been mar
ried. Gen. Grandey moved for cOntin-
uance on the ground that the case came
up for the first time at this term of courI
and it had been customary to let criminal
cases go over one term MIR. Bliss OPP
posed the motion and the Court denied it
The case was then set for trial, to follow
the cases against NJ. L. Butterfeld anC
Frank Forest. These cases are assigned
for Monday next, the continuance asked
for by Buttertield being denied. Butter
fields trial comes first of the two.
State VS.. Leonard o. Allen of Yer
gennes, for keeping a vicious and dan
gerous dog. Mr.. Bliss moved to quasi
the complaint on the ground mainly tina
the Justice before whom the case wa
tried had no Jun isdiction. Mr.. Fish, wh'
had been assigned to prosecute, Mr.. Bills
having been the respondents counse
originally, argued against the motion
and the Court took the papers. At TIN
evening session the motion to quash tn
ni no h,l