Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1895-12-13
ADDISON COUNTY COURT.

ItNcuilS Il SclllenlcUJ WAS cIeCtcu. l ne
facts were these: In the fall of 1893 one
+. p. Reynolds of tranklinville. n. V.
an importer aud breeder Of French and
English coach horses and Perchcrons,
came to Middieburv with an assistant
named Wolcott and carvaSsed among the
farmers in the central part of the
county for subscribers to shares in
an association to be organized
for the purchase of rercheiOn stallion
at $500, the shares to be of 500 each.
In the course of six months by various
representations Reynolds succeeded in
securing - subscribers for the Is shares
He then got - of the subscribers to exc
cute three joint and several promssOry
notes. payable in one, two and three
years from date. each for third of the
total amount, $500. These notes Rey-
nolds negotiated to the Peoples national
bank. which. when the first note became
due, last spring, brought suit upon it
against the - makers. BY the terms of
the settlement arrived at Thursday night
all three of the notes were taken up by
seven of the more responsible makers at
Il discount of $1,000. The defense to the
suit lay in the alleged fraudulent rep
I reservations made by Reynolds and his
| assistant TO induce the subscribers to
execute these notes, among which were
that the makers of the notes were all
! financially sponsible, good nice able
man to pay, and that all the 2S shares
were sold to such responsible persons.
1t turned out that a majority of the
signers were financially irresponsible
and that Reynolds himself gave an r-
responsible party $50 to subscribe for
three of the shares. The bank claimed
to be an innocent purchaser for value.
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was effected by notice to its cashier, who
came to Middlebury previous 10 the pur-
chase of the notes to find out about them,
of the fraud practiced in securing
signatures TO the notes. The artifice and
skill exhibited by Reynolds and his
strikers in working this scheme show
him to have been slick artist. Butler
n M0lOnev of Rutland and Mr.. Paris of
Sandy Hill appeared for the bank and
Messrs. WldS of Middlebury and Bliss
OF Burlington for the defense.
Another case on the jury calendar that
has been settled is Mary 5. Putnam vs..
Central Vermont Railroad company.
The plaintiff is sister of Mrs. Rowland
+. Robinson of Ferrisburgh. She fell
one evening on the station platform at
Ferrsburgh and broke her arm. She
brought suit on the ground that the plat.
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her about 5000. Messrs. Fish of Yer
gennes and Wids of Mddleburv were
the plaintiffs counsel and Hon. G.. w.
Writers of ST. Adams the railroads..
Nothing was done last week after the
settlement of the horse case. 1t had
been the general understanding among
the lawyers and interested parties that
that case would take up at least the rest
OF the week, and when 1t broke down it /
left the court without case ready to
come on Friday morning, and practically /
there was no session of court ON Friday |!
and Saturday.
Monday forenoon proceedings were
resumed at 10 o'clock. The first case
called up was an appealed case against |
George +. MclIugh of Boston. lately of |
Mlddlebury, who was charged with hav- /
ng kept Intoxicating liquors with intent .
to sell. The respondent pleaded guilty /
OF one first ofense as charged and was
fined S25 and costs, in all Sl2.4l, which .
he paid and was thercupon discharged.
The case of Charles LaBmuf V. VIII /
liam Il. Taft and wife and trustee was
begun Monday forenoon and was con
cluded with verdict at noon on Wednes- .
day. f. w. futile of Nergennes and .
{. VI. Wilds of Middlebury represented .
Mr.. LaBwuf and the Messrs. Button
were counsel for the defendant. The .
plaintiff sought to recover for services i'm .
building house for the principal defen-
dants in Waltham. about a mile and a
half from Nergennes. in 1890 and 1851.
he contract was made in November,
lS9O, and the house was TO be completed .
by March !, 1891. and the defendants
were to furnish all the necessary ma
terial. The plantiil was to receive S252
nrl- = ia, .t
remainder in money at the completion
of the job. The house was not finished
at all, but was nearly finished, according
to the plaintiff, in November, 1891. and it
was claimed on behalf of the plaintiff
that 1t would have been completed in the
time sci IN the contract had the defendants
furnished the material with which to do
the work. 1t was cOntended for the
defense that the material was furnised
within reasonable time after it was
called for on every occasion and that the
house was built in very shabby style and
was an unusually bad Job. LaBnuf
claimed that In lumber he had received
only Sll4 of the $50 ne was to have had
and sued for the balance of that, with
SlO2 in money and interest for four
years. The arguments by Mr.. futile
ana Mr.. Wilds for the plaintiff and by
''D'Ni0 puNAbl lOI lilt utltllSt
were presented to the jury Tuesday after
noon, and Judge Taft gave the case to
the jury in a brief charge Wednesday
just before noon the jury
came in with verdict for the plaintiff.
that he should have Sll0SS damages,
with interest, bringing the amount up to
Sl37 40, and his costs.
After the jury in the above case had
retired to consider their verdict, the case
Of the town of Granville V. town of
Hancock, appellant, was begun. This
was pauper case in which the plaintiff
town sought to recover $3.50 for medi-
cal services and Sll25 for expenses of
+. L. Martin, overseer of the poor of
Granville, for taking care of one Joseph
A. Williams in the fall and winter of
1891, claiming that the pauper was
resident of Hancock and that that town
should reimburse Granville for the
amount expended. The defense claimed
hat Williams was a legal resident of
either Granville or Middlesex and that