The Windham County reformer. (Battleboro, Vt.) 1876-1897, 1896-07-09
IN THE POLICE COURT

thing to do this week as jurymen III prODlng VI
profoundiiies of prohibition and kindred sui
iects. The village nearly got through III
Fourth famously without an arrest, but u fraca
that caused one later, with prosecutions owe
the running battle" noted last week ana
resulted 1 In u grist of police court cases that nav
made the weeks record about equal TO n year
In the old Brattleboro days.
Sunday evening about half pact nine Office
Hall was sent for to take care Of Edward Grigg
who had come back drunk clear through with
crowd from John COnnel's. Hail met him COMM
down the street and lodged him In the lookup
Monday morning he plead guilty before j ustic
Newton to n charge o. inloxicatiOn, paid % AM
costs, amounting to SJ.,6 and disclosed on Dan
lei known as COMMISSIONING. Monda;i
peaceable enough, but his brother, Jas. I. Man
ming, who had slept off u portion of his potion
back OF Crosby block, appeared on the scen'
Just at that time and offered to throw maii on
took him along 10 the lookup, too.
That evening, after he had got sobered up
and talked penitently, James was put through
costs. But Dummy, arraigned on a charge q
furnishing" toG riggs plead not guilty stood trla
and called for a Jury, which was emDanelled
WI u. Bracket, /. T.. Perry, VIC; Root. ant
+. II. Holden, with Justice s. II. Sherman fol
the court.
Griggs was the witness for the state and as
severated that Manning met him and asked hin
to go to Connel's. where Manning bought twe
pint bottles of liquor, and on the way home witt
Jas. Cain and Geo. Allen they drank severa
times; couldn't tell how many. though he remem
bered two or three on the railroad track they
separated somewhere before reaching the vii
lage. Cain testified to being there with Ailen
playing cards for the beer, taking two or three
drinks, starting for home together, drinking
from Manning's bottle and finishing one before
they got to the suspension bridge when Cain
said he warnedManning not to open the other he
cause they would be In Vermont, anu none was
drunk after crossing. Manning testified that nc
v.u "a . thn fountain Whnn (,r,pDS nnmpA along
asked II he had got any money. and finding he
had asked him to go TO ConneIPs where they
played for the beer, drank from 'eight to ID
tines, started for home, drunk from his and
| Aliens bottles, until one of his was emptied
but after they got to the bridge he didn't drink
or give the others any more because as ne saiu
what he did with the other bottle ne said he
drank 1t all that night and this morntng-the
last just before the officer came. Asked II they
weren't pretty drunk, he replied with a susges-
tive wave of the hand, drunk all the way
down."
The State claimed conviction for three
%offenses. The Jury returned a verdict IF not
guilty.
Dan BrosDahan. Nicholas Baker and James
BOSce were arrested for disturbance or the
peace and assault In the drumming battle" from
the brewery and through Flat, Green and
Elliot streets last week Wednesday night.
habituated to such scrapes. plead guilty Tues.
day anu paid Is fine and costs. Baker stood
trial and was acquitted with a raft of testimony
making out that Brosnahan was the one all at
fault, and Boyce's case has not yet been tried
and Is likely to be noiie pressed. Bakers
prosecution was for disturbance by threatening
and quarreling with Brosnahan. The latter
testified that he had some trouble with Boyce at
the brewery and came to the livery stable and
stood with NJ. Clarity, Thomas Cam and f.C.
Baker when Boyce, Baker and Herbert Newton
passed on their way home. He followed behind
and when he overlook them Baker said, Here
he is and let's fight 1t out" Boyce came up and
they had n fight. of which Dan got the best and
started up hill on his way home and mad gos TO
the Shea place when Baker came up and col
Jared him and told him he had stabbed a man
down there, who was bleeding. Brosnahan de.
