Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1902-12-12
ADDISON COUNTY COURT.
Lot of Cases Worked on. Probably
Close Next Week.


Close Next Week.
The county court has continued in
session from day to day since our last
report, although on some days there
was but little doing. On those days
Judge Haselton and the assistant judges
stayed about the court room patiently
waiting for something to turn up for
their consideration, and during the
closing days of last week they succeeded
in getting quite a number of cases off
the dockets.
When our report closed last week the
case of r. f. E. Brown VS. Woodward 81
French was still on trial. 1t was COM
pleted Thursday afternoon, L. w.
Moloney of Rutland taking about
twenty minutes to finish his closing
argument for the plaintiff, which he had
begun before dinner, and Judge Hasel-
ton occupying only about ten minutes
with the charge to the jury. Besides
being brief, Judge Haselton's maiden
charge to an Addison County jury was
concise and admirable in its clearness.
The jury were out only about quarter
of hour and at three o'clock came in
with a verdict In favor of the plaintiff
for Sl77.60 and his costs, and interest
from October IL, 1900, This was the
full amount for which Mr.. Brown
brought suit as the value of his lot of
sheep, and 1t looks as though Mr.. Wood
ward would have to pay it, as French
has nothing to pay with. 1t is not
likely that an appeal will be taken to
Supreme court, although there has been
some talk of that.
While the jury in this case were out,
there was hearing on motion to dis
miss in the case of Joseph Blaize vs.
Louis GOulett. Lawyer LaFleur of
Middlebury argued the motion for the
defendant, claiming that the court had
had no jurisdiction under the statutes,
as the value of the property replevne d
was under 500 Lawyer Davis of Mid
dlebury thought the judgment Of the
appraisers as to the value of the pro-
perty was not infallible and that the
case should be tried and its value as
certalned from evidence submitted. The
court took the papers and decision was
reserved.
Judgment for the plaintiff, by default,
the clerk to assess the amount, was
rendered in the case of II. 5. Sumner VS.
A. L. Norton. George IIaselton of
Bristol appeared for Mr.. Sumner.
The court then announced that the
criminal cases would be taken up on
Monday afternoon at , o clock; and
come on for hearing a recess was then
taken to nine O'Clock Friday morning.
Friday was day of holding court by
spurts, as it were. When court came in
in the morning it was learned that
the only case left for trial on the jury
calendar Trustee of Frank Babino's
estate vs. John Douglass had been
settled, and the petit JURORS were there
upon excused from attendance until two
p. m. on Monday.
On account of the pendency of SINH
lar case in the Supreme court. these foul
important cases were continued to await
the decision in that case; Frank l.
Fish, receiver of the Farmers National
bank of Nergennes, VS. Edison b. Palmer
and trustee; the same against Emerson
Hollands administrator In re Frank l.
Fish, receiver, etc, and +. l.. Fish, a:
receiver, vs. +. G.. Kennedy and trustees
Some small court matters were next
disposed of and then. having run out OF
timber TO work on, a recess was taker
from II o'clock to two in the afternoon
The afternoon session did not Oper
for actual work until 3 80 O'Clock. Al
that hour the grand jury came in, for the
first time since they had received theil
Instructions on Tuesday afternoon, and
made their report. They handed in
three indictments and one "bill not
found" 1t will be seen that not all OF
the cases of the twelve persons confined
in Jail were considered by the grand
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