The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1895-06-26
Orange County Court.

| case was argued Monday afternoon, June
10, and the jury, after receiving fair
charge from Judge Rowell, soon returned a
verdict of guilty. The charge was that
Moore, while driving two OF his horses and
| drawing the power of his threshing ma
chine, below West Fairlee to F,irlee viii
lage toward Farlee, September IL last, Sc
| verely and cruelty beat one OF his horses so
that It died directly in the road. Respond
ent was fined $50 and costs which he paid
| John II. Watson, special prosecuting at
torney, for the state; Darling & Darling for
the respondent.
STATE v. ASA MACON. The trial of this
case began Tuesday morning. The charge
| was larceny In stealing nine hens from the
hen.coop of a Mr. Dickinson of Topsham on
the night of April %. The verdict was
| guilty, and respondent was sentenced to
two months in the house of correction.
Dan Q. Hyde, states attorney, and r. M.
Harvey for prosecution; John w. Gordon
| and John III. Watson for respondent.
STATE v. HENRY BENJAMIN Adultery
Toe trial began Wednesday morning. The
parties live in Stafford The pdrticeps
| criminis, Mrs. Reuben Kendall took
the stand and revealed all their init
| macy, which so disheartened the respond
| ent that he submitted the case without evil
dence or argument, and the jury promptly
rendered verdict OF guilty. He was SEN
| fenced to two years in the house of correc-
ton; States Attorney Hyde and John H.
Watson for state; Darling & Darling for re-
spondent
STATE v. Gusrus W. CLEvEIAND.-Tried
in the afternoon, and given to the Jury
Thursday morning. Respondent was in
dicted for assaulting his wife and beating
her while weak and insane from childbirth.
He was found guilty and sentenced to six
months in the house Of correction. Hale X.
Darling and John III. Watson for state; j.
X. Darling for respondent.
~, II
cution for breach Of the peace in Chelsea
and for assaulting Almon l.. Dexter and
wife, April last. The respondent claimed
that he acted in self-defence. The jury
rendered verdict of guilty, and respondent
was sentenced to pay fine of $50 and costs.
States Attorney Hyde and III. X. Darling
for state; George l.. Stow and r. M. Harvey
for respondent.
GEORGE DUNBAR pleaded guilty to larceny
of a horse from Elias Hall at East Randolph
last February and was given two years in
states prison.
EUGENE ILLsLEY, having pleaded guilty
10 five first offences OF selling liquor, was
| sentenced to pay fine Of 800 and costs.
On Friday he was defaulted and his bonds
called in a prosecution for manufacturing.
County court adjourned on Saturday,
after a session Of fifteen days, having &C.
complished considerable business. Early in
the week four more criminal cases were
| disposed Of, the respondents pleading guilty.
Henry W. Bishop, the proprietor of Hotel
Low at Bradford, pleaded guilty to five
first offences of selling liquor, and was
| fined $500 and costs; William Hazard Of
Woodstock, a colored man, recently mar
ried to Manda Dunbar, and last summer
living on the STAFFORD road in Chelsea,
pleaded guilty to a br zach Of the peace and
was fined $40 and costs for striking Francis
r As- TIL L..
liam Morris and John W. Blaisdell, both of
Randolph, were fined each S15 and costs
for breaking the peace at East Randolph
after returning from their appearance as
witnesses before the grand jury at Chelsea
the first week Of court; Eugene Illsley, of
Thetford, against whom an information for
manufacturing liquor was filed at Decem-
Der term last, not appearing promptly at
the time set for his trial, his bonds were
called. The criminal docket having been
thus concluded, court trials were then
begun.
o. V. DOWNING v. E. d. PURvEE, Apt
This was an action Of trover for the value Of
two old horses sold June 10, 1892, at Tops.
ham, by the plaintiff to the defendant,
resident OF Barre, and lien note for 800
was taken in part payment, $40 having been
paid in cash. The plaintiff claimed that de-
PENDANT represented himself worth some
, thousands of dollars, and, finding that the
uOTStb udu ultu anu Jut HUG was uuCOl-
lectible, brought this suit in trover, claiming
that the defendant had obtained the horses
by fraud. The court, however held that,
granting fraud in the trade, plaintiff had
not offered to rescind, but kept the $15 in
cash, and did not return or offer to dis
charge defendants lien note on record.
Judgment was rendered for defendant to re-
cover his costs.
RUTH S. WLD's ESTATE v. ANN HI.
ROOFS ESTATE. - Appeal from probate
court, in which plaintiff claimed to recover
on writing of defendants intestate agree
ing to account 10 plaintiffs intestate for one
half of certain western land owned by both
The judgment was for plaintiff to recover
SAG 81 and costs of defendant.
A. 8. MARTYR v. FRANCIS CURTIs.-An
action of disseisin of certain lands near
Orange Center The court found full
statement Of facts, and rendered judgment
for defendant to recover his costs.
Town OF WASHINGTON v. LUTHER RAMS
DKLL.-An action of assumpst to recover
last winter by the sickness and death OF de-
the West sick with smallpox and gave the
whose house she died. The court excluded
ties as health officers, and rendered judg-
ment for 1856 and costs-one-fOurth part Of
| the DOCTORS and nurses bills for attendance
The plaintiffs claim was about $3.50, and