clared he had used only his fist, and Baker SAID
If SO he chad better 20 right along home" Car
rity testified practically to the same. Warner
Speer testified to hearing the talk but didn't
think it was louder then men would naturally
talk. f.. A. Wood also heard it and Judged that
there had been a row somewhere and they were
talking it over, Capt. J. u. Estey heard 1t
including something about stabbing and went
dow and recognized Boyce, Baker and Bros
nahan. lie also heard Baker say, "Got to fight
me-"
Baker went on the stand for himself and
swore that he was walking home with Boyce
when Brosnahan caught up and said,
the others coming, didn't know but there was
going to be q general fight and said, "Stand aside
and give fair play" Boyce and Brosnahan had
nv ~ us fNha "h' CeF' ~ b"N eS>f
stabbed" and Brosnahan ran up the hill. Bak.
err said he looked at the wound and 1t looked
as If 1t was q stab, and then he ran after Bros
nahan and demanded the knife; rest of the con.
v~ersation went about as Brosnahan stated; and
Baker said he made no threats and had no quar-
rel except the effort to get the knife. Herbert
Newton was with Boyce at both places and cor
roborated Baker as to what happened. Thomas
Long and p. G.. Baker testified to being with
Brosnahan at the stable and trying to induce
him not to follow the others, but he said
ka ,ruspit rrninu IN ha n coward and nurria1
after them. Tit defense tried to show by
these witnesses that he picked up stones as he
started, but Justice Newton excluded it. They
also said they passed Brosnahan and Baker on
Elliott street and heard no talk except inquiring
about knife and to get Brosnahan to go home.
d. +. Bracket, who lives across the street, also
and corroborated Baker.
The jury, consisting of NJ. }. Moran, Ambrose
Knapp, L.. J. Retting, +. W. keuch, {. W.
Puher ana DIR. ALVIN Knapp, rendered a yer
diet OF not guilty. This case took all the fore
noon and the afternoon was devoted to one
against G. Il. HARDWOOD before Justice sherman,
and a jury consisting of Jerome Knight, c. Q.
Robbins, John H.. Wright. Z. l.. Putnam, +. D
Whitney and q. f. Randall, for disturbing the
conductor. Sargent testified that he had warned
the boys not to throw firecrackers at the cars,
but on the evening of the Fourth some one
placed a lot of little caps on the rails, exploding
as the ear passed, and a. he was returning
from the end of the line by the store on Central
street a cracker was thrown by Young Guy Har-
WOOL anu en- ulUutt WltIAll u W VI MS lCdd1 /
stopped the ear, ran back, struck the boy
on the side of the head with the Nat of his
hand, grabbed him by the shoulder and threw
him down, when the boys father. the respond.
ent, seized and struck him and they clinched,
went down and rolled over once or twice, until
the crowd separated them. In the melee he
got a black eve, which was in evidence. John
jr went back as soon as the car was
stopped but no blow was struck after he got
and he didn't know who struck. W. Il.
said he warned HARDWOOD not to
throw Sargent as there would be trouble, and
HARDWOOD replied, go ahsad and have all the
trouble you want" Daniel Ciough saw the
fracas with both boy and father. but didn't see
any blow struck. Neither did c.. f. Reed and
A. Davis. two other witnesses. +. ii. Holden
to dressing Sargent's wound.
The respondent testified that he was at the
store on an errand when he saw the car stop
and his boy seized, and hat knocked across the
railroad track; he ran down and saw Sargent
on top of his boy with hand drawn back as II to
strike, grabbed him and pulled HIM on, and In
doing so caught his foot on a RAN ana fell back-
ward with Sargent on top; they did some roll
ing until others interfered. He denied striking
Sargent and claimed to have used only such
force as was necessary to protect his son. John
Benson and Chas. Kaye, who saw the ARRAY,
both testified that the respondent didn't strike;
so also lid Guy Tosker and Leslie Edwards,
who also said that after Guy was struck ana
thrown down he struck Sargent In the face with
his right hand, and this was the only blow.
Tasker said that on the previous trip Sargent
had told them that IL they threw crackers ne
would get off and clean the whole crowd out:
Guy HARDWOOD, the boy, said that he was the
one that struck, and his father didn't. II was
an empty car at which he threw the crack ers.
Verdict, not guilty. States Attorney Fits for
prosecution. Hit for the defense in all these
asses.
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