Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1894-05-10
PATTERSON JURY DISAGREE


MONTPELIER. May Tn the Patterson
case, the trial of which was commenced April
"a and which was submitted to the jury
Saturday, the jury remained out over sun
day without coming into court. Upon the
coming in of the court this forenoon the
jury reported themselves disagreed and were
sent out again by Judge Tyler. At II
O'Clock this forenoon they again reported
themselves unable TO agree, and, after being
thanked by Judge Tyler for their patience
during tho trial and in their endeavors to
como to an agreement, they we're dis
charged. 1t is understood that on the last
ballot the jury stood 10 to in favor of the
claimant, Lura a. Patterson
Capital Savings Bank and Trust company
of Montpelier VS.. j. W. Mack, ct al. was
heard this morning and was foreclosure
case. The defendant is administrator of the
estate of j. NJ. Jackson, late of Woodbury.,
i'll which town was located the farm which
secured the claim of $500, which the orator
held against the defendants estate. Decree
for orator; time of redemption fixed at one
year. T. }. Deavitt appeared for the orator.
In Nellie A. Webb VS.. S. j. Webb libel
for divorce, the libellant resides in Barre
The libelee is reported to be in California
After the hearing the court granted the bill
for wilful desertion Barney & Hoar ap-
peared for the libeant
In the case of Julius c. Batchelder. apt,
VS.. estate of Eleazer Batchelder, an appeal
from Probate Court, judgment was given
for the plaintiff to recover the amount of a
note, the face of which is 500, the clerk to
assess damages. O. b. Boyce for plaintiff
and S. c. Shurtlefr for defendant
George w Perkins vs.. Charlotte C. Per
kins, a foreclosure case in chancery of a
farm in Cabot, a decree was entered for the
orator. The redemption was fixed at one
year S. c. Shurtlef for orator; no ap-
pearance for the defendant.
In the case of State vs.. f. j. Woodbury.
the respondent was convicted earlier in the
term of keeping a slaughter house nuisance
in Granteville Barre. This afternoon the
respondent was fined 800 and costs and an
order of abatement was made as to the
slaughter house. j. w. Gorden represented
the case of the prosecution to the court. S.
C.. ShurtleT appeared for the res pondent
MONTPELIER, May S-The respondent in
State vs. George Moves, who was convicted
in one of the last State cases tried this term.
of keeping liquor house nuisance at No 2
| School street, in this village, was brought
into court the latter part of yesterday after
noon and fined $500 and costs. The COM
panion case against him for keeping with
intent to sell was continued and the two
cases of State VS. Wallace w. Noyes for
keeping nuisance and keeping with intent
| to sell, arising out of the same search and
seizure, were also continued.
| Somersworth Machine company Of Dover,
| y. H., VS.. Giles b. Durkee of Barre is an
action in trover for the conversion of 1O
stoves in June, 1891, 1t appear that in
1890 plaintiff consigned 13 stoves to onc
George Hill of Plainfield to sell and to ac-
| count for the proceeds at a stipulated price
| He sold three under this arrangement,
when the balance We're attached by the de
fendant. Hill, upon the release of the
attachment, gave bill of sale of the stove,
to the defendant, who took possession of the
stoves and in consequence this suit was
brought. The court sustained the actor
and gave judgment in favor of the plaintiff
for $2O7. O. b. Boyce for plaintiff; W. +.
Barney and \. d. kimball for defendant.
The case of Katie NJ. Haskins VS. Jerry
Haskins, jr., is a divorce case; cause al
lodged refusal to support and desertion
The evidence in the case was hardly stronl
enough to warrant bill and the case wa
accordingly continued. The parties form
crly resided in Barre. G. l.. Hoyt for th
libellant and II. d. Kimball for the libellee
The session of the Supreme Court put al
end to further business at this time and ac
cordingly the court took a recess until June