Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1894-05-31
ADDISON COUNTY COURT.


PrON-Pctit Jurors Drawn.
MfDDLEBCBY, May 2s.-Thc dcckets for
the June term Of the Addison County Court
were ready for distribution to the attorneys
this morning. The term will open Tuesday
forenoon, Juno ), with Hon. Henry II. Start
of Bakersfield as presiding judge, and Hons.
John +. Weeks of Salisbury and j. w.
Barnes of Nergcnnes, assistant Judges. The
other officers of the court will be: Rufus
Wainwright of Middlcbury. clerk; Kent w.
Merritt of Shorcham. sheriff, with | deputy
sherllfs; Frank l.. Fish of Nergenncs, States
attorney; Charles NJ. Wilds OF Middlebury,
deputy clerk; Miss Ella NJ. Ballou of Rat
land, stenographic reporter; and Charles f.
Flnney of Nliddlebury, county treasurer,
This is tho first docket for Addison
county issued under the new rules On the
general law docket there are 1916 cases, of
which are criminal and II are divorce cases,
most of the criminal cases being connected
in some way with the traffic in intoxicating
drinks. OF the new entries, five are Grim
inal cascs and ~ petitions for divorce. The
court calendar contains 81 cases and on the
jury calendar the following % cases have
been set for trial; +. D. Nernal vs.. W. W.
SWincy; George f. Farr VS.. H. T.. stowe ct
al, appellants; John W. Martin, appellant,
vs.. William {. Danycw: II. W. Sponcr ct
al. appellants, vs. Austin r. BootL John
J.. Buttoph vs.. Ememe w. Liusley, appel
liant; Phenncr Vail ct al. appellants, vs..
Wallace j, Sawyer; Frederick Hopper vs..
Edison II. Thomas and trustee; Myrou Falcs
vs.. J.. f. Sumner, appellant; town Of
Leicester, appellant vs.. town of Brandon;
Phelps j. Smiths executor vs.. Nancy NJ.
Smith, appellant; Julia Walkers lnmis-
traitor appellant, vs.. Abel Walkers admin
istrator; \. f.. Nahum vs.. W. II. Dodge,
appellant, and trustee; Patrick j. Larkn
vs.. Robert II. Rogers ct ais, appellant;
Frank y. Hill vs. Peter Strack, appellant;
John y llamel ". f. j. Severance, appel
LIANT Vermont Marble company vs. John
Palmer. appellant and trustee; Isaac Rem
Hey VS.. NJ. C.Carter appellant; II. II. Leon
ard V. Allison Davis, appellant, George |.
Hodges " c. W. Norton. ct al Page Colby's
executor ". \. N. Colby, appellants
Frank W. Atwood's executor VS.. Horace p.
lluilett; Robert Hudson VS.. Nicholas j.
MCCuen. appellant. Lillian Phillips vs.. VIII
Eddy, Robert Hudson, appellant, vs. y. J.
| McCuen; Leslie y. Sparks vs.. Ezra Lapont,
appellants; Carrie \. Gotta vs.. Harvey F.
Cram estate, appellant; Melissa Chase KS.
Dyer Bennett ct al: 3. :. BocGwoad VS.
| Hiram king,and, appellant; Alonzo Il.
/ Daniels V. town of Bristol; Charles ..
| Howard V. John II. Withcrcl appellants
| ~ a. BOarlman vs. Charles Guyett ct al.
and \. T. Upper VS.. Nathan $. Boynton
| Comparatively few Of these cases will
| probably come to trial one case which
! will probably be brought to trial is that of
! Phelps b. Smiths executor vs.. Nancy NJ
/ Smith, appellant. This is an appeal from
! the Probate Court of viii and involves II
| large amount Of property. The case has
/ been tried once the ground alleged by the
/ contestant being the mental incapacity Of
the testator and the iuryasustaincd the will,
| which gives most of the property to the
teStator's minor daughter. ON appeal the
| Supreme Court renamed the case for n new
trial. on the ground of undue influence
! The first trial, two years ago, listed about
/ three weeks.
The following is list of the petit jurors
who have been drawn for the term Guy
Gage, Addison: William NJ. Grandey, Bird
port; f. L. Steadman and Frank Danlorth,
Bristol: $. W. Jcwatt and Ira L. JIamblin
Cornwall; Nelson Hayden and Lucius b.
Martin Ferri,hurgh; Hcman =. Hooker,
Goshen; George b. Farr, Granville; Lyman
| D.. Rhodes. Hancock: Ned Barker, Leices-
ter; Lewis c. Balm and A. r. Morgan, Lin
coin: Charles VI. Remele and Willis y. Ca
dv, Mddlcbury: wilkins Chaffee Mon5ton:
! Dorastus W Nash and Lendol b. NJ. Cowle,
New Haven: II. +. Hack and John O.
| Wright, Orwell; William f.. White Pan
ton; Samuel d. Damon, RiptOn; Dascomb
| T.. Gibson, Salisbury: c. W. Bodti,h and
| Fred f.. Platt, Shoreham: John r. Tcft,
Stark,boro; Gorge Kingman and +, NJ.
| Moulton. Ncr.cunes: George \. Hunt
| Waltham: Mariner \. Baker, Woybrdge;
and Fred Ralrson, Whiting.