The Bennington banner. [volume] (Bennington, Vt.) 1858-1894, 1891-12-04
BENNINGTON, Va. Dec. 2nd. 1SQ

Sheriff; Chas. S. Chase Stenographer.
BENNINGTON, Vt, Dec. End, 1891.
Court opened in the usual form yes
terday at 10 o'clock in the forenoon,
with prayer by the Rev. Mr.. Marten,
after which the jury were called and
charged by Judge Tyler, and the docket
called, and various cases disposed of on
motion, etc. An effort was made by the
defendants to secure continuance in
cases of Luman p. Norton VS.. James II.
Livingston and A. P. Childs for libel, be-
cause of the sickness of Hon. W. B.Shel-
don, counsel for defendants, but the
court refused to grant their request, and
set the cases for trial. The day was &C.
cupied without beginning the jury trials.
At the coming in of the court this
morning the case of Abraham Fowler
VS.. Kirk Myers of Pownsl, came on for
trial. This is an action of trespass on
the freehold, in which the plaintiff
charges the defendant with cutting a
few trees on the plaintiffs land. The
defence is a denial of the cutting, di-
rectly or indirectly. The case was given
to the jury after dinner to-day, who re-
turned verdict for the plaintiff for $50
and costs. H. T. Cushman and j. l..
Martin for plaintiff; T. E. Brownell and
G. H. Darling for defendant. The most
noticeable thing about this case was the
very able manner in which it was con-
Quoted by Mr.. Cushman, who in it made
his first argument to a jury IN the
County Court, and did it in a way that
was most pleasing AMI forcible.
DECEMBER 4th, 1891.
The next case for trial was Merritt F.
Rudd VS.. James H. Rounds of Benning-
ton; came on for trial. This was an ac-
ton alternating the affections of the
plaintiffs wife, and developing very
unhappy state of domestic affairs. We
shall not restate the disgusting details of
this case as they were affirmed upon the
one side and denied upon the other, as
the picture of a home broken up and
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happy, ruined and disgraced by intern
perance and infdelity is better TO be COW
cred by the charity of silence, except as
it may be warning to others not to de-
part from the paths of rectitude and
virtue than by spreading the details
through the community by publication.
This case will occupy all the present
week or more. II. Z. Cushman & Batch
elder & Barber for plaintiff. G. II. Oar
ling d j. L. Martin for defendant.
One of the most noticeable things about
this term of court is the absence of Hon.
VIM. b. Sheldon, by reason of his pres
ent sickness. For over twenty years Mr.
Sheldon has been a conspicuous figure
in our courts, always present, and at
work, and enjoying the confidence and
respect of not only his clients but of the
entire Court and bar, and his present alb
sence is not only often mentioned, but
m ch regretted by all.
The list of jurors drawn for the term
10 dS IolloNS' AllllSIolli ~ W. barney,
Zadock Hard; Bennington, E. S. Chand
ler E. d. Moore, John P. Mulligan, w.
r. WOrthington; Dorset, John Heating,
John T. Mclaughlin, Chas. n. Williams;
Glastonbury, David E. Elwell; Land
grove, W. S. Richardson; Manchester,
Chas, Il. Ames, NJ. c. Buskirk; Peru,
Asa Brown; Pownal, Solomon Towsley,
H. r. Wood; Rupert, NJ. F. Roberts, J.
H. Sheldon; Readsboro, Herbert 1. Stat
ford; SALISBURY, Peter A. Elwell, Rob-
ert w. Hastings, Chas. R. Hawkins;
Stamford, A. II. Fuller; Searsburg, F.
G1oesheck; Sunderland, J. p. Williams;
Edgar Wilcox; Winhall, Tru-
man Lamson, Edward j. Tenn pie.