Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1900-03-15
RECESS OF COUNTY COURT.
Little Business Appears and the Jury
men Are Sent Home.

The second day of the March term of
County Court developed little business.
second examination of the jury
calendar resulted in the placing of the
case of J. j. Enright VS.. $. +. Bickford
at the heel of the docket. the marking or
the case of John l.. Whalley, apt, VS.. Ed
gerton & Towner for trial and the con-
tinuance of Evans & Sons VS.. Il. NJ. SUIT
ton, +. Howes & Co. VS.. George Nj. De-
anev and the case of Alexander Fraser $
will.
The divorce docket was called and about
a dozen cases marked for hearing The
case Of Lucia j. Davis VS.. Walter II. Da-
Wis was discontinued and the entry pc
tition dismissed" made in the case of Ma
tllda Oser VS.. Charles II. Osier.
a 90 minute session of the County Court
was held Friday morning, after which
an adjournment of the court was taken
until o'clock on Monday afternoon The
petit jurors were excused until Tuesday
morning at Q O'Clock.
At Friday mornings session the civil
Jury cases We're completed by the ccfer-
ring of the one case left for trial, that of
Whallcy VS.. Edgorton & ToNncr. to K. T.
Brown as referee. The first case upon the
State docket Is that against Jacob Mitch
ell for selling liquor and will be continued
as tire respondent Is in the House of Cor
rection. In the case of the State W. Ed
ward Chiott there will be similar entry
as one important witness is out Of The
State. and in the case of the State VS.. II.
l.. Page for keeping a nuisance nolle
PROSE- is entered as is also done III the
case Of the State VS.. Louis Narcotic. in
which there is no evidence. Daniel Prince
is stll in the House of Correction under a
sentence of last term and so cannot he
tried at this term for selling liquor.
There was Il vciy short session of coun-
ty court Monday afternoon, opening at
O'Clock. for the hearing Of the divorce
cases of the docket of the March term
if any had been ready None was brought
up for nearing. The case of Bessie II.
Quinn VS.. William Quinn, a petition for
divorce. was discontinued.
The sessions Of County Court were az ain
opened Tuesday morning only to he ad-
journed again, and there are indications
that the second week of the term will be
almost as barren of business as was the
first 1t was expected that the criminal
cases would be taken up Tuesday but
this was not done and the iurymen. who
had been excused until . O'Clock, were
again excused, this time until they should
be summoned by the clerk. County Court
was then adjourned until next Monday az
ternoon at o clock.
a short session of the chancery court
with Chancellor Taft on the bench was
held yesterday morning for the calling of
the chanCery docket of the March term of
court. A few cases were set for hearing
and several were entered discontinued or
continued. An adjournment was taken
until next week.
Chancellor Taft is disqualified from Sit
ting in the cases of Russell S. Taft VS..
the city of burlington and in John ~
Oliver VS.. Elihu T.. Taft, administrator,
and these were continued. Andrews Br s..
vs.. Charles c. Ross and wife. William l.
Jones vs.. Martha \. Howard and the Yer
mont Life Insurance company vs.. Bennic
w. Corse were among the cases entered
discontinued.
In a large number of injunction cases
growing out of the nuisance and iniunc-
ton proceedings of last fall the time for
filing an answer to the bill has not expire d
and these were therefore passed The time
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