Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1900-12-14

since. The bill was granted on the
ground alleged, and the petitioner was
awarded the custody of the minor child.
Ira III. LaFleCr appeared for the woman
and there was no defence.
Wednesday morning the case of State
VS.. Alfred Swnger, ii liquor prosecution.
was assigned for trial at o o'clock Thurs
day morning aud the jurors were excused
until that time.
The first contested divorce case of the
term was started at 10 o'clock Wednes-
day morning. It was Frank W. Tart VS..
Minnie Tart, and the grounds stated
were adultery and intOlerable severity.
The parties were married in Lincoln in
April, 1856, and have since lived at diff
ferent times in South Starks boro, Hunt
lngton and ShelDurne. The husband
was employed as a stationary engineer
and his work called him from home a
good deal of the time. In his absence,
he claimed, one George ii. Morrison
usurped his marital rights, hence the
suit, which was brought after the sltua-
ton, according TO the petitioner. had be-
come intolerable. There are four children,
the oldest boy of II and the youngest
a boy not yet two years of age. Judge
Bliss was Mr.. Tart's attorney and the
Rider and Henry Ballard.
Wednesday afternoon John Myers, a
youth of about If years of age, was IN
court on charge of having stolen horse
last summer, since which time he has
been in the custody of Superintendent
w. 5. Andrews of the State Industrial
school at Vergennes. The case was
ordered continued and the boy WAS
remanded to the custody of Superintend-
ent Andrews. with whom he had
appeared in court.
The remainder of the afternoon was
taken up with the Tart divorce case, the
petitioner resting at ! 80 and the defense
using up the remainder of the afternoon.
There was an evening session beginning
at 80 and lasting up TO midnight, when
the case was still on. At about 10 o'clock
the case was stopped, although not com
pleted, and another divorce case was be
gun. In the case on trial the woman
entered Il total denial of all the charges
made and the alleged pdnicepS crtmln(S,
George III. Morrison, claimed on the
stand that he was also innocent, abso-
lutely, of any wrong doing. Thursday
morning Mr.. Tart went on the stand in
rebuttal and was not cross examined.
The court took the papers, but no deci-
sion was given.
The other case called on at the Wednes-
day night session was Jennie NJ. Ellis
worth vs.. Carlton Il. Ellsworth, aud it is
another case in which adultery is charged.
The case was left in an incomplete con-
dltion and will have to be completed
after the case on trial, as we conclude
our report at Thursday noon.
The case on trial is State VS.. Alfred
Sweenor, who is charged with having
sold intoXicants in Salisbury, under the
name of German Bitters, and the case
has not proceeded far enough TO indicate
its general tenor. States Attorney Don
oway was the prosecutor and j. w.
| Atwel of Brandon represents the re-
spondent.
! The probabilities are that the term will
be closed before we go 10 press, as Judge
Munson is doing the best he ;can to get
the work of the term closed without
wasting ANY time. After the Judgment
in the liquor case there will he nothing
bur some Insignificant divorce mattei :,
although there are several eases heard IN
when no decision has been announced.