Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1897-12-16
Windsor County Court.

The December term Of Windsor county
court commenced its session on Tuesday,
the 7th inst, with quite large docket OF
civil aud criminal cases, Judge Tyler pre-
siding.
This is grand jury session and that
body has to consider several important
cases, among them the shooting by DIR.
Allen of IL. M. Dufur, and also the shoot
ing of Judge Seaver by William Lawrence;
there is also a shooting affair that occurred
last summer on the west side OF the
county.
The most important civil case OF general
interest in the county on this side is the
Smith Bagley case, which has beer post
poned until December 20th, when It VIII
be tried, as is now expected, by struck
jury. ,.,,
There are some thirty cases on the civil
docket, and of those probably seven or
eight will be tried, so that at the present
time the term of court bids fair to extend
into January and possibly into February,
as it did last year.
There being no Jury cases ready for trial
the first day, the attention of the court
was taken up in the afternoon by nearing
the case OF Goodwin V. Goodwin, Whlch
was a proceeding brought in behalf OF the
wife charging the husband with violating
an Injunction restraining him from any
interference with his wife or her property.
1t seemed to be more of grievance on the
mart of the attorney of the wife than on
her own part. Goodwin had applied Often
sive epithets against the SAID attorney ana
among other things had called him red
headed" There are some counties IN the
state where 10 speak Of a RED headed law
yer would be equivalent 10 naming the
LAWYER himself, out this cannot be SAID TO
be the case 10 Windsor county. The court
has not vet given any Information as 30
its decision. Possibly tne court considers
the alleged culprit as not quite coming up
to an overt act of contempt, but, like the
boy who took an orange off the counter OF
fruit store, with intention OF stealing 1t,
repented, and put the orange back, saying
81 guess / haven't broken the command
ment, but guess | cracked it,"
In two cases against the Central YER
mont railroad, judgment was entered for
the plaintiffs; the nrst one was Gertle y.
Foster V. the railroad in which judgment
was entered for $3.50 and costs; the other
was Mary X. johnson against the Railroad
company, Fl, $50 and costs.
The following jurors are in attendance:
Scott X. Adams, Bethel; James E.Aldrleh,
Norwich; Ernest Allen, Reading; Edgar
Allen, Royalton; Sylvester Bowen, Bethel;
John Barnes, Reading; Henry II. Cady, |
Cavendish; John l.. Cloud, Norwich; Mel.
son L. Carpenter, Plymouth; Joseph Q.
Ellis, Hartford; George q. Gregg, Wealth
ersfield; George l.. Hadley, Hartlandj w.
b. Hutchinson, Pomfret; Henry l.. Per |
kins, Rochester; VIM. II. II. Putnam,
Springfield; John w. Sabin, Andover; |
Herbert A. Snurtled, BridgeWater; Cole
man II. Sanders, Chester; Wilbur X.
Hartlano; George M. Slack,
Royalton; Fred j. Sawyer, sharon; Ro-
maine X. Taylor, Weston; William Webb,
Chas. U. MeUb. On, ster; Still
man II. Walker, West windsor.
The first trial that wos taken up was that
Of Frank Z. Martin OF HarLland V. Z. w.
Norton OF Wallingford in Rutland county.
The action is TO recover the value of GER
tain steam engine and boiler worth some
; no, W hch the plaintiff claims Inc defend
ant obtained possession OF by fraudulently
as TO his financial stand
ing, claiming to be worth considerable in
real and personal estate.
The defendant was to pay S1,50O in cash
and the balance in goods, consisting of
lumber, shingles, clapboards, etc. He did
not pay as agreed and the plaintiff brought
his suit 10 recover DAMAGES for the con-
version of the property, instead OF suing
Tor tue amount due. Plaintiff insisted
that as the defendant had been guilty OF
fraud the title did not pass in the property
20 the defendant and so there was a wrong
iul appropriation Of il.
Il. l.. Waterman and G.. A. Davis for the
j. NJ. Butler OF Rutland ana ".
B. Z Stickney FOR defendant.