Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1893-05-18
TOO FREE WITH MORTGAGES.
Ezra sinner of Jericho in Trouble. -
The Hayes Case in county Court.

Ezra sinner of Jericho In Trouble
The Hayes Case in county Court.
Trial OF the case Of William b. Hayes vs.
the Colchester mills occupied the time OF
County Court Wednesday. In the morning
Edward Cross and Merit Farrell VINO saw
the accident, testified, and in the afternoon
the plaintiff himself was examined.
Trial of the case of Hayes We. the Col
chester mills was resumed in County Court
Thursday. Plaintiff rested his case and
counsel for defendant asked tbs court to di-
rect a verdict for the company Court seid
the case was of such a serious nature that
the jury ought to pass on the facts and the
legal questions involved ght be brought
up later. The jury and counsel then went
to tho scene of the accident. In the after
noon Agent Kennedy, Master Mechanic
Nash and Assistant Overseer Sturgis testified
for the defendant.
In County Court Friday testimony for
the defence in the case Of Hayes vs Co
chester mills was concluded and Aiessrs.
Wills and Burnop made the opening Grsu
lnents Of the plaintiff and defendant, re-
spectively.
State 3 Attorney Cushmau on Saturday
filed an information against Ezra Sinner Of
Jericho, charging him with giving l.. +.
personal property without disclosing the
fact OF previous mortgage. Shiner
bought 3!j worth of goods of Terril Civ
ing a mortgage on some live stock which
was already conditiennlly owned by four
other men. The stock was first iuortgaged
to n man in Cambridge who has adver-
tised the property for sale. +. r. Jacobs
of Richmond and w. II. Stevens and
james Smith OF Bolton also have claim on
the stock. Sinner was tnkeu into County
Court, where ho pieadel guilty. The pen
atty FOR oifenses Of this kind is
twice the value OF tho property,
one-halt to go to tho mortgage
and cne-half to the town whero the
mortgage is recorded. Thea value of the
property agreed upon between Sinner and
Terrill was $32. Sinner was thereupcn fined
SGi and the costs of prosecution. lie could
not pay, and will probably be obliged to
work out the amount In the House OF Cor
rectlon at 334 cents per day, making his
term about 2l3 days in lsngth, the State
paying Torril S32. On the completion OF
his term, Sinner may b, arrested on each
one OF the other four charges.
Ia the case Of Hayes VS.. Colchester mills,
Messrs Paard and Hsselton closed for the
defendant and plaintiff, respectively. and
court took a recess until o CLOCK Monday
afternoon.
On tho reassernbing of County Court
Monday afternoon at . o'clock Judge
Tyler charged the jury in the case of VIII
liam B. Hayes VS.. the Colchester mills
After delberating for 20 minutes they
brought in a verdict for plaintiff to recover
$4,000 dsmagss and costs.
The case OF State vs.. wilkins and B ow
was taken up in County Court Tue.day
Much time was spent in getting jury ana
in statements OF the counsel and it was
not until 3 O'Clock that the first and only
witness of the day, Albert Gonyeau who
was with the girl, Mary Fratt, AT the time
of the alleged assault al Athletic Park in
the summer of 1891 aud who married her
shortly afterward, was put upon the stand