Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1891-04-10
CHlTTENDEN COUNTY COURT.
Opening ofthe April Term in This City
Tuesday.


Tuesday.
The April ter m of the Chittenden County
court convened at the court house in this
city Tuesday morning, with the following
officers Presiding judge, I.aforrest II.
Thompson assistant judges, r. a. Weed.
Levi c. Nichols; clerk, o. r. Ray; States
attorney, j. L. Cushman; sheriff, Thomas
Reeves; deputy sheriff, Richard d. Wheeler
stenographer, Miss X. L. Benham.
There was about the usual number
in attendance, including a fair sprnk-
ling OF lawyers from out of town,
among whom We're, Hon. C. W. Wit
tiers and a. T. Cross of St. Albans
George w. Kennedy of Waterbury V
A. Builard and j. j. Monahan of Underhill:
George A. Ballard OF Fairfax, and S. H.
Davis of Richmond. Sheriff Reeves
made the customary proclamations, and
County Clerk Ray proceeded to call the
names of the petit jurors.
They are as follows:
PETIT JURORS.
Bolton--G. y Pease
Burlington-E. II. Lane W. S. Vincent.
Thomas Rutter Micah II. Stone, Guy G..
Chambers, Charles r. Nash and A X.
Lemon.
Charlotte-Lyman Mcneil, II. s. Fonda.
Colchester. r. Dyke, Joe Wardwell.
Es,ex-W. NJ. Stearns, James II. Doug
lass.
Hnesburgh-Wesley Smith, W. r. Pat
rick.
Hunting ton-Danie Gartan, S j. Ran
dali.
Jericho-F. L. Castle, Z. S. whitcomb,
jr,
Milton-H II, Fuller, y. W. Nay.
Richmond-W. b. Hodges, G.. A. Ed
wards.
Shelburne-Giles Andrews, OrvlIa II.
Spear
South Burlington-James S. Person
Cnderhill-G. c. Thompson, c. NJ. Mead.
Rehabilitation W. Bates, W. L. AL
len.
Williston-George Talcott, ". Il. Tar
box.
y. r. Lemon and William b. Hodges
were excused by the court. \ few had not
yet arrived and the court said that they
would wait few minutes before giving the
oath to the jurors and look over the docket
At ll:l5 three mora jurors having arrived
the clerk administered the oath to them an |
Judge Thompson gave the Instructions.
As this is The first appearance of Judge
Thompson as presiding judge for this coun-
ty the members of the bar listened very at
tentively to the charge ard many spoke IN
complimentary terms of it. The court then
called up the first case on the calendar, that
of James T. Brady vs.. Swift and Wheeler,
and the work OF cmpanelling Il jury was be
gun. After securing the requisite number,
the counsel for the defence asked for a re-
cess until o clock, watch the court granted.
Court opened at , O'Clock and the case of
d.
\. V. Spalding and L. b. Taft appeared for
the plaintiff and }. j. Enright and ". l..
Burnap for the defendants. The plaintiffs
rested the case and at the adjournment OF
court the defence were stlll putting in evil
dence
Wednesday in the case Of Plummer.
administrator, VS.. the Central Vermont
railroad the application by the defendant
for continuance WAS denied. In the case
OF Hard, Administrator, vs. the Central
Vermont railroad an application 10y tue de-
PENDANT for an order to take deputauons IN
FItchburSh, Mass, was denied. The de-
PENDANT then made all AFFIDAVIT for a CON
tinuance and upon inunatIon 10y the count
that he should grant the Application the
plaintiff consented to the taking o. tie depl-
tauons end the trial OF the case was post
poned until April II.
The case OF Brady VS.. Swift and Wheeler
was finished, the plaintiff being awarded
500 damages and costs.
During the afternoon decision was given
by the court in the case of Dumas VS. Stone.
continued from last term ana set Tor trial
10y jury, \ day or two before the opcnin,
of court the defendant filed with the clerk
IA special demurrer The plaintiff moved to
take it from the file ana the court so order
ed, holding that under rule 10 OF the County
Court, the case stood upon the general issue.
Roberts n Roberts for plaintiff; Burnap and
Woicott for defendent. The hearing IN the
case OF Maggie Brown vs.. Amos kinson,
assault and battery claiming damages in the
sum Of $500, was then begun and & jury
empanelled.
Mrs. Brown claims that on March 10,
1890 while she was living with her nus
band, William Brown, at Williston in a
house owned by defendant, the defendant
came to the house, ordered them out aud
began abusing plaintiff by calling her a thief
and hat she ordered HIM out Of the house.
lie said he would 60 when he got ready as
the house belonged to him and followed up
this remark by striking plaintiff twice and
pushing her against the table and injurlng
her so that she was confined to her bed for
three weeks.
Defendant claims that he did not strike
plaintiff and that she struck him with a
poker injuring his hand severely.
Mrs. Brown was the first witness yester-
day and at the close of her direct testimony
court adjourned
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