Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1900-12-14
THE COUNTY COURT.
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evidence in rebuttal recess was taken
to o'clock Monday afternoon.
Upon the reassembling OF court Mon
day afternoon the rebuttal evidence was
put in in the case of Steadman vs.. BOst-
wick, and at / 80 MIR. Rider began the
opening argument for the plaintiff. Mr..
Foster follow ed with the first plea for the
defense and at the conclusion of his argu-
ment recess was taken for the night.
Tuesday morning Mr.. Fish made the
final plea for the defendant, talking for
an hour and 20 minutes. After the usual
inlcrmission Mr.. Ballard closed the case
for Miss Steadman, using up the remain
der OF the forenoon session.
Judge Munson delivered the charge to
the Jury upon the coming in of court in
the afternoon and the jury got the case
at , 20 o'clock. They were out the rest
of the day, and at S o'clock the court
were summoned in, as the jury wanted
to have some of the evidence read over TO
them at about 10 o'clock that night
the bell again called ia the court and the
Jury brought in a verdict in favor of the
defendant, Bostwick, that he was not
guilty of the charge OF being the father
of Miss Steadman's child. In view of
the strenuous manner in which this case
was contested, the verdict was distinct
triumph for Messrs. Fish and Foster, the
defendants attorneys. There were
numerous exceptions taken by each side
during the hearing of evidence, but there
Is no likelihood that the case will go up
to The supreme court.
The criminal case of State vs.. Lahore,
assigned for o'clock Monday afternoon,
was not called up and no other case was
] ,t,I ia. In, 1a
man. BUstwick case had gone our Friday
afternoon. Divorce cases then came on
and the court took up about an hour
with them, the rest of the afternoon be-
ing exhausted in waiting for verdict
from the jury then out.
The first case was Neva LarOck VS..
Edward f. LarOck. The parties were
married in Mi'dlebury, May |, 1897, and
for time lived with the petitioners
father, farmer, who. Lives about three
miles out of the village. The husband
left in October that year and the pair
never lived together again. In the
spring of 1898 Larock enlisted IN the
Brandon company in the Spanish Amer
lean war aud staid Chickamauga Park,
Ga, until the regiment was ordered
home. In the fall of 1899 Larock again
enlisted, this time in the 43d regiment of
! u. >. volunteers, ana mas since oeeil III
or near Manila, Philippine Islands. The
petition was entered Sept. % last and
the case was heard only so far as to de-
termine the sufliciency of the notice. The
court having determined the notice TO be
Sufficient, the case was heard on its mer-
its the first thing Wednesday morning,
w. IL. Bliss representing the petitioner
and there being no appearance for the
] dafauap DpsprfiOn and lQtOlprADle
severity were the grounds alleged. No
decision was announced.
The only other case heard Tuesday af-
ternoon was Lille NJ Gilman vs.. Philip
Gilman and the case set up was failure to
sur port. The parties were married in
1892 and live at various times In Rhode
BLAND and New York, and finally IN
East Middlebury. Gilman was painter
by trade, hut had "A disdain for work Two
years ago last spring he went 10 MaSsa-
chusetts and the wife has MAYER seen him