The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1900-12-05
ORANGE COUNTY COURT.

Orange County Court began its December
term OF court on Tuesday, with Hon. John
II. Watson as presiding Judge and Hon.
James r. Nolan of Topsham and Hon.
Charles II. Bigelow Of BrOokield, assistant
judges; Curtis s Emery clerk; David S
Conant of Bradford, States attorney; Frank
l. Whitney, sheriff; Margaret E. Chestnut,
reporter and Stephen B. Darling, high
bailiff. Upon the law docket are 80 cases
besides IL criminal and 10 divorce cases.
or these II are put on the jury list and the
court calender contains % cases. There are
also 81 cases in chancery. The jury list is
as follows Emma A. Ford vs. e. e, Mar
tin, (assumpsi); Chester M. Huckins vs. j.
Dwinell, f. T. Dwinell and A. K. And
erson, (case); Alice l.. Bradbury vs Leo
j. M. Trask vs.. McKannon .Bros. and Co.,
apts., (assumpsi); Henry Whitcher vs r.
j. Wbitcher, apt, (Trespass @ O.; Samuel
Rollston va B. H. Adams Jr., (replevin);
Oscar ID johnson VS.. Bishop Bros. ct al. &
Trs., (assumpsi); A. j. Foster, apt, Va Est.
Of A. s, King, (appea hom Comm'rs); q.
l.. Martin, admr. vs. Ohas W. Hayward,
apt, (assumpsiO; Edward j. Cook, by next
friend, VS. Eugene r. Darling, apt, (assump-
si); but of this number not more than four
will be tried and two criminal cases are
also expected to be tried. The following
is the list OF petit jurors drawn: Bradford.
William K. Norcross, Carl j. Slack; Brain
tree, Clarence M. Bass, George Q. Flint;
Brookfeld, Hayden NJ Gaylord, Anson b.
Ferry; Chelsea, Alva w. Whitney, Edward
o. Msttoon; Corinth, John O. Hastings,
Charles II. Metcslf; Fairlee, John Clement,
B. W. Abbott; Newbury, r. W. Chamber
lain, Joseph Sawyer; Orange, Charles
Colby, Edwin II. Cutler; Randolph, j. Q.
Green, N. w McCollom; Strafford, George
H. Rowel, VIM H. Collins; Thetford, II.
w Downer, r. A. Clough; Topsham, Frank
Sanborn, @. P. Hood; Tunbridge, Willis S.
l., T,
Robinson, s. B. Darling; Washington, Ed
win X. Houghton, Charles II. McAllister;
West Fairee, John N. Kimball, Roy
Southworth; Williamstown, Clayton H.
Martin, Herbert N. Fsrnham.
Owing to the recent death Of Judge
Thompson and the comparatively short SER
vice of Judge Watson, he appears here as
judge within two years after his last atten.
dance as attorney of the Orange County
bar, viz, at the December term, 1898. 1t
happens, however, that two important
cases in which he would have been dis.
qualified, Roswell Fsrnham vs. Boston B.
Maine railroad and H. M. Dufur vs. Boston
Il Maine railroad, are not set for trial, each
being an action on the case for alleged neg
ligence; the former as to the condition of
the depot Platform at Thetford station and
the latter as to conduct of employee in al
lowing caboose of freight train to stand in
White River Junction yard within range
of DR.. Aliens practice shooting The lat
ter case is likely to go to the Supreme Court
on law points as the plaintiff has already
collected several thousand dollars damage
of DIR. Allen himself for his careless shoot
ing the same occasion.
Hale X. Darling has retired from the
States attorneyship, position which he
has very capably filed for four years. this
being the longest consecutive service in
this county for forty years. OF the new in
cumbent, David s. Conant of Bradford,
good things are also expected, though he is
young at the bar, having studied with
Judge Watson in his Bradford Office and
been admitted at the October term of 1897