Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1892-12-29
COUNTY COURT.
Bourbounais' Sentence Light in Consid-
Grafton that he Had Another to Serve.

Bourbounais' Sentence Light in Consid-
Grafton that he had Another to Serve.
Sheriff Reeves arrived on the steamer
Chateaugay Wednesday afternoon with DR..
Bourbonnas. lie escorted tho respondent
into tho County Court, where he pleaded
guilty to ons second offence. After state
ment of the case to the court by States
Attorney Cushman and brief remarks in
| behalf of the respondent by A. w. Boynton
of Keesevlle, Assistant Judge Nichols SEN
fenced him to pay fine of $40 and costs
and to serve 30 days at hard labor In the
| House of Correction.
| A conviction of a second offence Of selling
| liquor was obtained against Bourbonnais in
the City Court. lie was then sentenced to
| be confined al hard labor in the House Of
| Correction one month and pay fine OF
! 500 and costs, which was affirmed at the
last April term of County Court and his
sentence Wednesday was on this account
| lighter than it would otherwise have been.
Sheriff Reeves took DR.. Bour bonnais to
Rutland Thursday on the flyer.
Sheriff Reeves goes to Windsor Monday to
escort George Mcdonald OF Milton who
was convicted Of rape by the County Court
and has term of six years to serve.
County Court assembled at Q o'clock Tues
was first scanned and then a motion was
made by Attorney Foster for the plaintiff
in the Gaze Of l.. b. Baldwin, administrator,
VS.. the town Of Worcester, on the ground
that the Judgment was contrary to the evil
denco. Court took TIE case under t-vise.
ment.
In the case Of Hadley Ell al VS. Peter
Bordo, apt, a motion was made by de-
PENDANT to set aside the verdict and pugges-
tons as to the law were proffersd the court
by the attorneys. Enright and Brown ap-
pear for the plaintiff and Wolcott nnd
Bingham for the defendant. Court re.
served decision.
The case of Peter Fisher VS.. Albert Ber-
nard, both of Jericho vas taken up. Mr..
Fisher petitions the court to annui the
marriage of his daughter Minnie to Bernard,
claiming that she was under age when mar
ried; that the certificate was obtained Of the
town clerk Of Richmond under false
representations and without his con
sent, and that the couple had
neverS lived together, his daughter
leaving Bernard the very day the ceremony
was performed. Testimony was INTRODUCES
tending to substaptlate the petition. Th,
defendant claims that the girl gave her con
sent and would have lived with him but fol
her parents. Court took the papers. Ber-
nard has suit for a divore pending at thu
term of court which vii! be heard, provid
ing Judge Rowell decides that the maria q,
was legal, otherwise it will not la neces
snry. Their love for each other has appar-
entity gone,
IN the case OF Henry La Farriar vs. John
Hardy, ct al, arguments were made relstiv,
to what the judg ment should be under thu
statues under the finding Of the jury
Court ash ed for the papers and took thu
case.
Lawyer Brownel In the case q Lisber e
al, vs.. the National Sign company, a-ke,
the court to increase the IN junction bond
c. w. Brownell and Seneca Haselt1n NJ
pearsd for the defendant end W. l.. Bur.
nap for the plaintiff. Judge Howell re
served decision.
This case OF G. Il. Eddy vs.. the town o
Shelburne was next heard The p aintil
asked the court TO appoint commissioners Il
assess damages, claiming that the se!ectm-i
Of the town had diverted a stream of waite
from It's natural course on to hi
premises where as the town avcrre
that it was not stream Q
water, but water that gathered in tn
cutters on the side OF the road, and tina
they took away q bar that turned it on t
PLAINTIFFS private premises, which the tow
had right to do. Court TOOK the papers
The case OF Elizabeth Marshall vs.. Leon
ard Marshall was then called. The petit
toner petitions FOR n divorce Tor intolerab l
severity, and witnesses were Introduce
whose testimony tendeI to prove it, Their
is no contest, agreement having been mad
between the counsel Of the parties that III
pettionee shall pay Mrs Mar shall $50
although Judge Wales aad hon VI. \
Bingham represented Mr.. Marshall in tn
hearing. Hon Henry Ballard is attorns
tor the petitioner. At this point coul
took recess.