The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1897-12-29
Orange County Court.

The December term OF Orange County
Court came 20 an end on Saturday, Decem-
Der 49, 1897, after only eleven days session.
But one Case was tried by jury and be-
sides the divorce hearings, only one case
with witnesses was heard by the court.
The jury case was that OF Almon 1. Dexter
v. n. G.. Moore. an action OF Islander in
which the declaration charged the d. fem
dant in seven different counts with having
accused the plaintiff, who resides at the
lower end OF Chelsea village, Of being the
author OF an incandiary fire M .y d. 1894,
which burned the Louisa Courtney dwell
ing house situated next the plaintiffs. The
defend ant pleaded the general issue and a
special plea justifyng the utterance of the
words spoken. The trial occupied the
seven first days OF the term, being conclud-
ed on Tuesday afternoon, December ID. al
ter a careful and elaborate charge by Judge
Ross. The Jury, aft-r two hours ellhera-
ton, raturntd their verdict that defendant
was guilty of the offrnc-s charged in the
declaration they Their, fore found for the
plaintiff to recover of the defendant the
sum of one cen, damages. AS The atute
provides that plaintiff shall recover only as
much costs as damages, the jury verdict
was virtually for the defendant and Keen
tinns have been minuted by the plaintiff
Msssrs. Darling & Darling and Joseph ID.
| Drnisou we're the attorneys for the plain
tiff; George L. S ow, Hon John III Wat
son and Hon. r. NJ. Harvey for the de-
| PENDANT
Richard Kennedy V. Perey w Rogers
was an action of trespass on the reehold
plaintiff claiming that the defendant with
| out right came into his wood lot and cut
down and carried away forty-three hem.
| )ek trees. The defense was that plaintitf
| had sold to the defendant as much htmCcB
lumber as he should want to build his
| house then projected, to the amount OF
sixty dollars which plaintiff was then ow'
! ing defendant, the defendant having leave
to 90 upon D antff Coburn's wood anC
get out sufficient lumber at the agreed or
price of five dollars per thousand feet fol
rough boards at the saw-mill. The evi
DEF CO was quite contradictory, but tn,
court found for the plaintiff to recover
S74 20 and costs and awarded a certified
| execution, Exceptions were minuted b.
the defendant. Darling & Darling for thu
plaintiff; George d. Stow for the defen
dant
The case Of Mari g. Gordon v. o. V
Downing was a petition to obtain relic
from execution upon Judgment rendered
against the plaintiffs as trustees OF one 4
D. Durvee at last June term OF count.
court. The testimony showed considerable
negligence on the part OF the trustees II
the main suit bnt the court decided TO RICH
the error then committed by bringing for
ward the case and ordering the judgnen
against tho trustees to be stricken OF,
rather to be entered as satisfied on paymen
of fifteen dollars, no costs being allowe'
either party in the proceedings OF thi
term. j. W. Gordon for the petitioner
Darling & Darling for the petitioner.
Andrew Atkins v. village Of Wells Rive
was an action Of trespass, in which, ate
a partial hearing upon an agreed state
ment Of facts, tao court pro forned adJudge'
that defendant was entitled to his costs T.
which plaintiff excepted and the cause wa
sent directly to supreme court. john n
Watson for the plaintiff; E. W. Smith 10
defendant.
Archie Hayes of South Washington
pleaded guilty to an information chargin
him with the larceny of twenty dollars II
money from Thomas X. M. BroughtoI
This boy il but thirteen years old and wa
taken from the Home for Destitute Chi
dren at Burlington some two years ago
While Mr. Broughton, who keeps the Sout
Washington post-t flee, was distributin
the mail one evening last week, Arch
went into the bed DOM and purloined tn
money He was sentenced to confinement
in the Reform School at Vergennes till jar
uary 81, 1906.
Among the divorce cases bills wer
granted in the followi g: George w. Chas
v. Mary Chase, for wilful deseriion; Aide
p Martin v. Victoria Martin, for adultery
Julia Goodrich Y. isha A, Goodrict
for wilfnl deserrion; Putnam l.. Within
v. Sarah Whiting, Tor adultery; Isabel
McAulay v. Mnrdo A. McAulay, for into
ershle severity; Lucy G. McRaev. Alexan
der McRa-, for intoerabe severity. Tw
other divorce petitions were heard but tn
evidence being insufficient they wer
amended and continued for future hearing.
OF the remaining civil cases on the docke
eighty-two were continued, among whic
some half dOzen are referred; eight wer
dscon inued; five we're settled Judgmrn
was entered in five and five were left wit
the court for hearing and Judgment AZ G
this term; and the other state cases, wi
the approval or direction OF the couit, wer
continued, except one against Al Cram {
Willamstown which was mol pressed an
one against another respondent which wa
ordered not TO be carried forward. Anon
the criminal cases now pending are State Y
Leroy G. Tison, (assaul }: State v. Geore
o Sanford, (bigam\); S a'e v Charles
Hoyt aud Matthew Allen, Ga }; STATE '
j. @. Davis, Cruelty to anluIt 5 are
George Lane, (1elling morig.R "Iopertl
State V. Alden Aldrich, e.. CO With II
tent to kilD; State V Arthur ttoc'rr, { idn
terN); S at- v. II N. Y uug, .tnxlcalioL
State v. II. II. Young, (breach OF peace