Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1899-04-10

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House of Stanstead, had stolen from
his sugar house five tubs of sugar;
that there were tracks around the
sugar house which tracks led to a
slaughter house on the road; the
tracks showed that two men had taken
evidently made by rubbers and some
| by leather boots; from the slaughter
house were tracks of wagon which
Mr.. House followed and which took
him on the direct road to Newport;
he followed the tracks few miles and
then returned home; said the track
was peculiar in that the off rear wheel
wabbled and made a track which con-
| tinually crossed and recrossed the
| track of the forward wheel. Mr..
House said the following fall he was
at the house of Lamere and had with
him S. D. Bates, a deputy sheriff.
They asked Lamere if he had any sug-
ar tubs in the house. Lamere at first
said that he did n OF, but later produc-
ed tub which House recognized as
one of the tubs stolen from him. When
asked how he came by the tub Lamere
said he received it full of sugar from
William Gay for the use of his wagon
in the spring before. House said he
and Bates saw a wagon at Lamere's
with the off hind wheel bulged SO that
it would make such a track as the
wagon used by the thieves.
S. B. Bates also testified to the facts
as above stated.
Amos st. Peter then testified that
he was staying at Gays during the
spring of '95; said some time during
the month of April Gay asked him to
take his horse and go to Lamere's
with him and get Lamere's wagon;
said Gay said to Lamere, "I want
your wagon to go and get that sugar
with" said he went with Gay to get
the sugar and that it was in an old
house between Newport and Coven-
try; said short time after, Lamere
came to Gays and took something
away in a sack which looked like a
tub.
Gay then took the stand and said
that he and Lamere went to Houses
sugar house and took the sugar and
carried it to an old house between
Newport and Coventry; said Lamere
had two tubs of the sugar.
The defence on the part of the re-
spondent was that he got the sugar of
Gay in payment for some hay, and
produced one jenkins who swore shat
feet; also said on cross examination
that he had served out sentence in
the house of correction.
Lamere's two daughters testified
that they were at their fathers one
Sunday when the sugar was brought
there by Gay, and that the under
standing was then that it was in pay
ment for hay.
The respondent then took the stand
in his own be half and testified to the
same effect.
The court charged the jury in the
usual form, and fter due deliberation
they returned verdict of not guilty.
States Attorney Graham assisted
by A. w. Farman for the State; J. w.
Redmond for the respondent.
The next and last of the State cases
was the State VS.. John Simino. This
was case of intoxication which had
been appealed from the justice court.
The State alleged that the respond
ent became and was found intoxicated
at Irasburg on the 4th of July last.
Evidence on the part of the State
went to show that Simino was at the
celebration at Irasburg; that during
the afternoon, while standing near
the catcher and watching ball game,
he became noisy and made trouble,
and in consequence was arrested by
Mr.. Carpenter, who had been appoint
ed special constable for the occasion.
1t seems that Mr.. Carpenter had some
difficulty in making the arrest, and
that several who were close to the re-
spondent at the time detected the |
odor Of liquor from his breath
The burden of the testimony of the |
respondents witnesses was that he |
appeared as a man naturally would |
under the circumstances and that they |
did not smell his breath.
Wright in his argument stated that
"birds of feather flock together"
and are sure to stand up for one of |
their number should he get into any
trouble. Testimony of respondents
witnesses disclosed that lseveral had,
at some time in their lives, been users