The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1891-12-16
Washington County Court.
Hon. Henry II. START, Presiding JUdge.
Hon II. W ,LYFoRD, assistant Jpdges

VI, ", DMllIEt tteThs
E. w. HOWE, Sheriff.
IED. s. STANTON, States attorney.
JOHN II. MIMMs. Reporter.
State V. James II. Kelley. jury was
empaneed in this case, Tuesday afternoon
of last week, and the rest of the Jurors were
discharged for the term, The facts in this
case, as appeared by the evidence for the
state, were rs follows: The respondent lives
on a farm near Mortified village His
hired man was one Charles Howe, alias
Charles Edwards; the first name is his
right name, but since infancy he has been
living in the home of Wilbur Il. Edwards of
Roxbury. Although never legally adopted,
he has always been known in that town by
the name of Charles Edwards. On the
night of May % last, Mr.. Edwards, in com
pany with the respondent, started to go to
Roxbury to get phosphate, If they could
find 1t to steal. About seven miles from
Mortified, at the house of one Brigham,
they stole a whip, which was then broken
and thrown away. When they got to
Roxbury village it was after the stores were
closed. They hitChed their team under the
shed OF the store of A. NJ. Tilden and went
TO the railroad track to the buildings known
as the Warren sheds. Edwards entered
the section tool house of the Central rail
way, and took from there a large wrench.
Then they went to the store-house of III.
W. Lyford, broke in, and took a quantity
of butter tubs and large basket. Then
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down the hatchway and endeavored to get
into the cellar, but found it locked. They
took wise, the property of f NJ Spaulding,
that was being used in laying some water
works, at that store. They took from the
stoop of Mr.. Tilden's store bag of meal,
and put it into their express wagon. From
there they went to the Spaulding barn and
took scoop shovel and wrench. Then
they went to Spauldng's carriage house
and took two brides; then to the carriage
house of Frank Spaulding and took two
blankets. On their way back to Northfi Id
they stole lap-robes, blankets, whips, oats,
seed-corn, etc. When they got back to the
respondents barn. the stuff was unloaded,
they took drink of alcohol each, and then
they went to the store-house of Fred Hous-
ton, took two bags of phosphate and carried
them to the barn. That completed the
nights work. In this case the respondent
was tried for stealing the brides from
Spaulding's barn at Roxbury; the evidence
as to the other articles was introduced as
cOrroborating evidence of the stealing of
the brides. The main witness for the
prosecution was the young man, Edwards
or Howe, who turned states evidence"
The several owners of the different articles
identified them, and most of them fixed the
time of disappearance as on or about May
%. The property was obtained at the re-
spondents on search warrants. The re-
spondent denied the charge and that he was
with the young man Edwards on the night
in question. He did not know how the
things got in his barn except that Edwards
must have pat them there. The jury
returned verdict of guilty" and found
the value of the brides less than seven
dollars, making it a misdemeanor. In pass
ing sentence the court ordered the payment
of fine Of $50 and costs-this course being
taken to give the respondent a chance to re-
trieve. The other indictments are still pend
| ing. j. ii. Senter assisted States Attorney
NJ
| Wing, L. j. Boynton and q. NJ. Davis for
| the respondent. Before the Kelley case
came on for trial the court was given
to understand that the respondent had
secured, and had got concealed upon
| his person, a loaded revolver. Judge
! Start ordered that it be taken from him.
In his hip pocket was a loaded revolver,
which was delivered up to the counsel for
the respondent, by him, on their request.
| During the trial Kelley was closely watched
by the officers, during the recesses of court,
as nobody knew what his intentions were
in the matter.
These divorce cases were disposed Of
Carrie E. Russell V. l.. ID. Russell. Bill
granted for intolerable severity. Parties
| lived at Wolcott and then Montpelier
| Abbie L. Brewer V. ID. w. Brewer; for re
fusal to support. Dillingham; & Huse foi
| libellant in each case.
In the cases of State V. Lynch, " Locklin
V. Spaulding, and V. Robinson, exceptions
have been fled, and those cases will all &c
| to the supreme court.
The respondent, Bernard H. McKenna
who was convicted two weeks ago, ano
went away on a visit to Montreal, was in
| duced to shorten his Canadian visit by J0hr
| futile, at the instance of j. ii. Senter
counsel and bondsman for McKenna. The
| latter was brought into court on Friday
when he had serious attack of hear
trouble. He was brought in again Satur
day forenoon and sentenced to pay a fin,
of $50. The other three cases were con
tinued for sentence, on account of the
representations made to the court by coun
sci and members of the bar not of counsel
State V. Erastus NJ. Locklin. This re
spondent pleaded guilty to one offence o
! selling. The occasion was one testified t
by a witness in the trial of the case agans
j. A. Locklin. In moving for sentence
| States Attorney Stanton stated that the re
spondent had been in the business ten years
He thought the sentence should be sever,
enough to make the respondent understan,
it was an expensive thing to be engaged il
this unlawful traffic. Counsel having adj
dressed the court in behalf of the respond
ent, the court imposed fine of eight,
dollars, with the alternative sentence.
State " William p. Read. Responder
pleaded guilty of keeping nuisance in tn,
Selinas block in Montpelier. The officers
made a visit to the respondents place o
business; when they arrived he pulled thu
not work thoroughly, and liquor was foun,
on the place. The court sentenced the re
spondent to pay fine of $50 in the nui
sance case and ordered the place closed
and a fine of eighty dollars for keepin,
liquor with intent to sell. Fine to be pal,
in twenty-four hours, or the alternative
sentence.
State " Langdon j. Davis. This respon
dent pleaded guilty to "a charge of selling
liquor from bottle on the fair grounds a
Wsitsfeld, in September last. Mr.. Stanton
said the respondent was representative o
that class of violators of the prohibition.
law known as "pocket peddlers y; the.
had no location and were extremely hard t.
be detected; he thought this one should b
made an example of. Mr.. Senter, for tn
respondent, did not think the latter SHOULD
be made the scape-goat for all offenders q
his class; that his case should be dispose,
of as an individual case. The colrt sen
fenced Davis to pay fine of eighty dollar
without costs, with the alternative sentence
State V. John Evans. Respondent pleade
guilty to two nuisance cases. He was ser
fenced to pay a fine of $50 in each case
the place described in the complaint I
be closed, with the alternative sentenc
if the fine was not paid in twenty-fou