Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1900-12-21
//THE COUNTY COURT.
Term Closes with More Divorce Cases ant
A Few Decisions.


The December term of Addison
county court came to close at 12:lj
o'clock last Friday noon. 1t was not a
long term. occupying only eight full
days with two night sessions. Neither
were there any cases of much conse-
quence, except to the litigants heard,
the bulk of the time OF the term being
taken up with divorce cases. AS is
usual with him, Judge Munson kept
he business going and so was enabled to
finish here, spend Saturday and Sunday
at home in Manchester and reappear in
Burlington on Monday as the presiding
Justice in the belated September term of
| the Chittenden county court. When we
closed our report last week Thursday
noon beginning had been made in the
only criminal trial of the term, State VS..
Alfred Sweenor, charged with having
sold intOXicants in the shape of Ger
man Bitters" near Lake Dunmore in
Salisbury. The bitters are manufac.
tured In ShOreham (Ricbville) in this
county and have been sold as medicine
in numerous country stores throughout
the state. The respondent did not deny
the selling, but claimed that the article
was not Intoxicating and the Jury
seemed to take that view of the matter.
as they brought in verdict of not
guilty, after being out only very short
time, on Thursday afternoon. j. w.
Atu eli of Brandon conducted the defence.
Part of Thursday afternoon was devoted
to hearing divorce petitions, as was the
evening session the same night and two
cases were heard on Friday morning.
The business of the closing session on
Friday forenoon was as follows:
Asa ID. Hubbard vs.. Susan Hubbard,
reside in Whiting, where the petitioner
has lived for many years, being G7 years
of age at the time. For the past two years
he was one OF the assistant Judges for
this county. Judge Hubbard was
married to the petitionee in Mlddlebury
in March, 1899 The cause alleged is
intolerable severity. The petitioner was
ordered to pay the wife $50 temporary
alimOny to cover the expenses of the
hearing within 30 days. unless he should
before the expiration of that time Join
with his wife in signing deed of her
property to enable her to raise 500.
The petition in the case of Carleton
Ellsworth VS.. Jennie Ellsworth. which
was partially heard Wednesday night
and finished Thursday afternoon, was
dismissed and the cross petition was
decided in favor of Mrs. Ellsworth, who
WAS STdnltN Dlll Oh lIlP STOuUU OF
adultery. There are no children.
A criminalcase entitled State vs.. Lewis
Gordon, an old one on the docket, WAS
thrown out of court upon the recon-
incubation of the states attorney, who
was unable to see much show of proving
the charge. which was an assault Of a
not very aggravated nature.
Another criminal case followed. 1t
was State VS.. William Lamorc. who has
been in Jail for about month for a
breach of the peace claimed TO have
been committed in Bridport by assault
ing his parents on IA Sunday morning.
Ii was alleged that the young man COM
mitted the assault by striking his father
and bombarding the house with stones
after he had been put out. 1t will be
remembered that Lamore's mother fired
a charge Of birdshOt at him. pictursquely
decorating his face with lis of them aud
putting about as many more into his
arm and shoulder Lamore pleaded
guilty to the charge. brought on infor-
nation of the states attorney. and was
given not less than three nor more than
five months in the house of correction at
Rutland. Ira III. LaFleur of Middlebury
was his counsel.
The final criminal case of the term
was State VS.. George Steele of Middle
bury. Il young man who was charged
: with adultery under the blanket act.
The case has been on the docket four or
five years and the correspondent, OF a
plea of guilty, has served a term of six
months in the house of correction She
is now in the insane hospital at Water
bury. On the recommendation of States
Attorney Donoway, seconded by cx-
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