Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1896-12-17
Orange County Court
December Term, 1896.

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Hon. HENRY r. START, Presiding Judge
HON. HENRY =; ~ W. W FITS, Asst Judges.
CURTIS s. EMERY, Clerk.
! CHARLES F.. SMITH, Sheriff.
HALE K. DARLING, States Attorney.
MARGARET Z. CHESTNUT, Reporter.
Limerick National Bank v. J.B. Ad.
ans and others. The evidence in this
case was finished ON Tuesday of last week
and Wednesday was devoted to the argu-
ments. The case was argued by j. X
Darling and w. A. Lord for the plaintiff
and by N. l.. Boyden and X. M. Harvey
for the defendants. Judge Start charged
| the jury in a very clear and impartial
manner Thursday forenoon, and on the
coming In of court at two that afternoon
the jury returned a verdict for the de.
PENDANTS to recover their costs. The
| plaintiff moved to set aside the verdict
which motion has not as yet been heard
| The case will go to the supreme court
Darling & Darling, w. A. Lord and f. M.
| Higgins for plaintiff; N. l.. Boyden, X
ants.
Almon |. Dexter v. N. q. Moore. The
parties reside in Chelsea and the plaintiff
seeks to recover damages for slanderous
words uttered of and concerning him by
the defendant at various times and occa
sions between Jan. II, 1894, and the date
OF the writ two years later. In substance
the plaintiff claims that the defendant
has charged him with burning the dwell
ling house of Mrs. Louisa Courtney (which
was located in Chelsea village and was
destroyed by fire in May, 1885. The de-
PENDANT pleads the general issue and has
also put in plea of justification in which
he states that the charges are true. The
trial OF the case was commenced Thurs
day afternoon, and on Friday noon the
plalntin rested. The defendant COM
meneed putting in his evidence Friday
afternoon, his proof tending to support
his plea of justification and also tending
TO show the general bad character of the
plaintiff, the court having ruled that evi.
dence upon tho latter point is admissible
upon the question OF damages. At pres
ent writing the testimony is not con-
cluded. The case is attracting a great
deal Of local attention, though the state
ment that every man in town is witness
on one side or the other is doubtless an
exaggeration. Darling q Darling andl =.
W. Smith for plaintiff; G. l.. STOW, j. IL.
Watson and Il NJ. Harvey for defendant.
(By telephone.l The trial OF Dexter v.
Moore was stopped Wednesday forenoon
by reason OF the misconduct of eight OF
I he jurors in visiting the scene OF the fire
without leave of the court. After being
were discharged for the term and the court
stated that il would hold under advise
ment the question OF whether or not they
should be paid anything for their ser
vices. The case was then continued. This
result is very unfortunate as a large
amount of costs has been made, the case
having been on trial eight days.
NOTES.
Miss Chestnut, court reporter, spent
Sunday ia Burlington.
The case OF State V. Carlos White has
been assigned for trial after the Dexter
Moore case.
IL is stated that the jury in the Liner
lex bank case stood 8 TO in favor OF the
defendant on the first ballot.
A petition to the supreme court asking
for the reinstatement OF J.J. Enright OF
Burlington, who was disbarred year OF
so ago, was circulated among the attor-
neys OF the Orange county bar last week
and was signed by all to whom 1t was
presented.
U.A. Clark, Jr., one OF the iurymen on
the Dexter Moore case, was excused from
service Monday in order that he might at
tend the funeral OF brother in Boston
counsel having consented TO proceed in
the trial with eleven jurymen.