Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1900-09-20

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with HIM. Some of the Marlboro town Oh
fcers, having taken counsel, then called on
May in Wilmington an forbade blm 10
bring the girl back to Ma lboro with the
purpose OF ssddling her support on that
town. May then tried to get the town o Of
Wilmington to assume her support but iaii-
ing in this he moved back, May l, lS9O,'o
his Marlboro farm, the girl accompanying
him. About a month later Mrs. May to2k
the girl to the home of the Marlboro over
seer of the poor, leaving her in his door
yard, SINCE which time the town has FUR
nished her support. The action wa.
brought to recover the expen,e incurred
by the town for such support, and the PEN
atty which the law fixes at $500 for the
maximum.
The case was ably argued by counsel,
the word intent as specified in the status
furni.hing the text.
The case went to the jury Thursday
noon and about four hours later verdict
| Of not guilty was returned.
Fits and Read for plaintiff, Waterman
& Martin for defendant.
Harriet A. Tucker VS.. Charlt N. Rob
b.gs. An action to recover damages for
alleged mis- representation in real estate
trade. In the fall OF 1898 the plaintiff
owned a small pl zee in New London, Ct,
and entered into negotiations to trade the
same tor defendants farm situated about a
halt mile from the village of West Towns
hend. According to plaintiffs testimony
the defendant represented to her that the
farm would command mortgage OF S25O0
of the Jamaica Savings bank, or any per
sen who had money to loan; that $500
worth of timb could be cut on the place
and got off the next winter; that $500
worth OF sugar cou'd be made on the place
in single season that a large revenue
could be de,ive d from the walnuts which
could be sold each year; that West River,
which separated the main pss.ur3 from the
buildings, could be waded all through the
pastul ing season by man with high boots ;
that the property was insured TO- S23O0
All of tbese representations were false ac
COZ ding to plaintiffs testimony, the fact be-
ing that the Jamaica Savings bank would
not place more than about $1,000 on the
property, ard the buildings we're not in
surabe for more than that amount. The
case was strongly contested at every point
by Fits, Judge Read and Mr.. Colt OF New
London, torneys for the defendant, and
several of the allegations made in the writ
were ruled out by the court as not action
able. Letters written by the defendant
during the negotiations making certain
statements as to the loan which could be
obtained on the pace were put into the
case but were -four d to be addres sed to the
plaintiffs husband, while plaintiff had as
tilted previously that the trade was made
by her and that the alleged misrepresenta ta-
tions were made to her by the defendant.
The case went on trial Thursday afternoon,
and on Friday afternoon, before the com
pletion of Plaintiffs testimony, it was an
nounced that it had been settled. The
terms of the settlement were understood to
be an amount sufficient to cover plaintiffs
costs and expenses. Waterman & Martin
we're counsel for plaintiff.
The w. j. Gould will case is now on
trial. This is liable to be the last civil jury
case as the case of Mcintyre & Wardwell,
the New York stock brokers, against Will
hanson, which was specially assigned for
jury trial Tuesday, is understood to be in
process of settlement. The Stoddard will
case from Westminster, which was to have
been tried by court with large number of
Wilnesses present, mas been continued.
Nineteen indictments we're found by the
grand jury. 16 of these being against
Dempsey, Welch and Blake, who held up
and assaulted j. M. Houghton at Guilford
in March last. Indictments also were
found against Ernest and Frank Howard
OF Jamaica for impeding an officer, and
George Armour for breaking into the Put
ney ticket office and taking tickets and
mileage books.
The criminal business is expected to fur
nlsh several jury trials and will occupy sew
eral days. None of the divorce cases have
been heard and the session will doubtless
occupy nearly all OF next week.