Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1899-12-14
Several Criminals Change
Their Pleas in Addison
County Court.
SENTENCES IMPOSED.
Fred Perkins, Horse Thief, Gets Six or
Seven Years Imprisonment-Freda and
cry, Must Serve at Windsor
Seven or Eight Years.

Middlcbury, Dec. 12--The Atkins case
was resumed Tuesday morning with Geo
Garland Of Lincoln on the witness stand
lie ContradiCted the evidence of Cornelius
Moulton which tended to show that At
kins had tried to get him to skip out and
not appear as a witness. The opening ar
gumcnt was made by William II. Button
esq, who assisted the states attorney.
w. w. Rider opened for the defence, fol-
lowed by W. II bliss for the same side
The arguments were closed by States At
torney Fish and consumed two hours
Then the court in charge covering 81
minutes, clucidated the law of self-de-
fence as applicable to the case in hand
and the jury went out at 11:i5 and return
ed once for instruction and came in at
with final verdict of guilty. The court
imposed fine of 500 apd costs with the
alternative sentence.
Fred Perkins, who was charged with
stealing horse and carriage of l.. o. AL
len, last evening, withdrew his former
plea of not guilty. states Attorney Fish
had discovered that this fellow had quite
Il bad record. His attorney j. Il. Dono-
way, however, repre- scented that he was
apparently of inferior mental capacity
and so partially irresponsible. After cen
sideration the court imposed sentence
of not more than seven nor less than six
years in Windsor
Fred and Alex Fuller, a couple of Addi-
son youths charged with burGlarznG the
Reef Bridge creamery in Weybridgc IN
September last changed their pleas from
not guilty to guilty. |. f. Lafeur repre-
tented the young men but the State had
such bad record made out for them be-
side this charge that the court saw tit to
exile them in Windsor for not more than
eight and not less than seven years each
Alto clock Tuesday afternoon was begun
the trial of Harriet Hepman or Hepburn
Rs she is known by both names, of Lin
coin, upon an indictment for grand lar
teny in Februry, 1885, The woman with
her crippled husband, was an inmate of
the household of James Lathrop ia Lin
coin as a sort of housekeeper On that
day Lathrop and man named Sanders
were drawing hay and the old man La
throp hung up his coat in his horse barn.
ON going to his house after his work was
done he noticed that his wallet which had
been in the pocket of his coat which had
been hung up in the barn was missing
Later suspicion fell upon this woman, par
ticularly as the woman and her husband
went away in short time and were about
the country spending money at various
places. +. l.. Andrews. Hinesburgh
merchant had received payment from the
Hepburns. But they finally returned to
lathrops and "A search warrant was got
ten to hunt for the missing money. J. A.
Teane, constable of Lincoln detailed the
particulars of the search which was Ce-
warded by finding $50 rolled up in "A piece
q cloth and deposited in the wood box and
put there while he was watching her by
this prisoner.
Other witnesses for the prosecution were
James Lathrop the compla .nant and Ed
win lathrop, a son of the complainant
and his wife. who wore present at the
search.
The case was not concluded at the end
of the days session.
BENNINGTON VERY COMBU STIBLE.
Bennington. Dec. 12-There were three
more fire alarms reported Monday even
ing. In the Pratt house on South street
fire was started by the explosion of Il
lamp and so in cash was burned
ire in the laundry of Thomas Kee on
North street started from a defective
chimney.
a fire in the rooms OF Dr. H. s. Goodall
on Main street was caused by the lamp
exploding. The losses are all trihng