Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1893-12-28
ARSON CASE ON TRIAL.
Adelbcrt HER Brought Into Addison
County Court Charged With Barn Burn


was well enough to take his seat in the box
| yesterday, and the case of State VS.. John
Wilson was resumed. Good progress was
made yesterday and to-day and what at one
time seemed an interminable case is now
| plainly drawing near TO its end.
| The State closed its case with the evidence
| of Frank Bly, jointly indicted with Wilson,
and who had turned States evidence
Frank told the story of the burglary clearly
and boldly, but evidently with the
aim of making himself an extrcme-
! ly minor character in the drama.
Wilson, according to Bly, was the inves-
tigator and leader in the job throughout
The testimony for the defence was then
| begun. 1t was directly mainly to proving
the abominably bad reputation for truth aud
| Neracity of the three members of the Blv
family who had testified for the prosecution
and to proving the excellent reputation for
honesty Of the respondent. The evidence
on the latter point was very strong and Il
number of witnesses were unable to discover
that Wilson's reputation for honesty was in
any way affected by the face that he had
been arrested and put under bonds charged
| with the commission of number Of
burglarics in Ticondproga. The respon-
dent took the stand in his own behalf
at II O'Clock to-day and was in the witness
box about four hours The respondent de
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ed in claiming his total Innocence of tho
| charge and attpuptod tn o,pIaiu AWAY all
the circumstances nointfpa to his quilt Tho
respondents father and sister and their
houSckeeppr. Mrs Warren testified tbot
none of the alleged stolen property had ever
been in their house. There is but little moro
evidence 70 be put in and the argument,
will probably be completed tomorrow. The
result of the trial will be of the utmost i'm
portancc TO the prisoner. and his counsel ore
making for him the very strongest defence
possible.
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ne ptrGiary case OF HtA'' vs. "ohn w llson
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closed the argument for the prosecution in
state vs.. John Wilson AT this morning
session of the court, and Judge Mmson gave
the case 10 the jury at 80 o'clocK The
lury came into court at !3O this afternoon
and rendered a verdict of not guilty. This
trial has cost the State a good-sized sum of
money, and the expense to the respondents ;
father was probably not less than 81 600.