Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1901-12-20
\ ADDISON COUNTY COURT
Wsek Used Up in Dlsposing of Petty Grim

D"'io Va tOohoouiy WIN was SildlS SCu vi
information with having stolen a watch
and chain, bicycle and two suits of
clothes from Nelson Marsaies in Sails
bury on the 10th of May of last year.
The respondent was represented by [. H.
La Fleur of Middlebury and States Attor-
ney Donoway conducted the prosecution.
Davis pleaded guilty and in consideration
of so doing and of having come volun-
tarily from New York state when arrested
over the lake, he was given mild sem
tence-not less than s. days nor more
than 80 days In the house of correc-
tion at Rutland. Davis had been in the
Middlebury jail since the 10th of June
last.
The second case was State VS.. Edward
Canton, who came into court on an
appeal from the Justice court of F. l..
Hamilton of Salisbury, charging him
with having furnished Intoxicating liquor
to Nelson Marsailes of Salisbury in the
Star mill shed in Middlebury on Saturday,
July 6, last. The respondent stood trial
and Mr.. La Fleur acted as his counsel
Canton denied the charge and the jury
acquitted him, after being out only few
minutes.
There was nothing further ready to be
brought oD and the court at 10 :45 o'clock
took recess until o'clock Monday after
noon.
Upon the reconyening of court at that
time the first case taken up was that of
State VS.. William Lamore, charged on
information with adultery in connection
with Mrs. Andrew G. Rounds at Addison
in March, 1900. Judge Bliss and f. w.
Thomas of Middlebury were the respon.
dents representatives and Mr.. Donaway,
assisted by w. II. Davis of Middlebury,
prosecuted. The case took up the time
of the court up to the noon recess on
Tuesday. The Jury were out until about
6 o'clock that night, when they came In
with verdict of not guilty. The COM
panion case against Mrs. Rounds, the CO.
respondent, was thereupon mol pressed
and Mrs. Rounds has since gone home
with her husband.
Another case was started Tuesday
afternoon and was got to the jury by the
time for the evening recess the same day.
1t was State VS.. George Ring, who was
charged with selling Intoxicating liquor
to Frank Sampson in Salisbury on the
25th of last July. Donaway & Davis
prosecuted and the defense was con.
Quoted bv Il. w. Moloney of Rutland and
F. w. Thomas of Middletury. The jury
on this case was out all night. They
came in at the opening of court Wednes-
day morning, said that they had not
agreed and asked for further instructions.
They came in again at IL 80 that fore.
noon and the foreman announced that
they had not agreed and there was no
hope that they could. They were there
upon discharged from consideration of
the case.
Wednesday morning another jury trial
was started up after some other matters
had been got out of the way, for the time
at least After the jury had come in in
the State VS.. Ring case and been sent out
again, the case of Bert Rickert, charged
by the states attorneys information with
haying committed perjury in swearing
last March that one Fred Goss, young
employee of the Brandon Italian Marble
Co. in Middlebury, had shot at Rickert
late at night and wounded him in the arm
on the streets of Middlebury Eear Battell
Hall, was called up. Rckert did not
appear and his bonds Of $1,000 were called
and declared forfeited. Rickerts father
was his bondsman for the whole of the
sum. 1t is supposed that young Rickert
had skipped out TO escape the conse-
quences of conviction of the alleged
crime, should he be convicted on a
trial.
'Nhap n a m in Mro ne
MonktoD, who was charged with having
committed adultery with one William
Thompson about year ago. The young
woman seemed TO be to some extent fool
ish and at first pleaded not guilty and
then changed her plea to one of guilty.
After some talk in regard to putting her
in charge of Probation Officer Darwin
Rider of MIddlebury, in whose charge
the respondents mother is at present on
charge of larceny, the respondent was
remanded to Jail. At the afternoon ses-
sion, by order of the court, the respond.
ent was again brought into court and
Judge Watson sentenced her to term of
not less than one and one-half years and
not more than two years in the house of
correction at Rutland, the sentence being
without costs.
The case begun before a jury in the
forenoon operations, was that of the State
VS.. Stanley Cushman of Bristol, and he
was charged with having been intoxi-
Gated In Bristol on the night of Aug. 10
last, the same night on which the Bristol
liquor agency was supposed to have been
burglarized, as will be remembered by
REGISTER readers of articles published at
that time. The evidence against the
respondent consisted wholly In the state.
ment of one man that he saw the respon-
dent on the night in question at two diff
ferent times between 10 and II o'clock
, that night and that he was intoxicated.
The respondent put up what the jury took
for good alibi and upon the opening OF
court in the afternoon came in with a
verdict of not guilty. Mr.. Davis man.
aged the case for the state In the absence
IN the grand jury room of States Attor-
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