The Windham County reformer. (Battleboro, Vt.) 1876-1897, 1893-03-17
TIE COUNTY COURT.

The Habeas Corpus Petition Denied-Law
renee Beaten on the Allen Mortgage Mat
ter-RansOm v Coolidge Now on Trial
Disagreement In the Crawford Gassetti
Case-A Short Term Predicted.
Court was opened In due and ancient form
TUESDAY, morning at 10 O'Clock with prayer
by the Rev. Mr.. Earle OF West Wardsboro
| Two officers of the court, who have beef
rarely absent IN years past, Hon. Royal Ty.
Ter, he venerable and model clerk, and Judge
Lewis s. Walker, have not attended court
this week on account of illness. Present
| Hon. Henry Il. Start, presiding judge; Hon.
Edward Titus, assistant judge; Ina II. All.
bee, states attorney; X. Hasklns, deputy
clerk (acting clerk; and j. Q, Subway,
high sheriff
Upon call of the docket ten cases appeared
to stand for trial by Jury but no case In the
| first DAYS assignments.
| On Wednesday morning Crawford Gas
sets, Putney case, was put on trial. In this
case the plaintiff claimed that he let the
defendants, who are tobacco dealers,
have his crop of 1855 and 1859 to
sell on commission of one cent
a pound; that In the fall Of 1891 they sold il
but In making payment TO him they kept
some S7S more than the agreed commission.
The defendants claimed that the plaintiff told
them that he could take 16 cents pound and
$50 off for his tobacco and they took 1t on
those terms and sold it; that they had paid
him In full on that basis. There was no dis
pute as to the amount of money paid to th9
plant fl by the defendants nor what the tl-
bacco sold for in the market, but the parties
squarely disagreed as to the contract, and so
Gid the jury who were discharged without
agreement. Waterman. Martin s. Hit for
plaintiff. Haskins & Stoddard for defendants.
Thursday forenoon the second case, that of
Ransom vs.. Coolidge was placed on trial. In
q 10 hn ntp oil nj Md hot no Lat
himself In September 1899 TO work for
the defendant to drive the baggage
team from and to BrattIeboro depot
at $40 pei month with privilege of leaving
at any time by giving two weeks notice; that
he got dissatisfied and tired of the job, and
that the deft. required more work from him
than was contemplated by the contract,
where pon In March, 1891, he gave his notice
to quit; that the deft. told him Ii he was go
Ing to quilt any way he could quit then and
turned him off. Toe deft claimed that he
hired the pf1. by the year at $40 per month;
that they were to have six weeks to decide
whether to stay the year; that 1t was agreed
that II upon the six weeks trial they liked
each other then the contract was for year;
tn at In the winter months the work was light.
and that the pltf left just as the work was
about to be harder; that he had promptly
paid him every month until the last month
and declined 20 do that because the pff. had
broken his contract and that the amount be
had paid him would be ample pay for his
winters WORK, and that he did not turn him
off but was anxious to have him work his
time out which be would not do. The case Is
still on trial.
1t Is expected that there will be but two or
three more cases tried by jury and that court
will close the last of next week.
la re Jesse l. Squiers. This was petition
for habeas corpus by Saulers, who was prose-
cuted under the liquor law, last Friday
and called for jury trial. The jury was
drawn, but not summoned, and after that had
been done the states attorney asked for a
as 1t would be late before the
officer could summon the Jury and the wit
nesses, and he was obliged to be away the
next day. The court, VIM. S. Newton, Esq,
granted the continuance until April 18th.
against the objection of Squiers. He declined
to furnish bail for his appearance and was
placed In custody of officer Mcclure although
he was not actually confined or restrained of
MS liberty. Squers brought this petition to
be released from custody, on the ground that
by the statute of 1888, the justice court had
no right to continue the case as 1t was not
for ''purposes of justice" as the statute re.
quires. Judge Start holds that good cause
existed for continuance and that whether that
was 90 or not, It was matter entirely within
the jurisdiction of the justice and he could
conduct the proceedings IN his own court &C.
cordng to his own judgment. The petitioner
was ordered remanded to the custody of
Officer Mcclure.
In the case OF Lawrence Aliens estate
heard IN the supreme court at the January
term decision was handed down yesterday
Affirming the judgment Of the county court
which sustains the assignee and defeats Law
rence's mortgage except for small amount.
fnfnfs case the opinion will be Looked for
with considerable interest as It is likely 10 be
~ important case upon the question of the
validity OF a mortgage on a shifting stock of
goods and on substituted goods.