The Windham County reformer. (Battleboro, Vt.) 1876-1897, 1896-02-14

counties, from Franklin county, was heard il
supreme court at Montpelier Tuesday. The jury
in Franklin County court rendered verdict OF
gully. The respondent demurred to the indict
ment anu took exceptions to the sniflcency OF
of the evidence and the charge of the court
states Attorney L. NJ. Chase and G.. A. Ballar,
appeared for the state and {. q. Austin and +.
W McGettrick for the respondent In the case
OF state against Fred Bruce, who was convicted
in Washington County of breach of the peace
and Is now seryinga sentence of four months In
the house OF correction at Rutland the court this
afternoon rendered judgement that there was
no error in the lower court and that the respond.
ent takes nothing by the exception. Only one
case now remains To be heard that OF Robert
fitten habcas corpus case from Windsor county
which was granted on the ground that the re.
sponGent was unlawfulty restrained of his lib
was convicted OF perjury and sentenced to ten
years imprisonment. He was arrested while
out on bail from being charged with
II was announced Tuesday by Chief Justice Ross
that a session OF the court viii be held Friday,
March G, for rendering decisions on eases heard
this term
New Trial for william +. Chase.
A new trial Of William Chase for tho muir
der of John r Holloway began at Newport
Monday. j. took full day to secure 4 Jury
nine being taken from the regular panels
while 20 talcsmen were examined to secure the
three others. Four witnessed were examined.
Drs Scdgwick OF Barton. Campbell of Albany
and Dow of Glover, who were present al the
autopsy OF IIallnwav. testified as TO the appear.
ance of the body; gil being OF the opinion that
death was caused by strychnine. sheriff Whit
ney OF Glover said he was present at the scene
of the murder next morning and saw the bottle
fOund,in which was strychnne
Albert Tetrault, 81 years old while changing
carr nj the Worcester, Mass Union station at
siN uclork Saturday night en- route from Woon
socket. Il to Waterbury, dropped dead from
heart failure.
The burlington municipal court Saturday i'm
posed lines Of S3oG.SS in four liquor cases cred.
tied np as usual with the three prosecutions on
each one
Chas Moore, aged II years was arrested a,
Ntrgennes saturday charged with larceny TO
the amount of 5000 al 81 louisville Y He
was left alone in the house where he was stop.
ping and took 5000 worth of iewerv and $1,000
in money.
suit has been brought by the authorities of
stowe against the West Branch school district
IN mat village 10 recover the money remaining
M The district treasury at the time of its absorb.
ton into the town system. This amount was
by vote OF the district. divided among the tax |
payers.
W Shaw has been appointed postmaster at
llnm9uth, Rutland county, vice Mooney re. !
moved.
William Crawford met with n painful acciden,
January %, which resulted in death last week |
Iuesday. lie was al work in the ward at : l. |
urlh'hs mil mt the south end and his foot be !
'ame caught in such a manner that the flesh was /
taken from the heel and bottom of the foot.
One Harris, who was involved in the Cold Riv.
or murder affair several years ago was arrested
on Alderman Bourne's coal track in Rutland
S S,,I evening. some tine previous Harris
hlu gone into an empty Fitchburg freight ear.
parity closed the door and dropped in,o n
drunken sleep. Officer Costello discovered
smoke Issuing from the car. and opening the
ioor found Harris lying on the floor and af one
nd OF the car in blaze that had caught from
Harris pipe. The man would have sufocatnd
ild ne been left many minutes more While
ne oilicer was putting out the fire Harris ran.
'ut was later caught, after he had yirorousIy
esisted the officer
The annual meeting of the Vermont Dentol.o
iety Is to be held at Montreal March Is. ~ ami
Frank Willis, who claims;to be a native of
'ringeWater, ami who has been known rs
rank Wood, was arrested at PlainfieId n N ,
tst week, charged with assault on two liitlc riri
geh II and years. As the evidence WAS not
"nsi'ered strong enough he was held on anoth'
charge ana sent 20 jail.
The Morrisvillc Advertiser has ceasca :,
Xist. 9e" 10
large new barn in Salisbury. owned by xo,
On Marsalies, was blown down durinr 10 {
eavy storm last Thursday night ano,bar
arm IN the same town was blown down on the
ime occasion. ''' INV
As Horace and stephen Smith were binding n
'au OF nay at Leicester last week Monday iba
under pole broke and threw them both Oh ~
'au stephen was stunned by the fall and Hor
re was injured about the head and back.
Grant Atterbury, charged with criminals,
ssauiling his slster-in.Iaw Mrs Roxy Aticrbnry
y the night of Jan y, was taken from iaii a,
W van III. Wednesday and hung by a mob nf
iNheIs. me morning after the crime vat
'inNHteu ntooi hounds were brought IN ~.
enc, and three different times they wen, az, ~
' ,,,!, the house of Grant Atterbury
"ilam Emmett. claiming to be a .,ro,,
iot wls ,a Oh Hpnert Emmett, the Irish N.
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