Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1892-07-08
ADDISON COUNTY COURT.

4 ADDISON COUNTY COURT. IA
I After recess of ten days work was
4 resumed in the county court Tuesday
forenoon. Liquor cases had the right of
way, and by the middle of the forenoon
of Wednesday the criminal docket had
been cleaned off for the term.
State VS.. John Sargent and State VS..
{. w. Earl were continued to the Decem-
Der term. In State VS.. Edward Towne,
in which the bonds had been called and a
bench warrant was issued, with eXcep-
tons by respondents counsel, IA contiu-
uanCe was also entered.
State vs.. Robert w. Cramn Ond Melted
something for the public treasury with
out trial. Crammond keeps summer
resort in small way ut Chipman's Point
in On well. States Attorney Fish stated
that the respondent did not appear to
have been very heavily engaged in the
illegal traffic, and that he did not expect
to be able to prove more than three of
fences, and as Clammond had signified
his Willingness to plead guilty of that
number of offences, he thought the plea
should be accepted. The case was there
fore disposed of in this way and Cram
mond was fined $50 and costs, which he
paid. Judge Slade represented the re-
spondent.
was begun at IL o'clock Tuesday and the
trial lasted the rest of the day. Hodge
son is general storekeeper in Orwell,
and at the last term of court pleaded
guilty to six first offences of retailing
and was fined 5000 and costs. with the
understanding that he would refrain in
the future from the sale of lager beer
and cider. This, the State was led to be-
lieve, he had not done, and this prosecu-
tion by information was therefore insti-
tuted. There were 30 witnesses on the
States list, Is of whom were subpmnaed
and appeared in court to testify. Only
one witness testified to getting anything
of an Intoxicating nature from the re-
spondent subsequent to December 9,
1891, the date of the former conviction.
and he told of getting whisky and cider
at different times in January and Febru-
airy. Six of the witnesses had got cider
or lager prior to December 8 and within
three years. Mr.. Hodgeson's counsel
made "a strong fight in his behalf and
struggled Intellectually to have all testi-
mony as to sales at times prior to the
plea of guilty in December ruled out.
Judge Taft gave the case to the Jury in a
| ten-minutes' talk at , o'clock, and at
Z the court was summoned by the ringing
of the bell. The jurors were in their
seats and the foreman announced that
they had agreed, finding the respondent
guilty of one first and one second offence.
An appeal was entered up and sentence
was stayed. Mr.. Rider of Bristol assist
ed the States attorney and the respond
ent was represented by Mir. Bliss and
Judge Slade. Hodgeson was in the Gus
tody of the sheriff from Tuesday night to
Wednesday afternoon, when he procured
bail and was released.
In State VS.. Henry G. Sweet, appellant,
the respondent, who is a resident of
MOnkton, came into court after dinner
Tuesday and pleaded guilty of five first
offences of retailing. He is in rather
poor circumstances and had gone out of
the business. So the court fined him
only $50. without costs, and sentenced
him to serve 30 days in the House of Cor
rection In Rutland. He was taken to
Rutland Thursday morning, and, as the
fine was paid, will have to stay there
only for the 30 days. Sheriff Clark es-
corted him down.
Wednesday morning the last of the
liquor cases was tried, and the trial was
a short one. The case was State vs.. Mar
tin Calvin. The respondent keeps a gro
Gerry store in East Middlebury and APP
pears not to be on good terms with IA con-
siderable number of the people of that
community. There was rumpus in
Galvins place of business on the night
of Saturday, Sept. 26 last, and on the
2Sth he was prosecuted and fined for sell
ing. For the State, Mr.. Fish agreed not
to ask conviction for any offences COM
mitted prior to the conviction on Sept.
rs, unless it was shown that the respond
ent had sold the stuff after that date.
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were on hand to testify. Each of them
swore that he had not procured anything
to drink from Galvin's since Sept. Is
and the court directed that verdict of
not guilty be entered. The only fluid
for drinking purposes that Calvin was
shown to have had about his place was a
20-gallOn cask of sweet cider and some
spruce beer and ginger ale, and this was
all before the time of the former convic-
ton. Mr.. Upper and Mr.. Bliss APP
peared for Calvin, but as things turned
out he didn't need any counsel.
The jurors were all excused to Mon
day, August ! and then II or - minutes
were taken up with the hearing of di-
yorce case. 1t was George keltOn VS..
Myra Delphy Kelton. The parties were
married in Lincoln, January |, 1889
Within a year the lady left him and
went OF with another fellow, as KEEL
ton said, "because she liked him better,
he supposed" She lived with the ''other
fellow" some time, passed some weeks in
Jail here in Middlcbury on charge of
forgery, and is now keeping house for
her father in Lincoln. The petition al
legged adultery, and an old gentleman
named Atwood swore to having eve.
knowledge that the charge was true
Mr.. Shade appeared for the petitioner and
there was no defence. In the afternoon
the court announced that the petition
had been granted for the cause alleged.
The old divorce case of Elite Z. Spaul.
ding VS.. Loyal w. Spaulding, in which
Mrs. Spaulding was given a divorce, ali
mony and the custody of the year-old
child at the December term, 1890 the
order for the custody of the child having
been revoked and the custody given to