Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1897-12-23
Windsor County Court.

The grand Jury got through last Thurs
DAY, and the result of its labors showed
/ how diligent had been its Work ana thal
! of States Attorney Harvey. twenty-ons
/ true oils and five not found was the sun
/ total Of the work accomplished in les
4 than a week and halt. IL Is understood
| that among the bill. not found Is the Grim
/ inal charge investi.a ted against DIR. Allen
of White River Junction for [ he shooting
4 OF Dufur. The explanation OF this is prob
/ ably found in the fact mat story baseo
upon rumor and the same story lnVestl'
gated and tola under OATH aie widely an
/ ferent.
The civil case brought by Mr.. Dutul
/ has been settled, but the terms are not yet
made public nor is The case officially en-
I tered as ''settled,h though DOUBTLESS thai
entry will be made in due time.
! Two OF the cases presented by the grand
! Jury came up during the week ana IN 0oth
/ the respondents pleaded guilty. Ihese
l WeTe:-
/ state v. Arthur Silver of Hartford, lar.
ceny of eight sheep valued at Sl6 Al, the
/ property OF Francis II. Holt of Norwich.
| The RESPONDENT was sent to the house OF
! correct ion for eighteen months.
/ state v. Willard White of Royalton.
! This respondent was indicted for placing
q railroad tie across the track OF the Z. V.
| II. II. near RJyalton. The tie was struck
of the mail train going north. the onense
was committed nov. 18Th last. The re.
spnudent was sent to the Industrial school
at Nergennts during his minority, he De-
ing now fifteen years old.
other bills found by the grand jury are
State v. William Lawrence for assault
ing, with intent to Kill, Judge L. o. Seav-
er in August last.
State v. Isaac Rush Of Weston, assault
NTH 4vtaDf 10 Hill and murder
state v. L. j. Peach, attempt to break
state v. Gibson-four indictments, two
for larceny and two for attempts TO break
jail.
state v. Markham, breach OF the peace
The grand jury recommends Improve
ments on the jail, and that better accom-
modations be furnished for the grand Ju-
rors in the courthouse.
The case OF Martin V. Norton resulted
in verdict for plaintiff for s2ls.46. The
plaintiff claimed to recover $50. Dunn
and T.. Il. Waterman of West Bratteboro
for plaintiff. Baker OF Rutland and w.
b. q. Stickney for defendant.
At the close of this case the court took
up tue bastardy case OF Anna Giles '.
George Brothers. The parties lived at
Hariland. Anna insisted that George was
the father OF the illegitimate child The
jury said Anna was mistaken and rendered
a verdict for he defendant. G.. A. Davis
and f. G. Southgate for the plaintiff; W.
b. c. Stickney and j. Z. Enright for de-
PENDANT.
The next case commenced was Wyatt
and wife Y. Charles IL. Hill. The parties
live at Taitsville and the action is one of
SANDER Mrs. Wyatt alleges that Charles
publicly said she was thief and had stol-
en- eleven dollars and half.
IL appeared that in November or De-
Gem Der, 1895, the depot and express office
at Taftsyille were burglarized. suspicion
fell upon a young man named Arthur
Wyatt and he was arrested. His uncle, A.
G.. Cox, OF the Windsor county bar, called
to see The defendant, Hill, To enquire
a8out the circumstance. While talking
on the subject Cox said, referring TO Ar
thur Wyatt, lie is a thief, he was brought
up a thief; his mother was a thief. She
stole Sll SO froc, me ana | can prove II /"
These were the defamatory words COM
planned Of The defendant admitted say
ing Arthur was a thief; but as to the
plaintiff, he had only said he-defeudant
had heard she sole, and he swore that
there had been such a report in the COM
munity. But when it came to corroGorat
ing his claim that there was such a re-
port, the evidence did not materialize.
Defendants counsel argued that people
should be very careful when talking about
folks who have lawyer relatives.
The case went to the jury Monday just
before evening recess and a verdict was
returned Tuesday morning for the plain
tiff, one cent damages and costs.
On Monday the special jurors called for
the Smith Bagley case reported and were
empanelled and sworn just before court
adjourned for the day.
Tuesday morning the case was called
and the following jury selected.H
James S. Brown, Plymouth; Nelson F..
Craigue, Weathersfield; G. +. bearing,
Bethel; Charles NJ. Gutterson, Andover;
James II. Head, Anuover; Austin +.
Lamb, Stockbridge; F. 2. Mather, Ches-
ter; F. W. Pierce, Chester; A. B. Preston,
Sharon; Abel 5. Shattuck, Bridgewater;
John Shepard, Royalton; Benjamin f.
Weeden, Bridgewater.