Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1896-06-11
CASES NOLLE PRESSED.
And tho Criminal Docket of Addison
County Court Is Finished.

Mddlebury, June 4.-The time OF the
County Court to-day was taken up with
criminal and divorce cases. The first
criminal case this morning to come UP for
consideration was State VS.. James He
witt, who was indicted last December on
Il charge of stealing a horse from Hiram
Sumner of Bristol in August of last year.
When called upon to plead this morning,
Hewitt said that he was guilty of taking
tho horse, but did not intend to steal 1t.
Later no pleaded guilty, but after con-
sldcration the court refused to accept the
plea, ordered II erased and plea of not
guilty entered. After further considera-
ton, States Attorney Fish recommended
that the case be mol pressed and 1t was SO
ordered.
State vs. Peter and Allie Lowell and
Latham Sarrel. aged 16 and 10 years re-
spectively, came next. 1t was an indict-
ment charging the breaking and entering
the house of William Porter of Ferris
burgh on the 10th of August last, and steal
ing watch valued at $40 and some other
articles of small value. The boys have
been in the State Industrial school at
Nergennos for some months. They plead
cd guilty to the charge and said that they
didn't want to go home, but wanted to
20 back to the reform school. The young
er boy was sentenced to the Vermont In
dustrial school for the remainder of his
minority. The court ordered the plea of
guilty in the case of the older boy to be
erased. The case was then continued and
the older boy recommittcd to the reform
school for the present.
state VS.. Allie Stcadman was tho next.
Steadman is n young man who was indict-
ed last December on a charge of stealing
one skunk skin. valued at 81, and one coon
skin, valued at 81, from Alfred Savage at
Ferrisburgh on the 9th day Of November
last. The respondent pleaded guilty and
was sentenced to pay a fine of $50 and
costs, which he paid.
State VS.. William Hardy finished up the
batch. Hardy was indicted at the last
term on charge of stealing a horse from
O. c. Huntley at Leicester Junction about
year ago. The case was tried in Decem-
Der last and resulted in a disagreement of
the jury States Attorney Fish this
morning informed the court that he did
not think he could secure a conviction and
recommended a mole PROSE-, which the
court accordingly ordered.
This wound up the criminal cases. and
as there were no civil cases left for jury
trials, tho jurors were discharged for the
term at 1915 o'clock this forenoon.
There were five petitions for divorce
heard to-day, but decisions We're reserved
In all but one of them. That was Norman
E. Peck VS.. Minnie Peck. and the parties
were married in Crown Point n. Y, May
81 1890. Subsequently they lived In Bird
port, Winooski. New York and Salisbury,
where the husband now resides Mrs.
Peck left him a couple of years ago and
refused to return. She is supposed to be
now somewhere across the lake. The
cause alleged was adultery, and the court
considering the charge amply proven,
granted the petition on that ground.
Charles T.. Kingsley of Salisbury was
counsel for the petitioner, and there was
no defense.
There is a possibility that the term will
close tomorrow and at all events It can
not last longer than Saturday, and 1t will
accordingly be one of the shortest terms
on record in this county.