Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1894-12-13
WINDSOR COUNTY COURT.
Decemb Der Term in Session at Wood
stock.

StOCAs
The December term of this court was
opened in due and ancient form on the
4th inst, with Hon. Jonathan Ross,
presiding judge; Hon. William Rounds
and Hon. Charles H. Markham, assist
ant judges; Lester G. Howe, sheriff;
Jay r. Pember, clerk; J. G. Enright,
states attorney. Prayer was offered by
Rev. J. F. Simmons of the Universalist
church of Woodstock. Proclamation
was made by Sheriff Howe for the
opening of the County court and court
of chancery, the docket of civil causes
was called by the chief justice, and the
formidable list of 33 cases set for jury
trials soon melted away to the following
| - named cases of which not over nine
will be tried. Dickerman VS.. Fitchburg
Mutual Fire Insurance company, Aetna
Insurance company and Northern AS
Whitcomb vs.. Enright and Fitch;
Inere Cutters estate, Warner, appel
liant; Virgins VS.. Virgins; Goodrich
VS.. Armstrong; Sabin estate, Sabin APP
pellant; Scales vs.. Wiley, appellant;
Gilmore vs.. Dutton.
The administration of justice at this
term has called together the larger part
of the attorneys resident in this county,
gentlemen whose faces and names are
as familiar as household words, as well
as several we'll known lawyers from
other counties, and among these we no.
tice G. w. Writers and Felix MeGetrick
of st. Adams, ex-Gov. w. P. Dilling-
ham of Waterbury, L. M. Reed of Bel
lows Falls, Frank Plumley of North
| field. The sheriff and the states attor-
ney have been duly qualified with the
official oath and responsible sureties.
The state attorney is aided by his clerk,
Herbert Blanchard. John H. Mimms
of st. Adams is here as official reporter.
Deputy sheriffs, Guy Wilson, L. B..
Moore, D. G. Jones, w. S. Lowell, R. A.
Spafford, George w. Hoffman and Eu-
gene A. Thomas are in attendance.
The grand jurors were empanneled
and sworn by Clerk Pember in a solemn
and impressive manner, vacancies were
filled by talesmen, and the chief justice
charged them as to their duties. He
reminded them that the oath of the
official is one of the safe guards of life,
liberty and civil rights, and then in the
detail pointed out the meaning of the
several clauses of their oath to duly en-
quire and true presentment make, to
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reward and to leave no man unpresent-
ed through fear, favor, affection or hope
Of reward to keep their deliberations a
secret forever, and in all things to be
governed by the law and the charge of
| the court that any person having a
grievance had right to go before the
grand jury and make complaint and
exhibit proofs. The chief Justice in a
candid and forcible manner dwelt upon
the importance Of their duties and the
necessity of an honest and upright ad-
ministration of the law.
| The grand jury is made up of we'll
known citizens, as follows Horace F.
Durham, Woodstock; Henry Hutch
ington, Andover; o. G.. Grover, Balti-
more; Stephen Hoar, Barnard; C. S.
| Davis, Bethel; Marshall Taft, Bridge
water; Herman NJ. Guild, Chester;
Ezra A. Champion, Hartford; William
I. Davis, Hartland; James T. Ayers,
Plymouth; Humphrey w. Calburne,
Pomfret; Fred c. Furber, Reading; F.
d. Austin, Rochester; Darwin P. Boyd,
Royalton; Henry H. Fletcher, Spring
field; George c. Moore, Weathersfield;
Jay Wilkinson, Weston. l.. B. Moore
deputy. sheriff of Plymouth, was APP
pointed officer in charge.
The petit jurors are as follows: Byron
| Stickney, Andover; George Coffin,
Baltimore; c. Frank Graves, Barnard I;
| w. E. Waldro and G. r. Chadwick,
Bethel; G. H. Norris, Bridgewater; AL
bert l.. Spaulding and Walter Amsden,
Cavendish; Henry A. Gould, Chester;
George B. Tarble, Hartland; Herman
G. Fullam and James Pollard, Ludlow;
Hiram Bradley, Norwich; Israel Bouch,
Plymouth; Walter E. Perkins, Pomfret;
George Wilson, Reading; William III.
Cahee, Rochester; Charles w. Hinkley,
and Edwin Burke, Royalton; Charles
P. Herrick and Percy Whitcomb,
Srringfield; J. s. Wiley, Sharon;
George N. Miller, Stockbridge; John
w. Hagar, Weathersfeld; Wilmer l..