The Windham County reformer. (Battleboro, Vt.) 1876-1897, 1895-10-04
THE COUNTY COURT.
.no,hcr of the West Jamaica DeprWmvu',!
Northumberland 81 '"'
(,nscs-String of Divorces

owned a farm near SaXtohs W,
which one VIM. A. Holt lived III lne
wear 1894: that he engaged Holt 10 GU
wood upon his farm at 81 per coru,
and that the wood in question was ou'
for him under that contract aho u!aM u
down near the main road, ana tha' .n1
defendant took it away from therc any,
sold il. The defendants testimony,
including that of Holt was, that iioit
agreed to cut certain wood for olate d.
81 per cord on the home farm, put
that he bought wood on another lot lol
II per cord, standing, and that tnls
wood he drew out and sold to the oe-
PENDANT. as part pay for horse Pur
nbased If him: that Holt and Slate
had considerable deal, and that IN
fact Slate had received enough IN az
TO nav him for this wood, ana was sun
Indebted to Holt for small balance
Verdict for plaintiff for So Do
Leon Sanders per ammi VS.. FRED l.
Pierce, An action Of trespass for an
assault upon the plaintiff. Inc GVl.
dence of plaintiff tended to show ihat
he was in the employ of the defendant
in the mill of which the defendant was
foreman in East Putney; that he went
ia his work one morning as usual ana
the defendant became cnraged because
the brother of the plaintiff had not
zone to work at Putney village mat
day. and after some talk the defendant
made an assault upon him, cutfed him,
threw him upon the floor ana shooh
him up and down and then thre"
him out of the mill and that ne was
badly bruised and injured by s"ch
treatment. The evidence OF the dc
PENDANT was that the plaintl1 was
saucv in his remarks and that the
assault was made in consequence therc
of: that it was much milder IN charac,
ter than claimed 10y the plalntlf ana
that he in fact suffered 20 particu'
lar damage. Verdict for rlalntiti to
recover sS.:33 damages. Waterman
Martin Hit for plaintiff, {. {. Fltts
and Haskins Stoddard for defendant.
Mabel Williams vs. BERTHE q. Wild
or. 4 proceeding to charge the
defendant with being the father OF the
bastard child of the plaintiff. This
case without doubt can be awarded
first prize in the annals of the Wind
ham county court, as being the worst
exhibition of moral depravity ever
made in our court room, and the de
tails of the testimony are too revolving
for repetition or publication. Inc
parties reside in West Jamaica. com
munitv. from the evidence, more IN
need of missionary work than the
darkest spots in heather land. Inc
plaintiff claimed that her child was
beuotten on the Bird day of July, 1871,
and was born ON the 2Sth day OF
March. 1898. and that the defendant
was the father: that her meeting with
the defendant upon that day was by
previous appointment at deserted
house about one half mile from the
home and witnesses were produced by
her TO show that the plaintiff was
near and passed her house that morn
ING and called her out to talk with
her. when she claimed the Appointment
was made for one O'Clock of that day.
The defendant claimed two defences,
one an alibi and the other that some
other person was father of the child.
The defendant claimed that about u ;'5o
of the morning of July 81 he left home
and went to Jamaica and was there
PLAYING ball all day and returned home
about ten O'Clock that night; and he
produced six witnesses to testify that
thev saw him either on his way or
while there. The evidence of other
witnesses was introduced to show that
about this time the plaintiff WAS ciim-
inally intimate with some five other
persons. An unusual sight was to see
three witnesses take the witness stand
and testify to their connection with
the plaintiff in the most brazen,
wanton and revolving manner. The
defendant denied meeting the plaintiff
as claimed. or that he was ever init
mite with her or that he was the
f.tber of her child. The Jury rendered
a verdict that the defendant was
gn;ltv Waterman. Martin 4 Hit and
IIasl;,ns 4 Stoddard for plaintiff. \,
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