Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1899-10-05

seph Cote, George A. Chu~chil, J. G. Nay
lon, George Loveland and Joseph NJ
Campbell of this city end Louis Narcotic
lof Winooski
The gentlemen made very well-dressed
and distinguished looking aggregation.
! They gathered in the lawyers room and
shortly before called upon to plead filed
into the court room and took seats at the
left Of the bench. They completely filed
the jury box The trials of these cases
Will be the most interesting in this term
| of court one druggist seen hurrylng to-
ward the court room Is sufficient for va
| cty of stories while thnep or four going
in the Same direction form the basis for a
rumor that the whole number arc to he
| beheaded
The following additions were made dur
| ing the day to the list of those arrested
and giving bail of $500 in the charge of
! being common sellers:-
State VS.. John Martin, Burlington, bail
| s. M. Flint
State VS.. Earl A. Frost Milton, bail G. L.
Soule.
! State VS.. f. L. Allard, winooski, bail E.
/ II. Horton.
State VS.. W. b. Craven, Burlington, bail
II. G. Smith.
1 State VS. Forrest C. Parker, Hinesburgh
bail Albert Ray.
! State VS.. =. l. Delong, Huntington bail
W. f. Hanks
State VS.. f. A. Fuller, Hanksville, bail
! DIR. T.. -. Falby
| A case was entered upon the court dock
1 ct Tuesday under the head of the State
VS.. The Champlain Transportation com
pany. The action is based on an indict-
ment found by the grand jury, which
charges the defendant company with oc-
cupyng the public streets with it's docl:s
ana buildings. 1t sets forth that since 1919
the company have been filling in the land
at the point Indicated which it now occu-
pics, and that IT has caused to be dumped
thereon large quantity of earth and
other material. The action is step in
the effort to open the streets to the lake
'front.' on the part of the city of Burlington.
The defendant company is represented by
A. g. Whittemore and they will fight the
case TO It's end
/ The case of the state VS. Allen Chess
more of Jericho. on n charge of intoxica-
ton. went to the jury shortly after the
opening of court in the morning and after
being out for about one hour they brought
in verdict of not guilty and the respon-
dent was discharged.
/ n good portion of the morning session
was occupied in the trial of the case of
the state VS.. William Bradford of Jericho
on a charge of breach of the peace. Sew
eral witnesses were examined from the
testimony of which 1t appeared that jus.
one year ago Tuesday the defendant be-
came engaged in a quarrel with George
Tillison of Jericho and they had some
words in place in Jericho from which
they were ordered to retire They did so
and it appeared that more trouble follow
cd, during which Tilison picked and threw
some stones and the defendant drew a re-
volver which he fired in the air and with
the stock of which he struck Tillison in the
mead The jury were out but a short time
and rendered verdict Of not guilty.
nr1n
forenoon and pleaded not guilty to being
a common seller Of liquor and to main
tanning nui5ance at the "Old Brewery
In the afternoon he withdrew this plea
and his attorney d. j. Foster addre ssed the
court, saying that the case differed from
most Of those before the court. The re-
spondent was a cripple and went into the
business to keep his family from want
and not to establish a bank account He
asked that a fine might be imposed in OF
der that it might be paid by the respond
ents friends, who still had confidence in
him.
The states attorney said the evidence
against Eddy was based on a sale of
lager beer to a young man in Shelburne
for which he paid fine, and so far as
known Eddy had not continued the bust
ness. He said he did not think the man
came under the same rule as the old of
Tenders, who had been repeatedly before
.ile couIt' II was stated tldt EddN nau
been running the "Old Brewery" for abou.
nine months and had been the principal
in the business.
The court took the matter under con-
sideratOn.
Edward Chiott pleaded not guilty to an
Indictment charging him with being a
common seller and alleging three previous
convictions. He also pleaded not guilty
to an information for keeping on hand
in which previous offences were alleged
There was a hearing just before the adj
iournmcnt of court in the divorce case of
Edward Cady versus Susan Cady. The
petitioner was a member of the First Yer
mont Regiment and asked a divorce on
the ground of deserton and adultery. AT
ter hearing the case the court granted a
bill.