The united opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1881-1970, 1895-03-22

Il comnlotlOn as wa
"a IG caused by the i'm
nouncement that
respected and hOnOrcd townsmon had beer
charged with and indicted tor hen stealing
The case was set for trial at the March tern
of the Village Court OF Bradford, and be
fore Judge Chapman. The date was fixet
as March 10, in Village Court House at {
p m. On the evening named the court
house was filled with eager and excited cit
the aristocratic northender. fOrgetful OF
dignity. sitting next the plebian resident OF
the south end Several distinguish d men
from our sister state of Massachusetts had
left their homes and rushed to Vermont IT,
b. present at so important an event. AT s
O'clock the clerk of the court tntere',, tot
lowed bv hls Honor Judge Chapman, glo-
rious clean shirt and froWning with awful
dignity. The sheriff with strnt rian voice
| made the usual proclamation and business
began at once. Prominent among the legal
| lights within the bar were noticed Col. A.
V. Newton of Worcester Mass, George A.
Dickey. Esq, and Frank E. Inland, ESQ.
by order of court and otherwise, the great
case was reached and States Attorney
Dickey for the prosecution and Col New
ton for the defense, having declared the
case ready for trial, the Judge Oruered it
to proce' d. The witnesses were sworn and
DtDUIN ItSCott pIOtlNttu TIE pTtSttHtT, aD'
parantly from his coat.tail pocket. The
prisoner, Col. Harry +. Parker, seemed
reasonably calm and his placid cOlntt-
nance Indicated that he trusted in the W H.
known ability of his counsel to lie out of
everything, and the equally well known
predictions of the court in the direction
If fowls. 1t was, however, noticed that
HIS glassck nose had assumed an unWOnted
palOr, and his ears were distinctly obspry-
ed to tremblthy those in the gallery. Clerk
Pickett then read the indictment charging
the prisoner with having broken the ten
commandments, viOatrd the village water
commission rules and numerous other
hrinons crimes. incidentally intimating
that he had felnniously. rl0touSly. unlaW-
fully. impoIitely with malice afortthought,
and without the fear of John Sullivan be-
fore his eyes. stolen. purl0ined, lifted,
Swiped, abstrace | and caused to evap0rate
one Plymouth Rock Rooster from }. W.
l'richard. etc, etc.
THE prisoner after having restored the
circulation In his feet at the end of the
reading, was asked to plead, but being in
some doubt a. to whether he had listened
10 one of John lays advertisements in a
thanksgiving proclamation, he said he
preferred to be excused unttl afe-a Jilesfes0.
trmony was in as he could then do so more
His counsel entered a
plea of not guilty and The complainant was
called to the stand. He consistently ttsti
fled to everything his counsel asked him to, |
and made it evident to the jury that he had h,
once possessed Plymouth Rock rooster |
that had won money for Methustlah. sign
ed Magma Charta and helped run the May |
flower around Cape Cod. Also tnat sad
rooster had left his bed and board without
just cause or provocati0n. Influenced by |
the unlawful persuasion of the prisoner or
some one else. and he stulltly demanded
that said prisoner be bphcaded. drawn and
81, Il, Ind For fipff
the affections of said rooster. AS no one
understood what he had testified to the
cross examination failed to shake his teSt
m0ny in the least
First witness for the prosecution. c. H.
Carpenter was then called to- the stand
lie testified to long standing acquaintance
with the rOoSt' r. the pain it caused him
when he disc vered it was too tough to
any effort to secure it, to his hav-
ny met the rooster with Parker on his back
IN HE night af the alleged THEFT, also to
having attended acOck hight in Dea. Saw
yrr's barn for the purpose of preventing
)lOodshrd, and some other matters Of gen
,ral interest. The court having rebuked
lin tor attempting to tell the truth, he was
dismissed.
The next witness for the state was A. r. {
Clarke, who appeared quite at home IN the
company of the judge and lawyers, said he
Knew the prisoner in Jericho where he had I
FtSiltU HllH tliHIlN thai WIFI pliooH |
r lived IN jericho but little attempt was {
nade to raise poultry Of any description, t
hat the few who did succeed only did 30 |
" keeping all fowls I'm Suits To aid them /
n running. that HI was finally ar ested Tor |
ucking China eggs and sentenced to hard /
abor for life i'm Bradford wafer works.
The poultry business then revived and i
ince the witness has lett he understood it |
vas fioGrishing. The cross examination of |
his witness was short and pointed viz: [
sis your name AlOnzo T. Clarke%'
"ies SIR" =
"You are druggist ?'' 1t
Eyes, Sir" lie
''And live in Bradford?"
Yes Sill" t
"That will do. Such evidence bears un- |
signs of truth" c
The next witness was the diminutive !
eputy sheriff. Henry X. Prescott, whose :
obe brow extends uninterruptedly to the i
ape of his neck. Having got both frpt !,
nder' him he proceeded to instruct the !
Durt in the mysteries of the tinware bust ;
ess and the duties of deputy. He affirm
d that he had visited the cock fight for the