Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1895-06-06
Windsor County Court.

Hon. R. S. Taft, presiding Judge;
Hon. William Rounds; Hon. Charles
H. MaXEam, assistant judges; l.. G..
Howe, sheriff j. r. Pember, clerk; J.
H. Mimms, reporter; J. G. Enright,
states attorney.
The December term of this court con-
vened on Tuesday, May %, 1895, at 10
O'Clock A. NJ, at the court house in
Woodstock, the members of the local
bar generally present and from outside
the county We noticed, John H. Wat
son, j. d. Dennison and d. G. Hyde of
the Orange county bar; j. FL. Senter,
Fred Rowland and Frank PIumley of
the Washington county bar, and A.
Nelson of the Caledonia county bar.
The sheriff's department was repre-
sented by Deputies d. G. Jones, E. A.
Thomas, Fl. HI. Peck, and r. Spafford.
Prayer was Offered by Rev. Mr.. Morrill,
of the Christian church of Woodstock.
Sheriff Howe made formal proclama-
tious for the opening of the county
court and the court of chancery The.
formidable list Of causes set for trial by,
jury was then called and that soon
melted away to a few, and then in the
course of the day had been still further
reduced by continuances and settle
ments. The entire docket of civil
causes was called and disposed of.
Following this, came the calling of
the list of petit jurors and the adminis-
tration of the atutury oath by Clerk
Pember. The result seemed to be that
the first cause to be tried by Jury was
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Atwoo3.
This cause was tried at May term,
1894, aud resulted in verdict for plain
tiff by direction of Judge Thompson,
but the supreme court granted new
trial. The claim of plaintiff was for
oats, feed and lumber sold, for saving
done at his mill in Windsor, and for
rent of the north end of his saw mill to
use as chair shop. Some part of
plaintiff IS bill was conceded to have
been due when the suit was begun, all
to have been incurred-and the Just
hess of no charge was contested. The
plaintiff complained that he had been
insulted hy one of defendants work.
men aud that defendant persisted in
keeping him employed after oeing re-
molfstrated with. Defendant was noti-
fed that plaintiff would not saw logs
for him, if this offensive workman was
kept upon the premises. Defendant
thereupon voluntarily abandoned the
possession of the premises, but claimed
large damages from the interruption of
his business. The court ruled that up
on defendants own proof he was not
entitled To damages and refused to SUBJ
nit that question to the jury. The
jury returned two special verdicts and
found for the plaintiff to recover S201 .1S
aud costs. This trial occupied three
full days and was closely contested at
all points. Exceptions by defendant.
Gilbert A. Davis, w. B. G. Stickney for
plaintiff. Joseph G. Enright, j. j.
Wilson for defendant
This cause was followed by Alfred
Neal VS.. Benjamin Thornton. This
was an action of trespass for personal
injuries to the plaintiff in 1891, at
Hartford, VT, at the time he was about
IA years old. In same encounter plain
tiff s arm was broken, but the defend
ant claimed it was done without his
fault. Verdict for defendant ON Fri
day evening. w. G. French for plain
tiff, William Batchelder for defendant.
At the conclusion of this trial the
court took a recess until 5 p NJ, on
Monday, June 3rd, when the case of
Aurilla Scales VS.. Andrew Wiley was
taken up.