The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1899-06-14
Orange County Court.

Orange county court began its June term
on Tuesday, June6 Hon. James M. Ty-
ler OF Brattleboto presiding with Hons.
Henry w. Fits of Braintree and James
Nolan of Topsham, assistant judges; Cur
It's s. Emery, clerk; Hale X. Darling, states
~ torney; Frank I. Whitney, sheriff; Miss
VI 4rgaret e. Chestnut reporter. Upon call
Of the docket in the forenoon IL appeared
that of the twelve cases on the jury calen-
dar but three were set for trial and two
o. hers were set to the heel OF the criminal
trials. The first case, that OF Eliza A.
Fisher, apt, V. Alden Stevens est, l., Il. Il
l. ID Stevens, ex' RS, in which trial was
expected, vas setlpd during the noon in
Permission by the defendant estate paying
TO the plaintiff the sum Of $500. The mex
ppcted settlement of this case left that i'm
mediately following not then ready for
Trial and the court took recess till We'd
nesday morning after the grand and petit
Jurors had been qualified for thei dnties.
At hs afternoon session prayer was de
livered by Rev. A. j. E istman. pastor OF
the local Congregational church. ShAriH
Whitney formally proclaimed the opening
Of court and called upon the jurors ITO APP
pear and save their fines" Raymond Z.
Camp Of o .auge aud A. G. Whe ,ler of Ran
dolph having been excused, Charles Mills
OF Orange and William G. Sanborn OF Brad
ford we're called as talesmen. After clear
and explicit charge from Judge Tyler ex-
planning and enforcing the provisions OF
their oath, Hon. Cyrus u. Lathropl OF Will
Jamestown was appointed foreman. or the
thirty -four petit jurors summoned, two from
each town inlthe county, four failed to APP
pear, After carefully charging the petit
Jurors as to their duties, as no case was
ready for hearing Judge Tyler excused
| them from attendance till next morning
At that time still further time was asked
| for preparation and till afternoon was given
the case of o. V. Downing v. 8. D. Sibley
having been set not for jury.
Ga the coming in OF court Wednesday af'
| ternoon the counsel arranged the settle
ment OF the case OF Fred II. Hartman v. j.
| Wesley jackson, an action of trespass to
| determine the validity OF a tax assessment
| in the town OF Orange Then the remain
ing case of A. s. Martyr, apt, v. estate of
| Francis Curtis, r. E. Beard, admir-, an ap.
peal from probate court, was taken from
the jury list and the jurors excused till
Tuesday morning, at which time the crimi.
nal trials will begin, the case OF State v.
Amos j. ChsmberliD, an indictment for
burglary of West Newbury store in Au.
gust, 1897, being the first.
Az the adjourned meeting OF Orange
County Bar Association, held on Tuesday
evening, the committee on constitution sub
mtted its report, which after some amend.
ment was adopted and the following organ
ization was effected: President, Roswell
Farnham; vice-pre sident, Joseph X. Oar
Emery; executive committee, the presi
dent, eI o1icio, r. M. Harvey and George l.
S ow. An adj burned meeting will be hello
next December. An interesting address
was delivered by Hon. j. X. Darling on hi
experiences as practitioner at OraDg,
county bar during the last twenty. five years
Among other attorneys present at cour
| during the first day OF the term wei o Hon
William P. Dillingham; OF Waterbury ant
w. M. stockbridge, Esq, of Boston, tn
latter on business connected with the Cop
pertield mining litigation
The following were dra vn to serve a
grand jurors during the ensuing June tern
OF Orange county court: Bradford, Calvi
E. Clark; Brantree, E. l. Clafin; Brook
field, Terence Ca agan; Chelsea, Will An
Robbins, Alvah Carpenter; Corinth, Alvi
Fl. Little Fairlee, j. Wilbur Morris; New
bury, Alexander NJ. Peach Orange, Ray
mond P. Camp; Randolph, A. G. Wheeler
STAFFORD, Lucius d. Parker; Thetford,
W. Raymond; Top.ham, I. d. Fellows
Tunbridge, Lewis Dickerman; Vershirt
Huntington; West Fairlee, G. b. Smith
Williamstown, Cyrus U. Lathrop: TIL
petit jurors drawn are: Bradford, Eiwar
j. Bagley, Henry IL. Colby; Brantree
Russell Burriage, Marin V. B. Richardson
Brookfeld, Harvey A. Fletcher, John W
s. Bixby; Corinth, Josiah P. Sargent, j
Fellows Merrill; Fairlee Charles F. THU
Der, Marshall F. Rugg; Newbury, Rober
Lackie, w. W. Brock, Jr. Orange, r. Ed
son Beard, Homer d. Camp; Randolph, G
f. Cushman, Henry G. Waldo; Strafford
William A. Reynolds, Daniel Robinson
Thetford, George e. Emerson. r. s. How
ard Topsham, Dexter NJ. Whitehill, l.
Sanborn Tunb-idge, Amos P. Farnham
George L. Swan; Ve,shire, Alonzo j. Cros,
M. G: Clough; Washington, Edward Eu
cry, William Braman; West Fsirlee, Hal
vey b. Wilson, j. M. Eastman; William.
town, Edwin NJ. Covell, Newell K. Farr
ham.