Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1894-12-07
NOT GUILTY."
Julius Jacob Estey Acquitted

OF the Damaging Charge Of Larceny
John y. GOodenOugh Probably In
sane---MinOr Cases.
The case of the state VS.. Gen. j. j. Es-
tey was called in the local police court
| Tuesday evening. 1t was one which had |
attracted much attention both on account |
of the standing of the defendant and the |
! injury that would be done a local industry |
if the crime of "lifting (or raisng) poultry |
! by hand" should go unpublished. When |
the court convened at o'clock every |
available place in the court room was oc-
cupied Judge Stoddard presided, the
docket being called by Clerk Geo. b. Hit.
A number of minor cases were disposed of,
among them being the following:
1893. olin /. French VS.. Chqs. II Davenport-
Action for libel Court decided that this case
would not be tried until the parties raised 50 to
| pay jury fees. No risks were to be taken.
NIB, State vs.. Il. o; Coolidge.-Abetting and
participating in the lottery of a horse. The
bondsnen, Thomas Heaphey and Fred Gale,
wished to be released from their bonds Coolidge
was ordered to be surrendered to the custody OF
the sheriff.
172s State VS.. H. B. Soule.-Over exerton.
Counsel for defence argued that this was defend
ants first offence and made plea for mercy at
the hands OF the court. Soule sentenced TO TWO
days hard labor
i726 State VS. Samuel Sars ent Cruelty to
animals, drowning pig Charge dismissed
court holding that there not water enough
about the place to drown pig.
1929 State vs. j f. Coleman. Shooting hairs
in a close season. Continued.
1881 State VS. Geo F. Gale and f. c. Crosby
| Watering stock OF the Connecticut River Natural
Gas company Case ordered to be ready for trial
at once.
1911. State John Calvin and c. .. Turner
Deceving an officer Case continued on account
of important witness, Gates, being out of state
1915. State vs.. Emery S. Knowlton.-Keeping
barber shop open on Sun lay. Case continued.
1901. State by the Universalst church, relator,
VS.. Chas. Harris. Eating all the oysters provided
for church supper. After sharp tilt between
counsel over technical use of word oyster, the
motion to squash was overruled
1873 Rosa NJ. Chamberlain H. b. Chamber
lain.-Acton for divorce the ground of neg
lect, refusal to support and intolerable severity
Case continued two weeks until respondent should
recover from cholera infantum
The general interest centered in the call
, ing of the great case, state VS.. Julius ia
cob Estey, the charge being the larceny of
; Plymouth Rock rooster from John p.
Goodenough on the night of Dec. "a, 1893.
/ The prisoner was brought into court in
+ charge of Deputy Sheriff Bush. A jury
was empanelled, consisting of Grover
I Cleveland foreman Is. Z. Lawton); Benz.
Harrison &C. II. Davenport), David B..
Hill (B. d. Harris), Thomas b. Reed Geo.
Il +. Seleck), Hoke Smith Geo. F. Gale,
y VIM. Mckinley (James Conland), Gen.
u CoXey IF. w. Childs), John l.. Sullivan
{ (W. f. Richardson), Geo. F. Hoar Geo.
5. Dowley), Jerry Simpson &c. a. Miles,,
= Richard Croker 81. II. Chamberlain), Geo.
= f. Edmunds o.. +. Adams). Richard
9. Croker and benjamin Harrison were OBJ
E, ected to on grounds which were overrued
!; by the court. David b. Hill was question
,. ed by defendants council, who seemed sat
, isied and accepted the jury Clerk Hit
; read the complaint, but the prisoner had
l.; not made up his mind whether he was
/. guilty or not, and preferred to hear the ev-
dence. His counsel, however, entered the
= plea mot guilty.
IS c. b. Perry counsel for the state, die
lie not outline his case, but had his witnesses
l. sworn at once. H. D. Holton Directing tc
J. ''cussin' and swearin'," was allowed tC
lie make affirmation. John p. Goodenough
te farmer and miller, and incidentally {
re breeder of Plymouth Rock poultry, resi-
Id dence, Brattleboro, was the first witness
lie called. In a straightforward way he tolC
er of the loss of his prize rooster, valued a
W S25 for sporting purposes. He identified
t. the prisoner and fixed the date, Dec. 2
w with the aid of counsel), as the night OF
which he had found the prisoner on hi
10 premises.
~ II. d. Holton, physician, testified Il
~ overtaking the prisoner on the road be
y tween plaintiff and Mr. Thurbers on tn
:, night in question He was in his shiT
20 sleeves and carried bag from which feath
W ers protruded. The doctor gave him
e lift leaving him at the junction @
- Green and School streets. The matter c
" meeting w. II. Childs with a lantern an
aat his demand for cider brandy, which he az
vs. piled to a sprained ankle by internal appl
IS cation, did not seem to have much beal
~ ing on the case and was not referred I
- again. The doctor was capital witnes,
- and his description of the cooking main
in Crowells barn was given with the rea
w. istic effect that can only be brought out b
ne a true sporting man. His innocent reciti
Is of the names of those he saw there COZ
lts vulsed the crowd. His crosse aminatio
us was brief and did not effect his direct te
AZ timOny.
~ Col George White Hooker knew the d,
'te PENDANT first in Jericho, this state, SON
IN 20 years ago. He stated that Estey wa
oy deported from Jericho to Brattleboro b
"A the citizens of the former place on accour
ieV of his fondness for brOiled chicken. Tn
ne action was taken by the citizens only aftt
III everything had been done to reform Este
'ro even to sending him to the Legislature
ol where he took both the legislative an
'c- Kelley treatments at the same time. Co
T., Hooker identified the bird, which he sa
at the fight in Crowel's barn, as the pro-
Use erty of John Goodenough, for it took fir
To- premium at the Valley Fair in 1898.
he Sheriff Bush was next called and relate
me how he worked up the case with a ski
'ed worthy of a Pinkerton detective and to-
on how he captured his man as he was esca
of ing on the night express.
raj At this point the state rested
ere For the defence Rev. f. j. Parry, Aloni
re- Starkey and Rev. A. J. Hough were Gale
IN The prisoner was first put upon II
Id, stand. He gave his name as Julius JacC
the Estey; residence, Brattleboro; occupatio
err working "for man named Pentland" L
md cdentally he admitted that he was doub
re- -" and that there were other "J's"
hts the Estey family He identified the Pl
eX- mouth Rock as one he had purchased
to- Alonzo Starkey for a trick rooster; e
md planned how he came to be present at Il
the ''cock fight" and despite the efforts
to counsel to "give him tip" persisted tn
les he offered to bet $40 on his bird In o
ge. position to DR.. HoltOns testimony
sad claimed that he found the doctor on Il
NJ. street in an intoxicated condition about
OBJ. p. NJ, Dec. "a, 1898, took him home, sto
- | 1, ba dOOr and