Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1896-06-04
ADDISON COUNTY COURT.
A List Of tho Cases to DO Tried This Term
Several Settled.

Middlebury, June 2-The June term Of
court for Addison county began in the
court house here at 1915 o'clock this MORN
ing with Hon. John w. Rowel of Ran
dolph rs chief judge and Hon. Henry II.
Baldwin Of Monkton and Hon Royal j.
Flint of Granville as assistant Judges.
The jury and court calendar were called
of and then the general docket. These
cases on the jury list were markell for
trial. lIocl Sayles VS.. William T. Jones,
appellant; John Sweeney vs.. Clarence
Lathrop; in re Harriet A. Wclchs estate.
Harriet Anna Hubbard, appellant town
of Lincoln VS.. Albert Cain, ct al; Robert
Easton ct al. VS.. L. o. Allen. appellant;
Joseph w. Davis VS.. Lewis c. Coty ct al;
Mary a. Callahan VS.. Fred Newton ct al,
appellants; A. =. Topper VS.. David Hale,
appellant; James w. Thomas VS.. Bctsey
Il. Leland, appellant and trustees, and
B II. Alden VS.. Charles b. Hall, appel
liant.
These cases had been settled and were
entered discontinued: Sylvia n. Downing
VS. Clinton IIalock. Henry Come VS.. Will
liam Cox, appellant and town OF Lincoln
VS. town of Starksboro; Richardson Man
ufacturing company, appellant VS., Joseph
Hictory, was discontinued with costs to
the defendant
These cases were passed or held open for
the present: Town OF Bristol VS.. town of
Starksboro. appellant Allen Calhoun vs..
| Martha w. Severance ct al, and Maria
Dyedon by Gilbert Dyedon VS.. Howard
Cook and trustee, w. r. Delano on the
general docket n considerable number of
| cases. including 10 petitions for divorce.
were set for hearings, and these divorce
cases were entered dismissed: VIII r.
Rickert VS.. Lena Ricltert Lucy Potter VS..
Arthur Potter and Elon G.. Prime VS..
Amelia Ellen Prime. The remaining dl-
VorCe cases were continued Tho follow
/
ing, were mol pressed: State VS.. W w.
Gucguive, illegal fishing with set line;
State VS. ID. r. Sawyer for illegal selling OF
! intoxicants and state W.. same for keeping
n nuisance and State vs.. Lizzie James,
charged with breaking into a cottage at
the lake. Tho remaining cases, eight In
number. were set for trial.
Other cases on the general docket were
entered as follows: W. S. Howen ct al.
VS.. Homer Parmelee ct all Che father OF
| the docket report at the next term on
cases dismissed without costs. Eugene D.
! Chlson VS.. Florence, +. Gregory. nom
! sut. G. A. Hoffnagle, appellant. vs. VIII
/ liam S. Hopkins estate, settled and dis
/ continued: H. n c. Smith W. Austin IT.
Booth. Same entry; J. w. Doolttlevs. Rob
ert Fulton and trustees. Judgment for the
| plaintiff to recover 800 and costs; nationl
! bank of Orwell VS.. Bracket w. Burleigh
judgment for plaintiff as per stipulation
! on file: +, r. Foote VS.. Frank llatol. set
| tied and discontinued. William Treadway
VS. John Birchard. same entry.
| Eefore the noon recess one Arthur +.
Smith OF Goshen came into court and
pleaded guilty to an information charG-
ing him with Illegal fishing In posted wa
ters Mt Granville August % last He was
| fined $50 without costs, which he paid.
| This afternoon three persons, two of
them Russian Jews and the other
French Canadian. took out their final
naturalization papers.
| In the cnse of State vs.. James Hewitt
an Indictment for stealing a horse, Judge
James NJ. Slade of Mddlebury for the re-
spondent applied for n continuance. but
the motion was ovcrrued ana the case
stands for trial
Motions for continuance in a number
! of civil cases were then agreed 10 and de-
/ cisions reversed in each case. In the
Coty ct al a motion 10 dismiss was made
| by r. II. Button of Middcbury in behalf
OF the respondent on the ground that
the writ was defective and for the plain
tiff. Frank l.. Fish argued for the validity
of the writ Decision not rendered.
| The first case to come to trial was that
OF Hoel Sayes VS.. William b. Jonea, ap-
pellant. These are Starksboro men and
the case is a pretty small one. coming up
/ from Justice Court. Sayles claimed that
Jones owed him $3.50 and that he owed
Jones s2Tor a balance of $3.50 and there
| fore he sued Jones for n settlement al
! though knowing that tho balance was in
Jones favor w. w. Rider OF Bristol APP
pears for tho plaintiff ana u. j. Foster
oil Burlington for the defendant.