Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1894-06-15
VERMONT, JUNE Is, 1894

day and shortly after the coming IN of
the court in the afternoon the jury rem
dered verdict. Jarvis. under the in
structions of Judge Start, was pro-
nOunced not guilty and Cloutier was
pronounced guilty. Upon going out OF
the court room Jarvis was immediately
re-arrested on warrant charging him
with All attempt To break Jail, and he IS
now in iail. Cloutier was remanded
for sentence. The States attorney con-
Quoted the prosecution and j. +. Staple
ton appeared for the defense, under the
assignment of the court.
Wednesday afternoon the case of Mary
Walker V. Harvey f. Grams estate, APP
pellaut, came on for trial. The PLAIN
tiff is maiden lady of something over
50 years of age and The contention was
that about 20 years ago Henry Cram,
the brother of the deceased defendant,
was indebted as Il trustee TO Miss Walk
er, and she. not being able to get her
money, had him arrested and confined in
the Chittenden county Jail. Harvey f.
Cram was a well-knOwn physician in
Ferr-burgh, and in order 70 get his
brother out of ail promised To pay Miss
Walker Sl50O at his death or out Of his
estate in consideration OF her releasing
Henry Cram from custody. Cram was
released but the doctor in his lifetime
did not pay the debit. In his tax in
ventOres In Fcrr>burgh he did for sew
eral years put in rs an offset SljOD owed
to Mary Walker. but the inventories for
those years have been destroyed by fire.
1t was also contended that DR.. Grams
legal Obligation to Miss Walker had
continued to exist up to the time of his
death aud that he had made Il will in
which he had intended to allow her the
Sl5OO. but negligently forgot TO put in
the provision On the night after maxi
ing the will he told friend in New
York, who was on the way to GettyS-
burgh with him. that he had made such
Il VIII and wanted the error corrected if
anything should happen to him. The
will as amended by this testimony was
admitted to probate and the case came
into the county court on an appeal from
this Judgment. The case went to the
jury ut IL 80 O'Clock yesterday after Il
number of NICE legal points had been
brought up and argued. c. NJ. Wilds
represented Miss Walker and Roberts &
Roberts of Burlington were for the de
fense. The Jury came IN at , 80 and report
ed disagreement, but Judge Start sent
them out to try it again, and they were
out this time for AN hour and half.
Again the foreman announced that they
could not agree, but the court once
more sent them out At / :l5 they final
ly came in with verdict for the plain
tiff to recover Sl500 and interest.
The case Of State vs.. Daniel Sawyer,
an information charging the respondent
with keeping Intoxicating liquor at the
Logan House in Middlebury in Decem-
her last, was tried in couple of hours
Thursday afternoon. The jury were out
only 20 minutes and brought in "A ver-
dict of guilty. Sentence has not been
passed, as the case will 60 to the SUI
preme court. Two other cases against
the respondent were continued.
The Jurors were then all excused to Mon
day. July 30, when the Phelps b. Smith
will case will probably be taken up, and
the court will some time today take a
recess until that date.