Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1902-02-27
UNITED STATES COURT
Little Work in Sight For the
February Term.
Petit Jurors Discharged as There Was
Nothing for Them to Do-O'Brien &
Sheehan We. Rutland Railroad
Case Set for March al.

The February term of the United States
Circuit and District Courts convened Tues
day morning at the county court house
with Judge ii. II. Wheeler presiding.
There was an unusually large attendance
of attorneys from different parts of the
state. aside from many Of the members
of the Chittenden county bar. The grand
and petit jurors were present but there
was no work for the latter and they were
discharged in the afternoon. Only two
cases were disposed Of a plea of guilty
being entered in each and sentence pro-
nounced
The only case set for trial by jury was
that of George w. Sabre VS.. George M
Honsnger and that was continued by
agreement.
Tho cases of Boratio G. Parker, trustee
ct ais. VS.. the Montpelier Carriage Co.; Of
Kent X. Hayden, receiver. ETC., VS.. Adna
Brown ct. ais; of McKannon Bros. K Co.
VS.. John II. Parker were left with the
court.
There was considerable discussion be-
tween the attorneys In regard to the case
of John O'Brien and John c. Sheehan VS..
the Rutland Railroad Co. ct, ais. I. w.
Maloney asked that the case be heard
! this week, stating that delays had been
caused from time to time and that as the
matter was ready for hearing he would
like to have it disposed OF at once. Button
& Button, attorneys for the road, wished
for continuance in order that they might
prepare briefs. They claimed that there
were some $1,000 pages of testimony to be
gone through and that they needed time
in which to prepare their arguments. The
matter was finally disposed of ny the court
setting the date for hearing at Brattle-
boro on March 81
In the case of United States VS.. Joel f.
Emerson. a plea Of guilty was entered but
sentence was not pronounced.
The IN
States VS.. Eugene Lawyer. alias Eugene
DeLoyer. was in court and pleaded guilty.
He was fined $25 The case involved q horse
trade by the respondent with Canadian.
Later the animal was seized by the Unite
states authorities upon the ground that
no duties had been paid The animal was
sold at auction. Lawyer securing it at sl2
The court ascertained that the animal was
worth about s25 and then announced fine
of Il similar amount.
james Burns pleaded guilty to SNUG
Cling "A gallon of high wine and 45 half
pints of whiskey from Canada. He was
fined s15
Four attorneys were sworn prac-
titioners before the United States Courts
They were S. HOLSTER Jackson and A. A
Sargent of Barre, +. q. Webster of Bur
lington and f. C. Archibald of Manchester
At the afternoon session the grand jury
panel was completed and DR.. W. s. Vim
and at once began business. 1t is expected
that they will be occupied for the re.
mainder of the week. The Jurors are as
follows:
Burlington-A. n. Johns. w. S. Vincent
Albert C. futile Bennett Turk. E. Selden
II. S. Humphrey, Oliver DeVarennes. A
4. Drew and NJ. L. Sanborn
Cambridge Junction-Peter Reynolds
Winooski-Frank Carpenter.
Hinesburgh-D. *. Patrick.
Hyde Park-H. S, Haskns.
Morrisville-W. s. Cheney.
Richford-H. S. Baker.
ST. Albans-Henry G. Morton.
Swanton-E. i. Adams.
The Petit Jurors were as follows:
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. A Kelley, w. f
Greene, John j. Enright, l.. G. Burnham
George II. T3abcock. Charles f. Pease, A
Spaulding and G. W. Richardson.
Il Cambridge-C. ID. Gates
Charlotte-George A. Clark.
Essex-F. ". Booth
! Hnesburgh-M. +. Remington.
! Jericho-3arney Matimore.
Il Johnson--Wiliam C. Doane.
Milton-C. s. Ashley.
Montpelier-A. j. Sbley and j. A Lock
| lin.
Northfield-J. s. Mosey.
Richford-Fay Hopkins.
Shelburne-John l.. Barstow and N. r
Miller.
swanton-Warren Clark and Charles C
Gilmore.
Underhill-L. F. Terril and France.
Barrett.
Waterbury--J. W. Moody.
Winooski-S Bigwood and Harvey V
Horton.