The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1899-06-28
Orange County Court.

The June term of Orange county. court
came TO its end on Friday. The crimin al
case OF State vs. Francis Buck of Washing
ton, an indictment for willful and malicious
destruction Of L. b. Palmer's line fence,
| whose trial was set for Tuesday morning,
was continued on the affadsvit Of Richard
A. Hoar, the defendants counsel, that he
as States attorney of Washington county,
was obliged to be at st. Johnsbury by ptior
| appointment to attend to hearing before
Chancellor Thompson upon his petition to
nave inJunctionS issued against certain
owners OF premises in Barre and Montpel-
| ier under the liquor nuisance act. The
case OF E. McCrillis vs.. James Pierce, apt,
| was also continued on payment OF terms by
the defendent, and the jurors we're then
discharged. Witness cases were then heard
by the court.
Thaddeus w. Simpson VS.. Erastus s.
Green q John Ii. Bowen, trustee, was an
action of assumpsit upon a promissory note
in which the defence was that defendant
never signed the note or ever authorized
his father to sign for him. as the plaintiffs
testimony tended to show, but the court on
the evidence of James X. Nolan, a CO.
signer, found that the father did sign the
detendent's name, with his direction, and
judgment was given to the plaintiff to re-
cover about $500 and the trustee was held
for the amount of certain mortgage note
which he was owing defendant. X. Nj. Har-
vey for the plaintiff David s. Conant and
Joseph D. Denison for the defendant.
The case of Edgar j. Wood vs.. Hiram
Hyde, apt, was an action of trover and
trespass to recover the value OF FIVE or six
tons of hay attached on defendants debt
to b. Il. Quimby of Strafford, which hay the
plaintiff Claimed as part OF his exempt ten
tons. But the officers evidence showed
that Wood had turned out this hay in con-
sideration that the other articles attached
on the writ were released and the court
gave judgment for the defendant to recover
his costs. Darling * Darling for the plaint-
iff; ID. 8. Conant and K. M. Harvey Tor the
defendant
j. Miles v. George A. Hubbard was an
action of assumpsit TO recover various sums
of money lent and paid by plaintiff while
he lived up in Guildhall with his wife, who
was the mother of defendants wife, the
plaintiff now residing in Randolph The
defendant denied that he ever owed any OF
these items to plaintiff and what money he
had borrowed or had paid out for him came
from the deceased wife of plaintiff, to whose
estate defendant had paid all he owed and
the court 80 found. The defendant is
county clerk in Essex county and his chief
witness was Hon. Robert Chase, the pro-
bete; judge OF Essex district. j. ID. Deni-
son for the plaintiff; d. s. Conant and r.
M. Harvey for the defendant.
Byron Green & Co. V. o. r. Baker was an
action OF assumpsit entered at last term OF
court, the defendant having gone into bank
ter service of the writ Last winter the
East Barre officer rendered plaintiffs attor-
neys bill of $1O1 for care of the property
and this term he was cited into court to
justify his charges. 1t was admitted that
the trustee in bankruptcy would assume al.
charges for taking care OF property since
December 5 and the court adjudged that
the plaintiffs share of the officers charge
for his service up to that time, he being
eighth attaching creditor, should be five
dollars. Raymond U. Smith and d. S. Co
nant for the plaintiff, r. M. Harvey for the
officer In this case, as also in that OF
Wood v. Hyde, exceptions were taken.
Among the divorces granted were the
following: Clara M. Foster v. Asa JudsoD
Foster for wilful desertion; John Clark V,
Alma NJ. Clark for wilfIl desertion; zelma
1. Slack v. Charles j. Slack for wilful de-
sertiOn; Mary A. Luce v. Charles Il. Luce
for wilful desertion; Amafie Sansehagrin
v. Euphemia Sansehagrin for wilful deser-
tion; Luna M. Gibbons v. Lewis c. Glib
bons for neglect and refusal to support;
Gertie l.. Miller v. George w. Miller for
neglect and refusal to support; some other
cases being continued, one after partial
hearing.
On Wednesday afternoon the court SEN
fenced several respondents, two having
been found guilty by the jury and two 9TH
ers having pleaded guilty to the charges
made against them. Amos j. Chamberlin
and Charles Israel Morris, found guilty of
petit larceny, were each sentenced to three
months, the maximum and two months
the minimum time in the house OF correc-
ton. William A. Waterman for grand lar
ceny was sentenced to three years maxi
mum and two years minimum time in the
house of correction Frank l.. Harris, who
pleaded guilty to stealing stone hammer
of six dollars value from one Brown in
Washington, was sentenced to pay fine of
seven dollars. and costs of prosecution, tax
ad at G1b Of. which WAS maid.
The following criminal cases were con-
tinued; State " George Sanford (bgamy);
State v. Charles B. Hoyt and Matthew AL
len Qiquor); State v. Benjamin Parker
(breach of peace); State v. Richard Ken-
nedy Qiquor); State v. Oscar d. johnson
(selling). In the case OF State v. Carl
Spear plea Of guilty of one first offence
was entered and he was sentenced to pay
fine OF $15 without costs. Three other
cases in which the respondents have not
yet been arrested were also continued. F.
N. Davis, Lyman Porter and Bradford Saw.
ings Bank & Trust Company were each
given decrees on their petitions for fore
closure.