Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1899-09-28
GRAND JURY MAKES REPORT
TWENTY-ElGHT TRUE BILLS FOUND,
MAKING 48 IN ALL.
one Hundred and Thirty-one Bills Not
Found-Te1t of the Report-Two Re-
spondents Arraigned in Court-The
Business OF the Week.

The trial of the case Of Il. J. Severance !
vs. the Hartford Life Insurance company,
in an attempt to collect the amount OF a /
policy upon the life of the plaintiffs wife,
in which fraud is alleged by the defend
ants, was continued in County Court
Thursday. Several witnesses were exam
ned.
The defendants, who opened the case of
Severence VS.. the Insurance company,
completed their evidence Thursday morn
ing at 30. DR. G. NJ. Ferrin was their
asst witness The plaintiff introduced tho
testimony of l.. j. BlXby S. c. Morse G.
w. Ingalls,, Mrs. Jennie Brigham, Nellie
Brigham, c. j. Parsons, Dr. w. W, styles
Henry Perry and Mrs. c. Severance.
Ingalls, is the ageft of the insurance
company who took the Application OF Mrs.
Severance for a policy and Or. W. w.
Styles the physician who made the exami-
nation and sent the report upon which the
policy was issued by the company. Roth
testified that Mrs. Severance was ln good
health, The examination of the doctor
was an exhaustive enc, The evidence in
troduced through the other witnesses WAS
o prove that the health of Mrs Severance
did not begin to fail until some time after
he policy was issued.
At 10 o'clock Friday morning the
grand jury of the present term of county
court came in and reported rs true bills
found and 131 bills not found, This report
q few days ago gives total of As true
bills found. The return of the true bills
was first made and then for several min
utes the monotonous this bill not found,
A. c. Robinson, foreman" endorsed upon
the back of the papers returned and read
by the clerk was pleasant music to many
interested listeners.
The general impression has been that
the holding of United States licenses ~
druggists was being considered as evl-
dence by the grand jury and this feeling
has been strength ened by the large num-
Der of bills under their consideration but
the comparatively large number of cas- 5
III which no bill was found indicates that
the attempt to establish bills on the hold
ing of license alone was for the most
part unsuccessful
At the close of the reading Of the report
Judge Rowell inquired If the grand jury
had inquired into stock gambling, and
finding that this had not been done, read
the statute relating to their examination
into that matter to the jury and sent
them back for consideration of the matter
u They returned in the afternoon and re-
ported that their examination revealed
: nothing upon which to report The report
of the grand jury follows
ITO the honorable, the county court
within and for the county of Chittenden
for the September term, A. D., 1879.
The grand jury for said county empanel-
3 ed and sworn at this September term Of
said court respectfully submit the follow
ing report
We have made due inquiry in regard to
the action of the several towns in the said
county, as to their disposition of the in
come from the United States deposit FUND
and other school funds and report that the
towns have complied with the law.
We have had no complaint as to the
burial ground fences.
We have considered all complaints that
have come before us as to highways.
We have examined the Jail and out
buildings and found them in good condi-
ton and that they are neatly kept by
Sheriff Thomas Reeves.
1 We have investigated all the cases that
have been brought before us or to our
knowledge and have passed upon them
We wish to say that States Attorney r.
E. Brown has been exceedingly dilisent
and faithful in the performance of his
duties
We recommend that better and more
convenient ARRANGEMENTS be made for ac-
: commodatiing the grand jury; that GER
- tain adjoining rooms may, with reason
II able expense, be fitted for the use of the
: States attorney and witnesses; also that
>, certain desirable improvements can easily
\ be made in the sanitary arrangements
connected with these rooms.
!. (Signed)
A. c. ROBINSON, Foreman.
:, w. w. HIGBEE, Clerk.
. The following resolution was adopted py
. the grand jury:
= Burlington, Vt, Sept. Dist. 1899.
e Resolved: by the grand jury of Chitten-
a den County that the thanks of this jury
are due and are hereby rendered STATE )
= Attorney E. f. Brown for the gentleman
h ~ and businesslke manner in which he
has conducted the business he has
brought before the jury.
Unanimously ad0pte1 nv the grand Jury.
=. W. ". HIGBEE, Clerk.
II The session of the County Court Fri
o day wVs not of large interest outside the
). report of the grand jury The day was
ID occupied in the trial of the case of f. j.
s Severance VS.. the Hartford Life Insurance
(. Co. l. r. Story, Mr.. Severance, the ia
y Their of the plaintiff +. J. Severance, the
h plaintiff, and Mrs. l. r. Story were ex-
amined by the plaintiff and DR.. c. NJ. Fer
rim and Jerry Noonan called in rebuttal
At the close of the evidence the defend
ants counsel moved for a verdict on the
: ground of undisputed evidence that this
J. policy was fradulently procured The mo-
9 ton was overruled and the defendants
Q took an exception.
~ The arguments were opened for the de-
i PENDANTS, according to the ruling of the
court at the opening of the case, by W. |.
: Burnap. He was followed by D. j. Foster
= for the plaintiff.
4 Two arrests were made by Sherin
Reeves Friday under indictments found
\ by the grand jury. The men are Johr
& Lee and David II. McCuen.
McCuen is indicted for maintaining c
< nuisance and also for being a common
seller and gave bail of $500 in the tive
Il cases.
4 Lee was unable to secure bail and wea
4 to Jail He also Is indicted as n common
seller and for maintaining nuisance.
There was only a short session OF Coun
D ~ Court Saturday morning. The argu
" ments in the case of f. J. Severance vs.
u The Hartford Life Insurance compan.
y were made by Attorney Haselton for tn,
. plaintiff and Attorney Hogan for the de
4 fence.
eI INSURANCE COMPANY BEATEN,