Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1894-06-07
A PAUPER IN ISSUE.
Jericho Wins the Second Suit Against I'm
derhill Special Grand Jury.

Three divorce cases occupied the atten-
tion of County Court during the few hours
it was in session Thursday The first one
heard was the case Of Angeline l.. Day vs..
Alonzo S. Day. After hearing the evidence
Court gave petitioner a divorce on the
ground of desertion. In the case Of Minnie
Dague against Charles Daguo, which was
next heard, petitioner was granted a di-
vorce because her husband had refused to
support her The case of Peter Grow
against Anna B. Crow was dis
continued. In the case of Gun
ningham against Cunningham, the order
giving the wife tho Gus Cody of the five chill
dren was vacated. The civil case Of Sey
mour \. Carey VS.. Carey & Lessor was
argued on demurrer II. n Deavitt APP
pearei for the plaintiff and II. +. Wolcott
for the defendants.
On assembling Friday morning County
Court took up the divorce case of Clara l..
Baker against Hiram C. Baker The
petitioner applied for a divorce on the
ground OF adultery, established the fact and
the court granted her a divorce. No OBJ
lection was made by tho petitionee
The civil case of Z. II. Lane against
Charles O. Murray was next taken up and
is now being heard. 1t is an action brought
to recover for bobbins, or tubes, amounting
to nearly SO. The defence is that the
tubes were defective and not such as he or
dered. /. F. Wilbur appeared for the
plaintiff and j. j. Enright for tho defend
unit.
In the County Court Saturday the case of
Lane vs.. Murray, the hearing of which was
begun Friday, was completed. Court re
served decision. In the divorce case of
Wells j. Conner against Ruth Conner, after
a hearing the court gave the petitioner a
divorce ON the ground Of adultery.
r. f.. Brown appeared for Conner.
The civil case of Maggie b. Jenning against
| Hiram Merihew of South Burlington was
| argued. it is an action of assumpsit to re
cover about $1,000, claimed to belong to the
plaintiff under the will of the late Albert
Chittenden of South Burlington. The con
| test is over the construction of the will,
the defendant claiming that under the will
the sum in question belongs to the heirs of
the late Ethel Chittenden, daughter of
Albert. The facts were not in dispute and
the question submitted to the court was
purely a legal one. Court took the papers
and will probably give its decision sometime
during the present term.
The divorce case Of Jane Carpenter against
| Eugene Carpenter was partially heard in
County Court came in at 9 O'Clock Tues
day morning, Judge Rowell presiding. The
! case Of f. f. Bixby VS.. David Cosg -tf
which was for trial first, having been set
tied, tho next case in order, that of the town
of Jericho against the town of Underhill,
was taken up, Some trouble was expert
enced in empaneling jury Jurors from
| either of the towns were disqualified from
sitting on the case, being interested parties,
and also the jurors residing in any of the
five towns of which Jerich is one, forming
| the Union Poor Farm association for the
same reason. This left only the jurors
drawn from the other ten towns
of the county qualified to sit on the panel,
The jury on the last insurance case do not
report till this morning, the court having
| given them a little vacation in return for
| their four weeks of continuous service, aud
in consequence of their absence and the dis
qualification of several otheSi, a taesmau
had to be called to fiji out the panel. lie
was City Constable w. V. Scully.
\ jury empaneed !. II. Hutchinson,
overseer of the poor of Jericho, was inn
proved of as witness The legal question in
the case was then raised and discussed. 1t
appears that this case is the second that
Jericho has brought against Underhill &c
recover for the support and maintenance
OF Miss Louisa Blakeley, now an inmate
of the Union poor farm at WilliSton
Mr. Hutchinson testified that, holding tn,
same office Sept. H. 1890, he notified by
letter the overseer of the poor of Underhill
of the condition of Miss Blakely, resident
of Underhill, and that Jericho would seek tC
recover the expense of her support of the