Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1894-03-01

Grand Trunk and Central Vermont Mt
Odds.
The February term of the United States
Circuit and District Courts convened i'll this
city Tuesday morning at 10 o clock - Hon.
Hoyt II. Wheeler is the presiding judge,
John II. Senter, district attorney, George
F.. johnson, clerk, Rolln Amdcn marshal,
Thomas Failev and y. :. Stearns deputies,
Luman 4. Drew of this city acted as crier
and recited the proclamations opening the
courts in place of George W. Fisk, also Of
city, who is seriously i'll.
In attendance, beside the members of the
local county bar, were the following named
attorneys Hon. Frank Plumley of North
field c. NJ. Wilds of Middlebury, J. S.
Dickerman and Gen. +. T.. Alfred of
| Newport, w. d. Wilson, Willard Earring
ton, C. ?. Hogan and Capt. j. H. Mimm of
st. Albans, Ira. E. Rustedt of Richford,
II. G.. Shurtleff, T. j. Deavitt and w a.
Lord of Montpelier and L. S. Desmond of
New York
With court convened, Judge Wheeler had
the grand jurors summoned and their names
called as follows:
GRAND JURORS.
Burlington-L. c. Grant, f. E Perkins,
+. S. Pease, w. H. Livingstone Bakersfield
A. l.. Hall; Rchmond-Thomas Hen
| ley; Barre-William Farrell, &. D.
Allen, Q. b. Boyce; South Burling-
toni f. King, c. j. Partridge:
Fairfax, w. II. Rood, NJ. o. Perham; I'm
derhill, A. c. Humphrey; Marshfeld, d.
| w. Bancroft; Charlotte, j, H. Thorpe;
Morrisvile, w. S. Cheney; Essex Junction,
!. N. Chase; Georgia, W. T. Loomis; Swan
ton, c. H. Reynolds; Williston, Smith
Wright; Highgate, j. b. Cross; Shelbmne,
j. v s. Mack. Mr.. Wright of Wiliston
did not answer to his name and was excused.
| The jurors We're then given the prescribed
oath by Clerk johnson, and the court
| charged them as to their duty, and appoint
| ed O. B. Boyce of Barre foreman. They re-
tired, but Immediately took a recess until
| o'clock.
PETIT JURORS.
| The venire of petit jurors was then called.
Their names are: Burlington, +. II. Parker,
C. r. Palmer, A. n. Johns, H. K. Conger,
II. W. Hall, b. S. Jones, G. A. Barber;
Montpelier, Collins Blakely, Fred +. Smith,
Carl II. Dudley, d. w. Temple, J. W.
b. Nichols ID. II. Macomber; Morris
ville G. W. Doty, {. A. Rich;
Waterbury, Curtis Arms; Waterbury
Centre, c. Lyon; Mortified, f. X.
Jones, Halsey r. Brown: Mddlesex
Seaver Howard, w. b. McElroy; North
Montpelier, NJ. V. Hollister; Waterville,
Henry Wilbur; Barre &. |. Jackson; Char
lotte, G. A. Clark; Huntington, a. D. White;
underhill, G. w. Woodworth Fairfield, j.
b. Finnigan; Winooski, a. i. Edwards
Richford, }. P. Goddard,
W b. McElroy of Middlesex and NJ. v
b. Hollister of North Montpelier were ex-
cused; George A. Clark of Charlotte was
reported sick; and G. w. Doty and c. a
Rich of Morrsville were not present They
reported at the afternoon session, however.
The petit jurors were subsequently excused
until Thursday of next week.
Both law and chancery dockets of the
Circuit and the docket of the District Court
We're called. Not civil case was set fol
trial, and this being District Attorney Sen
ters initial term i'll the position, he was un
able to say III which of the government
cases now docketed. 26 III number, Il tria
will be requested at this term. Beside thes,
cases there are several more government
case which are to be brought before the
grand jury, all of which, if indictments arc
found, will come up for disposition. Unless
the respondents plead guilty some of these
cases are likely to be tried this term
On motion of District Attorney Senter
John H. Mimms of st. Albans and Orvis S
Ames of North Troy were admitted to prac
tice in this court.
The case of the United States agains
Daniel +. Beatty was taken up and argueC
on defendants demurrer to the Indictment
Mr.. Beatty is a dealer in organs, residing al
Washington, n j, The Indictment set
forth that in March, 1891 he unawfully
and knowingly delivered through the mail'
a circular advertisement of organs to Nee
Sawyer of Felchville. and from it Mr.. Saw
yer ordered certain organ; that Beatty
. forwarded style of organ other than tn,
one ordered, and afterward, in reply to Mr.
Sawyer's letter of protest, wrote Mr.. Saw
yer that the organ which he had sent hin
was worth 800, being much superior to til,
instrument Nj. Sawyer ordered and paiC
&33 for, thus acknowledging he gave Mr.
Sawyer an entirely different organ. Tech
nicaly Beatty is charged with obtaining
money under false and fraudulent pretenses
Defendants counsel. Lawyer Desmond o
New York, in his argument claimed that tn
indictment, which was in two counts, wa
not sufficiently specific in giving the details o
: the scheme; that the offence was committed
, in New Jersey and indictable thero; an'
raised many other objections to it. He oC
cuped over two hours i'll his argument Ii
an eight minutes reply District Attorne.
; Senter argued that the indictment was sulli
ciently plain in its meaning aud that Beatt
was just as much indictahle for the crime il
this State as a man would be if he stood il
Vermont and shot n man in New Hampshire
Court then took a recess till o'clock.
GREY" II. CLAY STEELE, ALIAS SCOTT.
} "Rev," II. Clay Steele, who came int
notoriety few months since, was in court
Deputy Marshal Stearns was his escort
Steele preached Methodism in Clarendo
y under the name of c. II. Scott and Congrt
\ gationalism in Middletown under the nam
of Rev II. Clay Steele. At Middletown h
made quite favorable Impression on til
n people and things went along nicely unit
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