Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1896-02-24
COUNTY COURT.

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Failing to obtain the report of court
proceedings as expected, we quote
principally from our neighbors Of the
Express and the Palladium:
The first case tried by jury was that
of Fred G.. Blake VS.. James K. Blake.
The parties live in Holland, father
and son. The suit is brought by the
son, to recover for horse which was
estimated from $40 to $50. The de-
PENDANT claimed that the son did not
own the horse. The issue was to ac-
tual ownership Of the horse. The case
consumed one day and half costing
the State $3.50. Verdict for plaintiff
to recover S23, 33 and costs. Execu-
ton to issue. Counsel for plaintiff,
A. D. Bates. For defendant, j. w.
Erwin.
The next and last civil case was
that of John Mathie VS.. Allen Gilmore.
The parties reside in Glover and suit
was brought to recover damages for
deceit in a hog trade. The plaintiff
bought some small pigs of the de-
PENDANT to fatten. When nearly ready
to kill he discovered one was not of
the kind to make first-class pork for
his family and brought suit, claiming
deception on part of defendant. The
original cost of the pig was about ST.
go, but the jury returned verdict for
plaintiff to recover $16,29 damages
and costs which amounted to S47, II.
w. w. Miles attorney for plaintiff. n.
A. Norton for defendant.
Court re assembled Monday after
noon and the case of State VS.. William
E. Chase for murder Of Holloway was
taken up. 1t will be remembered that
at the joint trial Of Chase and Mrs.
Holloway last September on the same
charge, Mrs. Holloway was acquitted
and Chase found guilty Of murder in
the first degree. In November Chase's
counsel moved for new trial and af-
ter a full hearing the motion was al
lowed and new trial granted, mainly
on account of disqualification of one
Of the jurors. Counsel for the state
are o. S. Annis, States attorney, and
John Young; for respondent, w. w.
Miles and G. A. Prouty. 1t took full
day to secure jury. From the jury
men in attendance nine were accept
ed. Then "a talismen were drawn; of
these twenty nine were examined be-
fore the remaining three were secur-
ed The jury are: j. Fl. Hoyt, Troy;
j. B. Aiken, Troy; A. j. Coburn,
Westfeld; Hollis Thrasher, Coventry;
Salmon Nye, Coventry; Carlos NJ.
Bean, Westfeld; Irwin Stephenson,
Lowell; John E. Searles, Derby; Geo.
s. Heath, Holland; John Anderson,
Craftsbury; Geo. w. Conley, West
more; VIM. FL. Rice, Westmore. The
testimony is almost exactly the same
which the MONITOR gave last fall and
need not be repeated. The case is
still on trial.
Among the more important points
of testimony brought out at this trial
which were not presented at the Sep
TENDER trial, was the fact that some
body bought quantity of sstrychnine
of G. F. Davis of Newport, at the Da-
Wis & Robitelle drug store some time
last February. Mr.. Davis testified
that he believed that Chase was the
man who purchased the poison. 1t
turned out further that Chase had
disappeared very suddenly, after the
preliminary trial, which was held in
Glover last winter, and that Mrs. Hol-
loway carried him to Canada at that
time. Parties in Bloomington and
Derby saw Mrs. Holloway with Chase.
and they claimed to be man and wife.
The defense put in very little testi-
mony and the trial ended Monday.
The arguments began Tuesday
morning. Annis opened, followed bv
Miles and Prouty for respondent.
Young closing for the State.
Annis made special reference to ex-
listing relations between MRS. Hollo-