Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1901-08-01
THE LAWS EMBRACE {.
Two Criminal and One Civil Case
Engage Attention.

docket. witness the following -
During States Attorney Conant's visit
in town last week Thursday, considerable
interesting court business was ground out.
J. A. Fowler was the justice before whom
two hearings were had.
One of these was the case of VIII Tobey,
charged with resisting and impeding
Policeman T. Fl. Ketcham while the lat
ter was attempting to arrest him for al
legged intoxication and breach Of the peace.
Ketcham testified that Tobey struck and
choked him. The state was represented
by Attorneys Conant and Wilson and the
respondent BY j. ID. Denison. The latter
moved to quash on the ground that proof
was insufficient and that the complaint
did not allege that Tobey was intoxicated
when the arrest was made. These motions
were denied, the complaint and evidence
were held to be sufficient to hold Tobey,t the
court declined jurisdiction and required
bonds of 300 for Tobey's appearance at
county court. These were furnished by
w. B. Wall.
The other case was that Of State V. Peter
Rockwell, charged with incest committed
on the person OF his daughter, Josephine,
aged IS years. Rockwell was arrested the
same day by Deputy Lamson on informa-
ton filed by the States Attorney, based on
complaint of certain parties towhom Josie
had told her story. Messrs. Conant and
Wilson prosecuted and Denison represent
ed the respondent.
The girl testified that on three several oc-
casions her father had violated her person.
The first Of these was in November, '9S,
and the last in September, 90. Denison
s-examined her briefly and the case
was left to the court without argument.
The respondent was held to await trial at
county court, under bail Of 500. After
q hours, being unable to provide it, Rock
we'll was taken to Chelsea jail.
This case has aroused much discussion.
| The Rockwell family consists OF Peter,
his wife, his wife's father and seven chill
dren, Of whom Josie is the oldest The
| family, depending only on what Peter
could earn as a common laborer, IS very
poor and needy. II is said to lack even a
bed in the house, the inmates sleeping IN
! sdualOr on the floor. Josie has worked
| out more or less, but Is said 10 be so lazy
/ and unwhoesome that she cannot hold a
| place for any length Of time. Her last
/ place was at Jerome Shaw's. When they
discharged her, she begged not 10 be sent
/ home. and then told her story first TO Mrs.
Shaw and then 10 others. Peter makes a
square denial, and ascribes the story 10
| Josie's dislike for him because he object
ed 10 her keeping company with a certain
Young man. requiring her to leave home
/ because his attentions continued. Peter
! is generally regarded as the best one Of the
| lot and up to now has never been in
trouble for transgressing the law. There
are some discrepancies in the girls story,
and she is of inferior intelligence, but II IS
said that she had repeated the story TO her
mother and another woman some time
since. which tends to strengthen il. She
says that she is not pregnant.
But for heavy, all-day sensation, the
/ case Of Herbert Clark VS.. William Larock,
| for alternating the affections of the plain
tiHs wife. damages $4,000, rather held the
/ boards. The arrest was made MONDAY Dy
/ Deputy Lamson, under exciting clrcum-
I stances. A body writ had been issued, but
| a call for Iarock at his usual headquarters
| found MIN missing. He was seen making
his way south ON the track and Othcer
/ Iamson. accompanied by Henry klboee,
| started in pursuit by team, heading MN
! off near John Delany's. Here Larock took
/ "a the swamp and LamsOn, kibbee ana
| Delanv after him. Lamson fired two shots
to sop him after calling 10 nm, put Ia
rock Kept on. The posse beat the brush 9
I long time and finally found their man
i He gave up without a struggle ana was
placed in the lookup over night The ar
/ rest being on a county court writ win
IN daulHUH OF $4,000. il carried an equal
amount of bail. and Larock not having
l s1O0al in loose change about him ne was
/ borne OF 10 Chelsea jail by Deputy LAM
son Tuesday morning. some comment
was aroused at this summary lalllng OF
man without preliminary nearing 81 any
kind. under bonds beyond ms sDlIiy ~
/ furnish. when the suit was merely a clNll
I enc but this comment was merely IN the
nature Of surprise that such a procedure
was possible, and without any reference 70
/ the merits of this particular case
THE prisoner, after his arrival at lal'
can make application TO the supreme,
on county court judges TO nave the pan
fixed al a reasonable figure. IL seems
strange. however, that the plaintin IN a
suif N ms kind is practically given the
newer "a fix the bail even temporarily
and the frame Of mind he Is usually N
does not tend TO moderation.
| The case itself is a choice morsel Tor the
rongers. The plaintiff, Clark, married
Florence. daughter OF Horace kibbee Of
/ Brookfield some i've years since. ne sep.
store al North Randolph for While bul
was unsuccessful at II ana moNsu - Z
,ear ago and rented +. N.Steele's boarding
( bonse' which he has kept with the assist
anee ~ his wife, "the woman IN the case
Wbo Is comely and smart and good hano
- ,,-orl. She is about %. The boarding
bouse has been well patronized. clark
himself had a situation as nlght WstSh-
man in the Salisbury mill until recently,
when be claims to have discovered tnt
adyisabilitv Of watching his own premises
one Of the boarders was the defendant
win Larock. a widower Of about -. -
bas lately been working at housepalntlng
Win MS brother In law, Henry Harper,
CLARK discovered that Laroek displayed
fcndness for Mrs. Clark, which she app
parently reciprocated to the, extent t Lll
I Clark didn't amount 70 Dug-dust ~ ~ ~
Nv enlisting the aid Of others and by APP
nearing i'm unexpected places al unexpect,
n times. Clark claims to have discovered
me pair in very compromising situations
/ Iarock was forbidden the house ana NOV
- out three weeks ago. but has been BACK
ssversI times since. to the detriment o.
Taaee in the family. What brought the az
fair 10 head was Clark's discovery, y
~ claims. that his wife and Larock Wer,
about rs elope and the woman mao hei
! trims packed. ready TO 60. Larock denle'