Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1899-12-14
Windsor County Court.


December Term.
The winter term OF this court com
menced on Tuesday, the 9th. The lur
, under the present law is not summons
/ until 2 o. m. OF the first day OF court, s.
the time OF the forenoon session was oc
! cupied in the reading Of the docket ant
hearing of motions for continuance, etc
J The jury cases, consisting OF some thlrt.
in number, we're divided into assign
ments for the different days OF the mrs
week. The first case set for trial wa
continued. In the second case the maiI
counsel on one side was John q. Sargent
states attorney, whose presence with tn,
grand Jury was necessary and lndlspen
sable. So that case went by. In the nexi
three one of the counsel in ell, W. Il. &
Stiekney, was at Hyde Park attending
the LamOilIe county court getting
divorce for the celebrated actress, julia
Marlowa, and was not expected until
Thursday. 1t was apparent that no case
could be taken up sooner than friday
! Counsel suggested to the court that II
would be better TO send the jurors home
and take up the first case on Monday OF
| this week. This suggestion was adopted
and the case assigned for trial at that
! time was that of Spencer VS. Estate OF
( Sperry. The cases remaining for trial az
/ ter the call NUM- ered seven, to really be
| tried by Jury. The rest OF the civil bust
ness is to be made up OF some seventy five
cases set to the court for trial. OF these
seventeen are petitions for divorce.
At the afternoon session on Tuesday
the grand and petit jurors were called,
empaneled, sworn and charged by Judge
Tyler. The following is the list OF grand
and petit jurors
Following are the grand jurors: Orrison
W. Leonard, Andover: f. K. Spaulding,
Bethel; VIM. d. Johnson, Bridewater;
George S. Hill, Cavendish; J.R. Richard
son, Chester: aFrank II. O'Neil, Hartford
B. b. Ruggles. Hartland; Geo. d. Pinney,
Ludlow; VIM. Bieknell, Norwich; +. V.
Pinney, Plymouth; Justin Bugbee, Pom.
fret; Crosby G. Martin, Rochester; Ed
ward l.. Randall, Springfield; Albert r.
Preston, Sharon; Nelson f. Craigue,
Weathersfied; VIM. r. Spaulding, Wes-
ton; Chas. II. Fitch, Windsor; Melvin Il.
Banister, West Windsor.
Excused. Talesmen called in place OF
them %. l.. Richmond Of Woodstock and
W, j. SperrY Of Cavendish.
Following are the petit jurors: Zela Ed
500, Andover; Chester Il. Cady, Barnard;
W. q. Whitaker and r. G. West, Bethel;
Edgar Il, Bassett, BrdgeWater; Homer =.
Cavendish; AID. Fletcher and
Chas T. Whitmore, Chester; VIM. bliss
and Chas. K. Whitman, Hartford; A. j.
Hartland; Harry f. Fuller
aud Samuel l.. PinDey, Ludlow; Joseph
II. Cloud, Norwich; G. W. johnson, Ply
Mark E. Adams, Pomfret; o. s.
Holden, Reading; Geo. l.. Baker, Roches-
ter; Harry A. Bingham and Walter Web
ster, Royalton; Frank W. Stone and Nell
son X. Lawrence, Spring field; Albert M.
Holden, Sharon; Jesse Wright, Stock
bridge; Emerson ID. Leland, Weathers-
field; Arthur l.. Fisher, Weston; Chas. Il.
Hoffman and Uriel l.. Comings, Windsor;
Frank Z. Woodruff, West Windsor; Os-
car Atwood, Woodstock.
The court named n. f. Craigue as fore
man OF the grand jury.
Apart from the civil business a good
deal OF state business is to be transacted
and long term OF court may be expected
On Monday afternoon the court took up
The jury case OF Elizabeth Spencer VS.. the
Estate OF DR.. Charles A. Sperry, late OF
Quechee. Plaintiff is the wife of James
W. Spencer and a few years ago met with
IN accident, breaking one of the bones in
he right ankle. She was attended by Or.
Sperry, who, as she supposed, set the
broken bone. Later she discovered il had
not been set. The claim in brief is to re-
cover damages for maltreatment OF
fracture by practising surgeon. On
Monday afternoon jury was secured and
I recess was taken until morning. The
putting in OF testimony began Tuesday
md the case is still on trial. An account
II It will appear in our next issue.