Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1898-12-24

hon. MILO >. BUCK, Judges.
Officers Of the Court. -
j. r. Pember, Clerk. @s1--z3
Fred B. Pngree, Deputy CLERK. .----
John G. Sargent, States Attorney.
R. A. Spaford, Sheriff. :.
D. G. Jones, High Baili1.
John H. Mimms, Reporter.
The Grand Jury came into court Thurs
day afternoon, the 18th, and presented 25
true bills found, and niae bills not found,
and represented that the county Jail is not
in suitable condition for the safe and
healthtul confinement Of prisoners.
Information fled by the, states ettorney
as follows:
John W. Armstrong and Galen Sargent,
violation Of the liquor law at Norwich.
~ George W. Daniels, adultery.
Augustus NV .smi b aud Hattie Graves,
adultery.
Indictments presented by the grand jury,
SO far as the same have been made public !:
Royal Adams, violation OF the liquor law
at Woodstock. k@s.
Carroll Young. larceny OF wool at Hart
| ford.
Frank I. Graves, larceny.
Clarence Macia and George Ashe, lar
ceny.
Exlo Bishop, horse stealing at Hartford.
Rollin Mil er, horse stealing. ed@
Fred Webber robbery ~ t5ast
| Herbert E. Harlow, rape.
Ed D. Kennedy, adultery.
! Frank Brown and Fred j. Sawyer, re-
moving dead body. aa
Dorr F. Kendall, perjury.
John H. Sheehan, breach Of the peace.
Mary Meta King, adultery.
Edmund and Sherman Barrel, burglary.
Edmund and Sherman Barrel, impeding
officer.
| Eugene O. O'Shea, selling mortgaged
property.
Charles Brown, assault and battery.
There was no case ready for the jury at
the conclusion OF Sills, Stove Wo.ks vs..
Charles H. Brown, and the court and jury
men waited for something to turn up until
Friday afternoon, when the jury were ex.
cused until Monday afternoon, the 10Th. Il
wa. exp csed that the case Of State VS.
Fred Austin, OF Rochester. would be tax. 4
up on Frliay morning. This was an indicf.
m mt for adultery, and came cut of the ar
rest prosecu ion of DR.. D H Ryder
for murder of an infant child. The mother
of that ch IL was married woman, anC
she ties fled hat Fred Austin, and not hel
hus band, was the father OF the child. i
will be remembered that DIR. Ryder wal
kept in nearly year on this charge of mur
der and was tried by jury in this cour'
al d triumphantly acquitted The doctors
vindicatlon was SO complete and public
sentiment SO strong in his favor when tht
facts were developed on the trial, that hs
at once opened an office in Woodstock ane
has since practi,ed bis prof .ssion here as I
ph, sician and surgeon with marked success
Ere Austin was in parts unknown at thu
, time OF that trial and did not appear as I
witn-ss, although it was claimed on tina
J trial that he had employed DR.. Ryder II
against Mr. Austin was reached, it wal
discovered by the present states attorne!
that the specifications filed by his prede
! cessor OF the time and place of the ALLEGED
criminal offence were too restricted, ant
matters came TO St0nQ3tlll. me 6tatc'
) attorney went to hunt up proof and tn
court ordered the cas- continued until NJ x
! term. R. M. Harvey, formerly OF Top
, sham and Marsh M. Wilson Of Bethel ap
peared as attorneys for the respondent.
On Monday afternoon, December 19, tn
case OF town of Cavendish VS.. Henry N
and Addie r. Jenne was taken up for trial
1t is an action to recover penalty OF 80
+. month for maintaining . house over th
west line OF Maple street in Proctorsvllle
The claim Of the town authorities Of Caven
dish is that the northeast corner of th
f house is not more than nine nor less tha
} three and one-balf inches over the stree
line. The defendants deny this and ga
that no part OF the house is over the street
There is great deal of scierce in th
case and graduates from the Worceste
Polytechli; Institute, Dartmouth college
and of The New Hampshire college Of AZ
! riculture and Mechanic Arts and studer
8 from Norwich University, are witnesses
. havifg surveyed the lines. ascertained j
: some way the variations OF the needle, an
!. found the northeast corner,t to or not TO b