Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1902-01-09
Windsor County Court.

The mast week the court has been oceu-
MED in the trial of criminal cases. In the
tirst State Y. Lewis Comstock, for the lar
ceny III gum machine from the old rail-
road depot at Windsor, the respondent
nIeaded ouilty TO the crime of petit larceny
before the case went to the jury. Inls
case was continued for sentence. Inc
same respondent pleaded guilty 10 the
charge Of stealing from the American
Express Co. at White River Junction anu
was sentenced to not less than two nor
more than three years in the states prison.
The court sentenced at first to the house
of correction, but at request OF the re-
spondent changed it to the states prison
at Windsor.
RAYMOND Warren, charged with larceny
at Sharon, pleaded guilty and was sem
fenced to not less than one and one-halI
nor more than two and one hall years IN
the house of correction.
Dan Lowell was committed to the state
hospital for the insane at Waterbury Tor
observation on plea OF insanity.
Late in the forenoon Wednesday, jan
nary /. 1902, the case of State V. Frank A.
Fogg was begun. This case was tried one
wear ago. resulting in a verdict OF guilty,
which verdict was set aside by the supreme
court and new trial granted on the re-
spondent's petition setting forth newly
discovered evidence. The charge Is that
the respondent stole bay mare belonging
to one Charles Cowen out OF pasture IN
Hartford in june 1896. He was indicted
by the grand jury in the following De-
cember but in the meantime had removed
from this locality and was living IN Bur-
lington.
The states evidence tended to show that
the horse was taken sometime in June by
the respondent and driven over the noun
tain to Mendon and there sold To a man
by the name OF Patten in exchange Tor a
gray horse which the respondent brought
back and used upon his farm in Hartford
until fall, when he sold il to Jonathan
Russell. that he then took his departure
from this vicinity and was unseen and un-
heard Of about here for some four years.
The defence was that the respondent
had nothing to do with the taking OF the
horse and never knew anything about II
until he was arrested upon the warrant IN
this case, and that he bought the gray
horse OF one Roland Miller, half-witted
fellow who had been living with him at
work upon his farm; and the claim OF the
defence was that the horse was stolen by
Miller and exchanged by him for the gray
horse. The case went TO the jury At
little past noon Friday, who were unable
TO come to any agreement and they were
discharged Saturday morning from further
consideration OF the case.
The case Of State v. Anna May Little
Russell was brought up Friday afternoon,
j. ID. Denison appearing for the respond
ent. She is girl OF sixteen years and has
been confined in the industrial school,
having been bound up by a justice. She
pleaded guilty 10 the information for dis
tributing obscene literature and was SEN
fenced to the reform school. Sentence was
suspended during her good behavior and
the respondent placed in charge Of the
probation officer.
A recess was taken by the court until
Monday afternoon. The case OF State v.
Wilson is assigned for Wednesday morn
ing, January s. It viii be tried on the
part OF the State by William +. johnson,
specially assigned for that purpose, as
sisted by the states attorney, and ON the
part Of the respondent by Frank Plumley,
assigned by the court.