Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1891-12-04
ADDISON COUNTY COURT.

The December term of the Addisbih
county court opened on Tuesday at 10
O'Clock with Chief Justice Ross presid-
ing. The opening prayer was offered byN
Rev. DR.. Webber. There were many
out-of-town lawyers present, among
whom were Hon. Daniel Roberts,
Hon. Henry Ballard and Hon. f. Il. Hard
of Burlington, Messrs. Lawrence, Jones
and Harman of Rutland and Messrs.
McGettrick and Royce of st. Albans.
1t is grand jury term and the jurors
drawn are as follows:
Grdnd-Addison, C. w Read Bridport,
Joseph X. Crane; Bristol, Charles w. Norton;
Cornwall, C. Z. Ward; ferrisburgh, John
Clark; Hancock, George V. Wilson; Leices
ter, Lewis C. Needham; Lincoln. William 4.
Butterfield Mddlebury, Albert Chapman;
Monkton, o. L. Barnun; New Haven. f. I.
Nash; Orwell, II. D. Hall; Ripton, George W
Gilmore; salisbury, W. B. Whitney; Shore.
ham, Myron Platt startsboro, Leslie c. Fer
guson; Nergenncs John Z. Roberts; Wey
bridge, A. u. Hayward.
PetH-Addlson, David jackson; Bridport
John T. LamOs and Francis q. CONVERGE; /;
Bristol Joseph ILL IIaskins and Charles +.
IIanchet; Cornwall, Walter Atwood; Ferris.
burgh, Noble l.. kimball and Amos =. Need
ham; Goshen, Wallace Ellis; Granville, Sar.
dine f. Hubbard; Hancock, l.. u. Rhodes; 4;
Leicester, John c. Fisk; Lincoln, Robert VIII
son and seymour Davis; MiddlcDury, Edward
severance and james Nallette; Munkton,
William L. Patterson; New Haven, william
Walker and George F. Wnshburn; orwell, E..
NJ. Bottum ana A. A. Nottingham; Panton,
spencer lIawley; Ripton, Bert a. Billings
salisbury, Frank c. Dyer; Shoreham Kent
Wright and l.. +. Moore; Starksboro, Grin W.
Ferguson; vergennes Edward u. Bruce and
IL. =. Fisher; Watham, Israel Plain; Wey-
| bridge, Willis b. Child; Whiting, Amos c.
\eedham.
Mr.. Fish of Nergennes, the new States
attorney, has been working with the
grand Jury since Tuesday afternoon and
] ,ti1 IA rat hA.
this week.
! There are 81 cases on the court docket,
but continuance seems to be the order of
the day and few of them will be tried.
There are ii on the chancery docket.
OF the 10 civil cases set for the Jury, but
one remained to be tried when the docket
was called. There are eight small State
cases, four or five of which will be tried.
In the manslaughter cases of State VS..
ChllsOn and STATE VS.. Button, Mr.. Nc
Gettrick of ST. Albans, for the respond
ents, made an effort 70 obtain another
continuance on account of the sickness
of his colleague, Mr.. Wilson. He was
unsuccessful. As both these cases en-
brace nearly the same facts, but one of
them can be tried at this term, so State
vs.. VIM. II. Chilson was set for trial
next Monday afternoon. These cases
arise out of the railroad accident at
Brooksvile in August, 1889. The
respondents were conductor and engi-
neer of the hog train that collided with
the north-bOund excursion train. Mr.. Nc
Gettrick thinks that the trial Will oc-
cupy thtee or four days.
Wednesday morning the only case
left on the civil jury list was taken up.
1t was an action brought by the town of
Weybridge against VIM. NJ. Cushman,
the oyerseer of the poor of Middlebury,
for transporting pauper, a boy named
Charlie McCullom, from Middlebury to
Weybridge, with intent to charge the
latter town with his support. The point
in controversy is whether the mother of
the boy has a residence in Weybrdge
within the meaning of the statute. The
case was argued by Stewart q Wilds for
the plaintiff and Bliss & Royce for the
defendant. Thursday morning the jury,
after an absence of an hour, returned a
verdict for the defendant. Mr.. Wilds
took exceptions, and as the case involves
a new question under the new pauper
law it will undoubtedly be taken to the
supreme court.
Thursday afternoon the divorce case
of Emily Bennett VS.. Amos Bennett was
taken up and this will be followed by
several other divorce cases.