Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1902-06-05
ADDISON COUNTY COURT
States Attorney Donoway Wants His
Case Mol Pressed.

Case mol Pressed.
Mddlebury, June 3.-The June term Of
Addison county court opened in this vii
lage at 10 o'clock this morning, the Hon.
Wendell p. Stafford of ST. Johnsbury pre-
siding. The jury calendar was reviewed
and all the cases there set for trial were
either settled or continued. No Grim
inal cases were ready for trial TO-
day, and the jury was excused un-
til Wednesday morning, when it is expect
ed that the case of State VS.. Frederick A..
Webber will come up for trial. Webber is
under information for bigamy, and his
counsel is w. w. Rider of Bristol.
The two cases of State VS.. James b. Don
oway, States attorney of this county, for
failure to report to the chancellor within
the prescribed time two liquor nuisances,
were called the attention of the court by
Hon. William II. Bliss attorney for Mr..
Donoway. Mr.. Bliss said that for various
reasons MIR. Donoway was very anxious
to have these two cases disposed of at the
present term of court, and that If the State
was not ready to proceed he thought that
ends of justice might be best served, II
nolle prosequi should be entered. Mr.. Bak-
er, who is the special prosecutor in these
two cases. said that he had no particular
interest in the case except to do his duty,
and to present the case before the court
where the merits of the same might be
properly passed upon He said that the
justice before whom these nuisance cases
were tried had refused to make up proper
record Of the cases that might be used as
evidence in court, claiming that, although
there We're minuted on the back of the writ
plea of guilty, fine and the taxation
of payment of costs, that the plea was
never accepted but held tentatively and
that the cases were still open
Judge Stafford said that he would re-
serve his decision in the matter until court
came in tomorrow morning
The following out of town lawyers were
present at the opening of court this morn
ing: c. J. Russell, Henry Ballard, V. A.
Bulard, e. c. Mower, r. E. Brown, Z. l..
Sherman and ]. z. Cushman OF Burling-
ton, Joel Baker and r. w. Moloney of
Rutland, w. A. Atwell Of Brandon, G.. l..
Hasseltine, j. w. Page and W. W. Rider
of Bristol. II. Fl. Booth, Frank l.. Fish and
F. w. Tuttle of Vergennes.
No Entry Made in the Donoway Cases
DIR. Stevens Captured.
Middlebury, June 4.--Little business was
accomplished a in Addison County Court to-
day, and at noon IA recess was taken until
Thursday morning at O'Clock.
The case of State VS.. George Ring for
furnishing was mol pressed, and the cases
against Ernest L. Sherwin, Harry Jamins,
]. p. Cobb, A. g. Dudley and w. w. Moore
for selling, were continued. The case of
State VS.. DR.. u. A. Bisbee and that
against Emma Waterman were also Con
tinued on account of the physical inability
of DIR. Bisbee to appear in court. No entry
was made in the cases of State VS.. James
i. Donoway. Judgment and costs for the
plaintiff were awarded in the case OF
George c. Kelsey VS.. Frank Meehan, alias
Dan Stew art of puglistic fame
The case of State VS.. Dr. Harold j. Stew
ems will finally come up for trial in the
morning. The bonds We're called in this
case to-day and an officer with a bench
warrant dispatched for the respondent
The doctor was found hiding in his house
ut Benson. late this afternoon. He was
captured by the aid of two deputies and n
consta ble and was brought to Mddlebury
this evening. This case has already at
tractcd wide publicity. DR.. Stevens, who
resides in Benson, is charged with the lille
gal practice of medicine. The States at
torney will be assisted in the prosecution
of this case by the Hon. Frank l.. Fish of
Ncrgcnnes, II. c. Shurtleff of Montpelier
and w. II. Davis of Middlebury.