Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1892-06-24
ADDISON COUNTY COURT.


on the freehold. which was on trial when
we went to press last week, held the II
boards the rest of the week and part o
this week The testimony droned along2
steadily and monotonOusly until Satur1
day noon, when it was at last completed |
During the latter part of the week the
court room was entirely deserted by al
but the people concerned in the case il
one way or another, as the proceeding
had no earthly interest to any one else.
The Jurors not engaged in the case OF
trial were excused Friday morning to
o'clock Monday afternoon, and when the
testimony in the land case was all got in
at noon on saturday, a recess was taker
to the last-nalned hour.
1t was 80 o'clock Monday afternoot
before the court resumed work. as Judg
Taft and some of the jurors and counse
were detained four hours by the non
arrival of the II 10 train from the horti
When the court had come in w. W. Ride
of Bristol at once began the argumeu
for the plaintiff in Morrison's administers
tor against Shattuck. 1t had been agree
among counsel to limit the argument t
two hours for each side. Tuesday fore
noon Mr.. Enright, followed by Mn
Bnrnap, both of Burlington, argued tn
case for the defendant, Burnap closing a
IL o'clock. At that hour a recess W..
taken until p. N. to give chance t
those who were interested in the Repul
| lican county convention to be present d
its meeting in the town hall. In the a
| ternoon Mr.. Wilds made the final pie
for the plaintiff. Judge Taft occupe
only fifteen minutes with his charge d
the jury, who then retired to considd
the case. In about twenty minutes tt
Jury returned and brought in verde
for the plaintiff for S25 damages an
costs, thus establishing in the estate
Thomas Morrison the legal title to I'll
Il acres of land in dispute. The defen
ant will carry the case to the supren
court.
This was the last civil case to come
trial for the present and some Grimm
matters were next sidered, after whid
the regular and new entry dockets we
called. The criminal matters dispose
of were:
State vs.. Intoxicating Liquor. Til
was barrel of bottled lager seized at t
house of Geo. McCue in April and d
clare1 forfeited by the Justice. Mr.. Sla|
filed plea in bar to further proceeding
to which States Attorney Fish demurre
The plea III bar was overruled and ii
demurrer sustained.
State vs.. Geo. McCue. Informati(
for selling intoXicants contrary to lay
mol. pressed on account of the death
the respondent.
State V. Lewis Austin. The respo
dent and a couple of other Young fello
on the 10th of February last got into
unoccupied house in Monkton, owned
Daniel Meader, and had high old til
with Illegal liquids. An informant
VOL rtrin 4 N
nit burglary was filed States Attorn
Fish stated to the court that he did
expect to be able to make out a case
the State, and that he was now satisf
that there was no intention to conn
burglary, and asked that the informati
be mol. pressed. which was orderd
Austin, who has been IN Jail here und
bonds for about three months, was d
charged from custody.
State vs.. Martin Calvin. The respd
dent was charg, with retailing liquor
East Middlebury. and the case came
Oh a disclosure. Mr.. Fish stated to
court that the disclosing witness was
of the State and beyond reach and Il
he could not hope to prove the case.
therefore asked that mol pros. he
tered aud it was accordingly done.
In calling over the dockets the grea
part Oh lllt cases were. rs Uldlltl
course. entered continued. \ consC
able number of cases were, fer one
son or another. discontinued. Tn
were the following NJ. b. Walker
wife vs.. Abel Walker. w. w. Swiney
+. ID. Nernal, Napoleon Dereau vs..
W. Ross, Roger \. Wolcott VS.. n. H.
G.. b. Wolcott, Clinton G.. Smith vs.. tJ(
X. Parsons, f. c. Bramhall's admins
tor VS.. Daniel Tarbell, Edward F.
Dung vs.. same, Frank ii. Winch
Darwin Rider ct al, Frank \. PiXley
Elmore Goodyear, John l.. Buttolph
George n. Payne and Trustee, Tow
Middlebury vs.. Town of Bridport
Harriet NJ. Henderson VS.. win f
: wood. In several cases Judgment
plaintiff was entered by default. III
were: w. =. Nash vs.. ). A. Pierce, G
5. Walker VS.. Irving W. Hitchcock,
p. Nash vs.. W. ID. Lane and Jennie
Norton vs.. +. ;. Stearns. Three divd
cases were marked for hearing and
liquor cases were set for trial
Work was begun on the criminal e.
Wednesday forenoon. The first ON
come To tlial was State vs.. Pasq
Frossa. and the respondent. who is
: year-old boy, is charged with ass
with intent TO kill. The story of
case, as brought out in the testmon
the prosecution, was. in brief, as folio
: Frank Soaring was the storekeeper
the gang of Italian laborers who wel
work building the Bristol and New
, ven railroad last fall and winter.
boy Frossa had been in the gang on
few days previous to the affair, ha1
gone on to the Job from Addison j
| ton. lie had worked considerably
: section hand at the latter place al
/ Crown Point. lie worked on the
| road five or six days and at the tin
the trouble was out of employment.
the fourteenth of December last, v
with Soaring in the store shanty
drew 32-calibre revolver and fired
shots at Sparring, each one hitting
and all but one producing merely sci
, wounds. That wound was in the a
, men and it is really wonderful that
not result in death. The doctors
were summoned did not find the b
aud did not dare probe for 1t much.
!, ter shooting his victim nearly to d
; Frossa robbed him of somewhere bet
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