Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1890-06-20
THE COUNTY COURT.

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Kountv came to an end at , 40 O'clock on
FRIDAY afternoon LAST, having been in ali
loss than four ,yorLing davs in iangtb
Cases which we have nof hitherto rn-
ported were dismissed of in This wav Z.
CIVIL. p. Dnrant We. @. Harrington
and trustee IT. r. Sessions. trustee dis
charged without costs and case against
princinal defendant continued. ii. r..
Walker and wife We. Abel Walker. sur-
wing partner of !. r. & A. Walker rule
for bail on nlaintiG and trial at NEXT
term or nlaintiff non-suited: VIM. G..
Piper. ant. VS.. Leslie A. Sparks. iudg-
ment on report for plaintiff of SIS and S.
costs: John Mack. .jr.. bv his next friend.
John Mack. VS.. George G.. Kelsey. eft AL.
motion for continuance bv plaintiff grant
ed: b. b. Kirby VS.. F.. G. Smith, iudg-
ment bv defauit for plnintiff. clerk 70
assess: Benedict & Bird VS.. John w.
Wooster and trustee. Judgment for plain
tifls and trustee discharged without costs /:
Charles Adams VS.. re. Middlebrook.
Judgment for plaintiff of S77.5G and costs,
and executions bv both parties. In town
of New Haven VS.. town of Middlebury,
a pauper case involving the question
which town was liable fol- the support of
Charles Bartlett. Judgment was rendered
for the plaintiff town, which had been
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been beaten below. and the damages
awarded were S72.lO.
Divorce cases on the old docket as fol-
lows were continued. as of course the six
on the new entry docket were under the
law: Henry McMaster VS.. Josephine
McMaster, Ii. o. Cudworth VS.. Sarah A.
Cudworth. Charles NJ. Robbins VS.. Cora
b. Robbins and Jennie Cook VS.. Henry G.
Cook. These divorce cases were dismissed,
without prejudice: Olivia G.. Cook VS..
Charles B. Cook, John +. Dyer VS.. Eliza
beth NJ. Dyer, and Victoria Frcegard VS..
Charles Freegard. In Ellen Converse VS..
Geo. w. Converse the petitionee defaulted,
but the Court, after a full hearing of the
petitioners case, refused to grant ii bill
and the bill was dismissed. Divorces
were granted in these cases, for the
causes named in each: Antoine Firkey
VS.. Philena Firkey, bill granted by de
fault for wilful desertion: Almira Ste
vens VS.. Eli Stevens. bill granted for in
tolerable severity, with alimonv and Gus
tody of children to the petitioner, as per
stipulations on file; Emily f. Shackett
VS.. Paul Shackett-in which there was IL
cross bill-divorce granted for in~tolerable
severity and cross bill dismissed. petition
err given permission to resume her maid
en- name and the propertv in her possess
sion decreed TO her. This was the long
est case of anv kind heard during the
term. and took mn the whole of Thursday
afternoon. Sarah j.. Crane VS.. Clarence
F. Crane. bill granted bv default for adul-
terry. and the petitioner allowed to re-
sumo her maiden name: Josephine l..
Varnev VS.. Milo s. Varnev, bill granted
by default for intolerable severity, with
alimonv. and petitioner given possession
of her two minor daughters. This is a
somewhat noted Bristol case, in which
the petitionee. after having been for TWEEN
t~v-iye wears married. deserted his wife
and is supposed to have gone off with an
other woman
Only two cases. both of which were
criminal. were tried 10y jury during the
term. The conviction of Alfred Leno OF
Salisbury Plains of burglaiizing the
house of Samuel Grovenor has already
been noted. LenO was sentenced to serve
one year in the house of correction in
Rutland and another indictment for a
similar offence is hanging over him. In
State vs.. Willie Croke, charged with
burglary at East Middlebury. a brief
trial was had, and the jury did not waste
much time before reporting a verdict
of mot guilty"
Other State cases were thus disposed
of: State VS.. Frank Steadman, re-
spondent pleaded guilty of breach of
the peace and was fined So and costs,
which was paid State VS.. Carleton Field.
apt, intoXication, continued; State VS..
Louis st. Clair, forgery. continued State
VS.. Francis Labor, indicted for assault
with intent to Kill. respondent pleaded
not guilty and was admitted to bail in
the sum of $1,000; State VS.. Charles
Hallock, indicted for the larceny of Il
chair from Labor, respondent pleaded
not guilty and was put under 500 bonds,
which was furnished. In State VS.. Jo-
seph Ash, the respondent pleaded guilty
of petty larceny, was fined 50 and costs
and paid.
If is evident from the f~oreUoino crimi-
ted that the grand jury were lretty active
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