Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1902-12-12

In State VS. Daniel Davis, for larceny,
a mol pros was recommended for the
respondent has already served a term in
the work house for a burglary committed
coincidently with the larceny charged:
and the court so ordered.
There are half a dozen cases on the
docket in which the parties are charged
with Illegal selling of intoXicants. but as
the states attorney did not think he
could prove anything graver than the
selling of two per cent beer against them.
and as juries in Addison county have
been found unwilling TO convict for that.
Mr.. DonOwav thought it would be just
a. well to mol pros the cases and get them
of the docket. They were left open until
later. There were also five or six nuts
ance and Injunction cases left open for
future action.
When the court took a recess at 10 40
Saturday forenoon it was to , O'Clock p.
m. on Monday.
Court resumed work Monday afternoon
at o'clock, after recess from Saturday
forenoon. Although there was a general
expectation thar the first criminal cases
OF the term from the old docket would he
taken up this turned out to be wrong.
The first matter brought up was the
case of NJ, ). Carr of Cornwall for the
alleged larceny of five calves, the prop
erty of Norman Foote of Cornwall.
Frank l.. Fish of Nergennes app; AIRED for
Mr.. Carr aud said that he understood
! that the defense would be insanity, al
| though he had not seen Mr.. Carr, who
was in Ferrishurgh buving apples. He
thought that Mr.. Carr would be in Court
/
said he would like to see the respondent
in the court and ordered the case left
open with the unders landing that il
would be called in the morning. Mr..
Fish thought that il might be well to
have Mr.. Carr committed for examna-
ton as to his mental condition, but the
court decided to have him produced
Mr.. Carr appeared Tuesday morning
aud after evidence had been given as to
a severe attack of erysipelas which he
suffered three years ago, Judge Haseltor
ordered that he he taken to the state
hospital at Waterbury, and Deputy
Sheriff Fred ROwley of New Haven went
there with him Wednesday morning.
In the matter of State V. Sherman
Yattaw of Vergennes charged on the OLD
docket with furnishing liquor, Judge
Bliss took charge In place of Frank w
Tuttle of Nergennes, and moved that tn
bonds be chancered to one cent withou
costs, but the matter was held open.
In the case of Probate Court V. Marcus
Carr and Levi c. Sturtevant, judgmen
was entered against the respondents by
consent of counsel for 500.
There are plenty of criminal cases ready
to be brought on, and if those in whicl
the persons are in limbo and who profes
IN dasira a trial ra oil hoard IL Is diff
cult to see how the term can finish for
week yet. After session lasting bu
an hour, a recess was taken until Tues
day.
The second divorce hearing of tn
term, that of Herbert A. BOgue V
Mabel Bogue was finished upon the ties
timony of DR.. Bogue, who practices Il
Salisbury. and formerly lived In New
Haven. The charge was desertion, ant
il was shown by testimony taken at dit
ferent times since the term began tina
the petitioner had always treated hi
wife well and that she ran away froI
him four years ago. Pie bill was grant
ed on the grounds alleged. Charles +
Kingsley of Salisbury represented DI
Bogue, and there was no defense.
! Tuesday afternoon the case of State '
Curtis A. Smith of Goshen, charged wit
a felonious assault upon the person O
, Relief Jones. a fourteen-vear.o girl, o
t Sunday night, the 18th day c
r last May was begun. The girl is tn
daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. Williar
, Jones of Goshen. She is an attraC
: tive little woman, but suffers fror
an impediment in her speech. She, wit
} her mother, gave testimony of he
ply sical condition when she reache
: home, and DR.. Gee Of Brandon, tn
physician who was called, testified