Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1896-06-05
ADDISON COUNTY COURT.


assistant Judges are Hon. Henry r.
Baldwin of Monkton and Hon. Royal j.
Flint of Granville. The other officers of
the court are Rufus Wainwright of
MiddIebury, clerk; c. NJ. Wilds of Mid
dlebury, deputy clerk; Kent w. Merritt
of Shoreham, sheriff, with l3 deputies;
Frank L. Fish of Nergennes, States at
torney; Miss f. NJ. Ba1ou of Rutland,
reporter, and Charles K. Pnney of Mid
dleburv, treasurer.
The following out-of-town attorneys
were present: Daniel Roberts, w. II.
Bliss, ID. j. Foster and f. Z. Debervlle
of Burlington; ex-Gov. Z. j. Ormsbee
and w. A. Atwell of Brandon, w. w.
Rider and j. w. Page of Bristol, f. W.
futile and F. L. Fish of Vergennes, Fe-
lix w. McGettrick of st. Adams and
Charles F. Kingsley of Salisbury.
Rev. ID. A. Bonnar, rector of st.
Stephens Episcopal church, made the
opening prayer and Sheriff Merritt then
made the customary proclamations' The
panel of petit jurors were called and
sworn, and Judge Rowell gave them the
usual instructions as to the nature ana
meaning of their Oaths.
The Jury and court calendars and the
general docket were next gone over, and
in the cases on the jury calendar the en-
tries, with some amendments on Wednes-
dav, were as follows: Sylvia II. Down
ing v. Clinton Hallock, settled and dis
continued; Hoel Savles V. VIM. B. Jones.
appellant, trial; Richardson Manufac
turing company, appellant, V. Joseph
Hickory. discontinued with costs to the
defendant; town of StarksborO V. town
of Lincoln, settled and discontinued;
Allan Calhoun V. Martha W. Severance
ct al, settled as per stipulations on file
and discontinued; John Sweeney ".
Clarence Lathrop, settled and dlsCon-
tinued, Maria Deiadon by Gilbert De-
iadon V. Howard Cook and trustee. W..
r. Delano. motion for continuance heard,
case continued and referred to blank :;
in re Harriet Welch's estate, Harriet
Anna Hubbard, appellant, continued {;
Henry Come V. William Cox. appellant,
settled and discontinued: town of Lin
coin V. Lincoln Lumber company. dis
continues town of Lincoln V. Albert
Cain ct al. settled and discontinued ;
Joseph w Davis V. Lewis e. Cotv ct al.
motion to dismiss argued and Overruled
and case left open; Mary A. Callahan V.
Fred Newton, ct al, appellants, con-
tinued; \. p. Upper V. David Hale,
appellant, continued on terms as to
plaintiff: James W. Thomas V. Betsey +.
Leland. appellant. and trustees, referred
to blank and continues b. II. Alden V.
Charles b. Hall, appellant, motion to
continue argued for defendant, motion
sustained and case continued.
On the general docket number of
cases were marked for hearings, among
which were an even dozen petitions for
divorce, and eight criminal cases were
set for trial by the States attorney.
These divorce cases were dismissed :
Lucy Potter V. Arthur Potter, viii II.
Rickert V. Lena Rlckert and Elon G..
Prime V. Amelia Ellen Prime; and the
other divorce cases on the docket were
continued.
These old criminal cases were nolle-
pressed: State V. William w. Gueguire,
for illegal fishing with a set line; State
V. ID. II. Sawyer. two cases, one for sell
ing intoXicants and one for maintaining
a nuisance, and State V. Lizzie James,
charged on information with breaking
into cottage at the lake and taking
therefrOm some articles Of trifllng value.
Quite number of civil cases on the
general docket and not on the jury list
were disposed of. and the rest continued.
The entries were as follows: VIM. >,
Howden ct al. V. Homer Parmelee ct al.
at the head of the docket report ordered
at next term or petition dismissed with
out costs; Eugene ID. Chilson V. Florence
OltSOlNs ildluAlll ipllNulANNs - Il
Hoffnagle. appellant. V. VIM. s. Hop
kins' estate settled and discontinued; IL
II. C.. Smith V. Austin L. Booth. discOn'
tinued; in re Calvin Norton's estate
Eunice j. Norton, appellant, settled and
discontinued j. w. Doolttle V. Robert
Fulton and trustees, judgment for plain
tiff for 5000 and costs; National bank OF
Orwell V. Bracket w. Bureigh. udg
ment for plaintiff as per stipulations on
file; f. f. Foote V. Frank Matot, appel
liant, settled and discontinued; Arthur l.
Miller V. Arthur Bostwick, settled anC
discontinued; Byron w. Crane V. c. II
Bowers, discontinued; and william
Treadway V. John Birchard settled anC
discontinued.
The reading of the dockets being con
cluded, Arthur +. Smith of Goshen came
into court and pleaded guilty to an in
formation charging him with illegal fish
ing i'm posted waters which had beer
stocked by the State at Granville on tn
25th of August, 1855. Smith was fine(
$50 without costs, which he paid,
Tuesday afternoon three residents o
Middlebury took out their final natural
iZatiOn papers, the court coming in
quarter of an hour earlier to attend t.
the matter. They were Morris Wool ant
Isaac Shapiro, natives of Russia, an
Francis Downs, native of Ireland.
After hearing arguments on motions L
continue or dismiss cases. the court too
up the first, and, as it turned out, TN
only civil case to be tried by Jury at thi
term. 1t was HOel Sayles V. William L
Jones, appellant, and was begun at 3
o'clock. The parties belong in StarBs
bOro, and Plaintiff Sayles sued for
settlement. He testified himself that h
was owing Defendant Jones S2l for labor
borrowed money, etc, and that Jone
owed him only $3.50, which was fo
board and horse hire. He had one
rendered Jones the S2l in full, but Jone
refused to take it and threatened to su
Sayles at st. Adams. SO the plainti
brought the suit for settlement in orde
to avoid going to trial at st. Alban;