Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1897-06-17
Windsor County Court.

The breakdown OF the Smith Bagley
case as stated last week disorganized the
docket, and il was difficult to get a case
for the jury. Two short matters were
heard on Tuesday and on Wednesday
court was in vacation. On Thursday the
docket rallied somewhat and it is quite
likely this week will be all taken up in the
trial OF causes.
The first OF the two short causes was
Warren r. Taylor OF Plymouth John e.
Coolidge, tax collector of that place. IL
was an action to recover damages for an
alleged false Imprisonment. The plantif1
was arrested for non payment of taxes and
was placed in the county Jail at Wood
stock. His board hill at this establish
ment amounted to $50. The tax oil was
in the neigh borhood of 1900 and in de-
fault of payment the arrest was made.
The plaintiff claimed the highway tax was
not legally assessed and he also insisted
that he had been denied hearing by the
board OF civil authority on appeal from
the action OF the listers in which he con-
sidered himself aggrieved. The defense
showed that all legal requirements in re-
gard to assessment OF the tax had been
complied with and also that plaintiff had
had hearing before the board of civil au-
thority, which voted to grant him no re-
lief, as the record showed. There was no
question to go to the jury as the plaintiff
put in no testimony to contradict the
showing OF the defendant. The court
thereupon, on motion OF defendants coun.
sci, ordered the jury to return a verdict
for the defense with costs.
The plaintiff was his own lawyer and
the firm OF Stickney a. Sargent appeared
for the defendant.
The next case was Mabel Lawrence by
her guardian, j. c. Enright, VIM. Law
renee The parties reside at Woodstock
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Their. The latter ana his wife are living
apart and the child was placed in the
mothers custody and under guardianship.
One day v hen Mabel was on ner way from
school, her father met her and took her to
bis home, wh here he kept her a few days No
force was used and no harm done to the
child, but in order to teach the father that
he must not modest the child this action
was brought, and nominal damages only
were asked. The plaintiff in this case also
appeared in his own behalf. The last two
cases, il was said, were so brief in their
trial, because in both the party appeared
ia person. The result was the same in both
in that in each the party lawyer lost his
case. In the last one the jury found for
the plaintiff in the sum OF y 90, the costs
would be limited to the same sum, max.
ing a total OF g damages and costs to-
gether.
Jessie B. Towne Charles Hadley was
then called up and trial had which lasted
the balance OF the week. This was a pro-
caeding in bastardy. The plaintiff,a young
woman OF eighteen, testified that Hadley
was the father OF her child and had prom
ised to marry her. This promise was ties
titled to by the girl and her father and sis
ter. The defendant denied having had
anything to do with Miss Towne and he
called three other young men as witness
es, each of whom testified to state OF af
fairs tending to shoE that either might
have been the father OF the child In ques.
ton. The defense also relied upon GER.
tain letters claimed to have been written
by the plaintiff, tending to show improper
relations with other young men than the
defendant. These letters the plaintiff de.
MED were holly her writing and 1t was
urged they were written in part by some
other party. The girl denied the state.
ments of the three young men and stout
ly persisted in her claim in regard to the
defendant. The jury found in favor of
the plaintiff after a short absence. The
court will fix the sum to be paid by the
defendant toward the support OF the child.
w. f. Johnson for plaintiff; G. A. Davis
for defendant.
just before court took the recess on Sat
urday jury was empanelled in the case OF
Paddock Boston q Maine II. II. Co. This
is an action to recover the value OF two
young colts said to have been killed on
the track OF the defendants railroad by
one of its locomotives.
"Burdock Blood Bitters entirely cured
me OF n terrible breaking out all over my
body. II is a wonderful medicine Miss
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