Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1891-06-19
THE COUNTY COURT.

The June term of Addison county court
came to temporary close at 2:l0 last
Friday afternoon, the cases ready fol
trial having been finished on the fore
n5on of that day. When the term re-
commences it will be at 10 a. IN. on Tues
dhy, Aug. /, when the Chacquette mur-
der trial is set down to begin. There
feems now to be nothing in the way of
faking up the case promptly on the day
assigned and pushing it to verdict with
put more than the usual delay in Yer
mont murder trials.
II From 3 80 o'clock last Thursday after
moon until the noon adjournment on Fri
day six divorce cases were tried aud the
petition in each of them was granted.
This, with the exception of the appoint
ment of the county road commissioners,
was the only business of general interest
transacted since our last weeks report.
Thursday afternoon the first divorce
case of the term came off. 1t was Hiram
Sumner VS.. Emma ii. Sumner. They
were Bristol people and Mr.. Sumner was
given his liberty for the reason that his
wife had abandoned him and refused to
return to his bed and board. w. w. Rider
of Bristol represented Mr.. Sumner, and
there was no appearance for Mrs. Sum-
ner, who is now supposed to be somd-
where in the West.
George c. Dearborn VS.. Selin r. Dear
born was heard the same evening IN
chambers at the Addison House. Again
the charge was wilful deserton, and
again no defense was interposed. This
unhappy pair lived in Lincoln and were
married in 1877. In 1854 Mrs. Dearborn
abandoned her lord aud master and
moved out to the territory leXiconed as
parts unknown" Consequently Mr.
Dearborn got his divorce on the ground
more appeared for the petitioner.
Friday forenoon saw four more infe-
licitous ties broken. Albert j. Huntley
VS.. Lila irish IIuntley came on first, and
once more it was a case of wilful deser-
ton. These were Granville parties and
were married on the 10Th of April, 1887.
In July following Mrs. Huntley left her
husband, having been induced to do so.
1t was claimed, by the efforts of her
mother and young man of the name of
Bostwick, who had been somewhat sweet
on her. But she went back to her hus-
band and on the very day of her return,
during his absence, took dose of paris
green, was sick "A couple of weeks and
then left her usband finally and forever
Mrs. Huntley did not fight the case and
the divorce was speedily granted. Cause
alleged, wilful desertion; actual cause,
too much mother-in-law on the lady's
side and too much Bostwick. The young
woman is now living with her parents in
Granville. Bostwick also lives i'm Gran
vile. States Attorney Bliss officiated
in behalf of Mr.. Huntley, and, as before
stated, no defence was made.
Sylvia Gotta VS.. George Gotta was the
| ha dt,1 1tar aha
indeed, it was abundantly proven. The
parties were married 81 years ago and
lived in Ferrisburgh and other towns in
the county. Gotta is Il barber and worked
for some time in the Danyew shop In
Middlebury. Three years ago he disap-
peared and was last heard of III Chicago.
The public were excluded from the court
room during the hearing of this case, as
the testimony was of an unusual unsavO-
ry character. Cota's open and notorious
connection with woman named Libbie
Smith was so amply proven that the di-
vorce was granted on the ground above
mentioned, and the petitioner was given
the custody of her three minor children.
F. l.. Fish of Nergennes was the petition
er's attorney.
Refusal to support was the charge
brought by Hannah +. Prime against
Elon g. Prime. The husband is we'll
known physician III Bristol and some two
years anda-half ago left his wife to her
own resources, and, with the assistance
of friends, she has since supported her
self. No reason is known why the doc
tor should abandon his wife, and the tes-
timony in court gave her an excellent
character for modesty and wifely quail
ties. She was given her bill and the Gus
tody of her thirteen-year-old daughter.
By agreement, also, she was decreed as
alimony the homestead in Bristol, pro-
vided she paid up a mortgage of 5000
thereon in time to redeem. Mr.. Wilds
appeared for Mrs. Prime and there was
no defence.
The sixth and last case in the divorce
line, until after the long recess, was an
other of the willful desertion sort. 1t
was Charles NJ. Robbins VS.. Cora b. Rob
bins, and the names of these parties have
been on the dockets of the Addison and
Orange county courts at various times
during the last half dozen years. In Or
ange county some four years ago the case
of Mrs. Robbins for a divorce on the
ground of intolerable severity was dis
missed for the reason that the court was
not satisfied that the evidence sustained
the charge. After that trial the parties
never lived together, and in fact had not
for some considerable time before. This
time Mrs. Robbins, although in town, did
not fight the case, and of course the di-
vorce was granted. Bya previous agree
ment, the custody of the seven-year-old
daughter was awarded to Mrs. Robbins,
with an order from the court that Mr..