The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1896-10-28
Washington County Court.

sTArE v. CHARLES EvANs.-Responden
lives in Mortified and is charged with an
assault Bail 5000; surety, Frank Car
penter.
STATE v. FRED RuTz-Respondeu lives
in Roxbury. The charge is for selling dis
eased meat. Bail $780, surety, Cassius
Peck. The arrest was made on Thursday
afternoon at West BroOktield by Deputy
Sheriff Chase.
STATE V. CARL HENKEL.-.From Barre.
Indicted for breach Of the peace for an as
sault upon William MCGEE in the town of
Barre Oct 4, 1896 Bail was fixed at 500
Surety, Michael Marion. j. w. Gordon
appeared for the respondent and States At
torney Stanton for state.
STATE v. FOSTER S. DANA.-The respond
emit, who lives in Waitsheld, is indicted for
an assault and battery upon his wife, Bail,
| $500. Sureties, George w. Wing and John
l. Sanders The arrest was male in Mont
pelier on Wednesday OF last week. States
Attorney Stanton for state.
STATE V. NORMAN McCLoUD.-Two intox-
iCating liquor cases - one for selling in
which the bail was fixed by the associate
judges al 5000, and one for keeping nui-
sance, $500. The place is at No. School
street, Montpelier, commonly known as the
Soldiers Home. Fred Standsh became
| surety.
| STATE V. w. II. GIDDINGs,-R esDondent
| is superintendent of Waterbury Insa ne
Asylum and is indicted for an assault
upon female patients Bail was fixed by
| Associate Judges Jones and Lance at $500
in each of the five cases against him. His
sureties are George w. Wing and s. D.
Hobson of Brighton.
STATE v. CHARLES A. WALEs.-Indicted
| for arson. This is the Goddard Seminary
Barre, dynamite case. Bail was fixed at
$1,000. His father, George A. Wales, be-
| South Barre on Wednesday forenoon by
Sheriff o. r. Collins. f, w. Bisbee for re-
spondent. States Attorney Zed s. Stanton
appeared for the state.
STATE v. JACK ALBIN, ALIAS JOHN ALBIN
Respondent was indicted by the late
| grand jury for the larceny of S84 in money.
He was arrested while in Jail under a
liquor prosecution. Bail was fixed by the
associate judges at $500. His bail in the
| liquor case is 5000 +. l.. Laird appeared
as attorney for respondent, who gives his
residence as Mortified.
STATE v. JACOB Foss. - Resp is
liquor agent of Duxbury and is under two
indictments for second offences Of selling
Intoxicating liquor. The associate judges
fixed the bail at $500 in each case. The ar
rest was made on Thursday at Montpelier
Junction by Deputy Sheriff Graves. s. G.
| ShuI tleff is his counsel and surety. State 8
Attorney Stanton appeared for the state.
STATE v. PERLEY FELLOWS "A short ses-
| sion of court was held Thursday morn
ing for the purpose of disposing of this case.
Respondent pleaded guilty of Keeping, with
intent to sell, Intoxicating liquor, and was
| fl ned $50 and costs, amounting to little
over S46. George NJ. Powers appeared for
respondent. The case arose at the North
| field fair, where respondent and one Dan
iels are said to have had an eating saloon in
| partnership. Daniels was fined $50 in JUS
| tice court and sentenced to thirty days in
the house of correction at Rutland for his
part of the aft air 1t was claimed in behalf
of respondent that he had no personal
| knowledge in the matter. The case came
up on app sal. States Attorney Stanton APP
peared for the state.
AN examination of the indictments against
w. II. Giddings, the superintendent of the
Waterbury Insane Asylum, discloses the
charges to be as follows: Three Of them
have only one count 1t is charged in one
of them that, "at Waterbury on April l.
1895, he an assault did make upon Hattie
Lackey and did then and there beat, bruse,
wound and ill-treat and strike with strap
of leather" On April l, 1885, he is charged
| in another Indictment with "assaulting
| Emma Sweetand with clubs, sticks and
ment with reference to Grace Wright, it is
charged that, on April 1, 1896 he "did
strike her with strap of leather" The
above constitute the indictments with one
count only. On June II, 1896, he is charged
with an assault upon Emma Hoyt that he
"did seize and thrust her into a room in a
cellar and did then and there deprive her Of
all of her clothing and did compel her TO lie
on bare floor without clothing, bed OF
furniture of any kind within said room
which was damp, filthy and unwholesome
for the space of TWO months" Also a count
for an assault. In the Indictment where
Lucy Williams is mentioned, it is charged
that che did seize and thrust her into
room of a cellar and did compel her to Ii,
on bare fl Dor Of cement without clothing
bed, or furniture of any kind and that sale
room was damn, filthy and unwholesome
from June y, 1896 for two months" also
count for an assault upon her. The above
constitute the charges in the five indict