Semi-weekly Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1897-1901, 1901-10-01
NOT A DIVORCE MILL
JUDGE STAFFORD RUNS.
WILL TAKE STRONG EVIDENCE
TO PULL SUCH CASES THROUGH

Several Heard but No Decisions Yet
| Gonyer ana Orcutt Hsid In $3.50 Bail
for Perjury-MRher OF Bellows Falls
Gets 10 . Years for Assautling Officer
- Jamaica Liquor selling Case
Henry Eddy ANA George Heath Plead
Guilty OF Petty Lnrceny-Layyer Bacon
| for Probation Officer.
1t devsloped Friday morning that
the jury calendar had gone to pieces
and States Attorney Weston announced
that in the afternoon he would be
| ready to take up the state causes.
After the Canedy case and TIE ar
rest of Gonyer and circuit for perjury
as stated in our last issue, States At,
| torney Weston filed an information
against them Saturday On being
arraigned each pleaded not guilty and
was held for trial in default of $3.50
bail.
State VS. George N Wilder was the
next case. Wilder was indicted by
the grand jury OF this term for selling
Intoxicating liquor. The evidence on
the part OF the state showed that
Wilder who lives in the west part of
Jamaica sold on two different occa.
sions pint of whisxey to tesmster
who was drawing lumber from STRAIT
ton to Jamaica railroad station. An.
other witness testified that while
passing Wilder's house the latter
asked him if be didn't want to buy
some cpodildcck, whereupon Wilder
brought out a pint bottle of mixture
for which he was paid so cents The
witness stated that he tasted of the
mixture. pronounced it very poor,
put some of it on his horses shout.
der, ard made no use of balance.
Wilder testified in his own behalf. de-
nying the sale of the two pints to the
Stratton teamster and stating that the
opodildock was mixture consisting
of herbs which he fixed up for his
8ged father, and which he called
good drink. which would not intoxi-
cate, however, unless a man took
enough of it. He supposed the man
to whom he furnished the stuff gave
him the 30 cents because he knew
that Mr. Wilder was poor.
The jury returned verdict of guilty
of two first offenses Gibson and
Schwenk appeared for Wilder and
urged the clenency -of the court on
account of the poverty of their client.
Sentence WIS imposed SATURDAY,
filming Wilder s. and costs of Sl3. %
and committing him to the house CT
correction for not less than % nor
more than 80 days
Ambrose Maher of Bellows Falls
who had previously pleaded guilty of
as5aulting Police Officer Thompson
with large stone, was brought into
court Saturday and sentenced to be
confined at hard labor IN the house of
correction for not less than three
years not more than four years.
Sheriff wilkins took Wilder and
Marsh to Rutland Saturday night for
comm itment.
The jury We're discharged Saturday
and another set of Jurors have been
drawn to appear here Tuesday morn
ing, Oct Sth, to try other criminal
cases, including that of state VS. Fred
II Bushor alias Fred II BidUell
against whom the states attorney has
filed an information charging him
with burning the barns on the Bowker
farm in Nerfane few days ago.
Several divorce cases have been tried
hut decisions have not yet been rem
dered and it seems to be the impress
sion that very strong evidence will be
needed 10 order to pull this class of
cases through with this coutt
Henry Eddy and George Heath, who
were bound over to county court by
Justice Newton for stealing lead pipe
FROM Patrick Fleming ard others
were brought into court Wednesday and
on advice of the states attorney were
allowed to plead guilty of petit lar.
ceny.
Toe court hes appointed Robert @
Bacon of Brattleboro as probation Of
ficer.
Adjourned from today, Tuesday, till
Tuesday morning of next week now
seems probable.