Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1901-12-13
ADDISON COUNTY COURT.
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through Tuesday, the testimony being |
closed by the adjournment hour that
evening. The pleas to the jury were
made Wednesday forenoon, Mr.. Brown
speaking first for the plaintiff and being
followed by Mr.. LaFleur and he in turn
by Mr.. Russell for the defense. Mr..
Billiard closed the argument for plaintiff
Carl just before the noon recess. In this
case the plaintiff claimed damages In the
amount of $1,000, the actual damages be-
ing estimated all the way from $500 to
5000, and counsel argued that under the
circumstances of the case the jury should
award exemplary damages as "smart
money" against the defendant in addi-
ton to such actual damages as they
might find. Judge Watson charged the
jury in the afternoon, addressing them
In straightforward and impartial way
for nearly half an hour. The jury took
the case at 2 80 o'clock and at o'clock
came back into court with verdict, find
Ing the defendant guilty of the trespass
alleged and awarding the plaintiff Sl65
and his costs. No punitive damages
were allowed. On motion of Attorney
Billiard for the plaintiff the court at once
ordered a certified execution against de-
PENDANT Owen.
The news of the sudden death of Law
yer f. b. Deberville was heard with
sadness and keen regret by the members
of the bar on Tuesday afternoon. Mr..
Deberville was regarded by his fellow
members of the bar as an uncommonly
/ ~, I'm 10 nd
his sad and untimely death was spoken
of on all hands with expressions of in
tense sorrow.
When the Carl-Owen case was got to
the Jury Wednesday afternoon another
Jury trial was at once got under way. 1t
was not on the jury calendar originally,
but was put thereon later by agreement
of counsel, and is likely to be the last
civil case to be brought to the attention
of jury during the present term. The
case was that of Henry C. Norton v.
Thomas Dobson, and the attorneys were
w. II. Davis of Middlebury for the plain
tiff and f. l.. Fish of Vergennes for the
defendant The plaintiff, who lives in
Randolph, owns a farm in Addison
which H.. b. IIagar of Weybridge, as Mr..
Norton's agent, in the spring of 1898
leased for term of five years TO the de-
PENDANT, and this suit was brought by
the plaintiff to recover back rents alleged
to be due to the amount of about Sl25.
The defendant put in plea in offset to
cover necessary repairs on the farm
buildings, the building of wire fences
and improvements on the land, and
claimed that there was balance in his
favor. The evidence for the plaintiff did
not take up much time Wednesday after.
noon, only two witnesses being put on
for that side. The defendant, who is q
native of England but had lived in Nor.
iah Center, n. Y, for 80 years prior tC
removing to Addison. is a plain-spoker
and emphatic old gentleman and he kept
the people in the court room highly
amused for couple of hours Wednesday
l afternoon by his shrewd and sharp re-
] plies to questions of counsel. The testi
mony for the plaintiff was all got in by
a 80 o'clock Thursday forenoon and les:
than an hour was then spent in putting
in rebuttal evidence for the other side
The arguments were begun shortly aftel
10 o'clock and were limited by the cour
to an hour on each side, Mr.. Davis doing
all the talking for plaintiff Norton anC
Mr.. Fish performing the like service 70
the defendant. The arguments wer,
= finished before the customary forenoon
, recess, and after the recess Judge Watson
, gave the case to the jury in a clear ant
r. incisive charge, and the jury retired Il
consider their verdict at ii 40 O'Clock
After looking over matters it was founC
that there would still be one more civi
t jury trial at this term, which is the cas-
b of Caleb NJ. Rock wood v. Orlo 5. Dodds
but under the arrangements made thi
5 case will come at the "heel of the docket,
+ which places it after all the crimina lease
=. that may be brought up during the term
States Attorney Dcnoway was sent TO
, by the court shortly before II O'Clock Il
- give Information as to the status of tn
/ criminal docket. Mr.. DOnoway was still
e busy with the grand jury, but came Il
e after a while and the case of the State v
), Bert Rickert, who was under $1,000 bal
e to be here, was brought up. Rickert
@ the Salisbury young man who was bOun
up for alleged perjury in swearing las
spring that Fred Goss, an enploye o
the Brandon Italian Marble company i
IL Middlebury, had shot him in the arm II
n near the graded school house in Middle
II bury at a late hour at night. 1t wa
n rumored about the court that youn
8 Rickert had skipped from Salisbury. an
e the matter was left open until the after
noon to see what might develop by telt
= phone or otherwise, but Dothin
>, happened then.
At 2:l5 p. m. the Jurors not engage
'e upon the case on trial were excused froI
further attendance upon the court unit
9 o'clock this morning, when the frs
lie criminal trial of the term may be begun
c. The jury in the Addison farm case c
j. Henry c. Norton v. Thomas Dobso
| came into court at :25 in the sfternoo
Z. and gave verdict for the defendant
q recover his costs and also the sum {
=, $65.9S. This verdict seemed to stril