Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1903-12-10
Windsor County Court.
oeeember Term, 1908.

Decempef ieFHI i90o'
The December term Of this court wa
commenced on Tuesday, the first instant
Judge Loveland Munson, presiding. Tn
forenoon Of the first day WAS devoted Z
the calling Of the docket to learn gha
cases were for trial. The jury oalendsl
contained twenty-nine cases; Of thes'
twenty were disposed Of without trial
leaving nine civil jury cases to be tried
The court calendar contained torty-sn
entries: of these twenty-five still remain
for disposition by hearing or otherwise
-Four OF them are petitions for divorce
q number far less than usual
Al the afternoon session the special
grand jury and the petit jurors wers
called. sworn and charged. The two
bodies were constituted as follows:
The court appointed Watson $. Blanch-
ard foreman Of the grand jury, which was
made up Of the following gentlemen:
Barnard, Herbert L. BrownelL
Bridgewater Lewis III. Spaulding.
Chester, Herman NJ. Guild.
Hartford, Arthur Hazen.
Hartland, Edwin Slayton.
Ludlow. Henry +. Brown.
Norwich. Richard Waterman.
Plymouth, Frank Josselyn.
Pomfret, Edmund Z. Sherburne.
Reading, Alba J.. Davis.
ROyalton. q. l.. Gum.
Weathersheld, Otis Stearns.
Windsor, James Russell Brewster.
West Windsor, Watson 5. Blanchard.
Woodstock, Oliver II. Mackenzie.
Messrs. Charles W. Smith, Charles +.
Woodruff, +. K Slack and Levi J. Merrill
OF Woodstock were called as talesmen in
place OF Messrs. Henry ID. Sanders Of Cav
endish, George +. Burgess Of Sharon and
Clarence =. Morse OF Springfield, excused,
and Arthur III. Hazen OF Hartford dis
qualified because he had served as juror
within two years,
The petit Jurors were as under
Barnard, Ebert L. Miller.
Bethel, j. III. Buck.
Bridgewater, II. A. Shurtleff.
Cavendish, Wesley l.. Archer.
Chester, Frank =. Wells.
Hartford, Reuben e. Munsill
Hartland, s. A. Whitaker, IL. S. Britton.
Ludlow, Norris Butterfeld.
Norwich, James s. Campbell.
Plymouth, Arthur o. Messer.
Pomfret, Asa r. Fuller.
Reading, 0. T.. Sherwin, John Barnes.
Rochester, Chas, Marsh.
Royalton, O. /. Morse, p. s. Belknap.
Springfield, Geo. II. Waldron, Fred'k l..
Day.
Weathersfeld, Charles Nolan.
West Windsor, Edison N, Pierce.
Windsor, Sumner r. Lull.
Eight were excused. Twenty-one are
In attendance.
Wednesday morning the first jury case
was taken up and since that there has
been no stop to the progress Of jury trials.
The following cases have been tried up to
this time;-
A. o. Witty, claimant, vs.. estate OF Rosill
A. Peaslee, Moses z, Peaslee, apt The
case is an appeal from commissioners on
the estate OF Mrs. Rosill A. Peaslee, de-
ceased Of whom Moses Il. Peaslee is an
heir-at-law The claimant is A. Orrin
Witty Of Windsor, son-in-law OF Mrs.
Pe8slce. The clam Is specified in six items
for board, care, washing and attention, 81
weeks at four dollars per week-for six
years, making, with interest, a total OF
s147SSS. The claimant introduced testi-
mony tending 10 show that when Mrs.
Peaslee went to live at the home OF the
claimant in 1896 she was informed by Mr..
Witty that she could come there and live if
she would pay her board, which she there
upon agreed to do.
The further testimony for the claimant
tended TO show that such board and care
was worth from five to seven dollars a
week. On the part OF the defendant it
was claimed that Mrs. Peaslee did not
agree to pay any such bill, but lived with
the WHY'S as one OF the family Mrs.
Witty, wife OF the claimant, being her
daughter. Defendant also relied on plea
in offset by which a large amount was
claimed against Witty in favor of the estate,
being money given TO Mrs. Witty by her
mother, and certain sums said to be in the
hands Of the claimant The jury found in
favor OF the claimant for the amount OF
his claim. w. b. c. Stickney and h. h.
Buck for the claimant; Gilbert A. Davis
and j. q. Southgate for Moses r. Peaslee,
apt.
Emelne c. Blanchard VS.. NJ. w. Bruce
An action Of replevin for certain wagons,
harnesses, two cows and calf. The
only question involved in the trial was
ownership OF the property. 1t was at
tached by defendant, Bruce, a deputy
sheriff, as the property OF Ezekiel Ban
chard, husband OF the plaintiff, ia a
suit in favor Of Davidson a Ward, of
Hanover n. N. The articles had be-
longed to Mrs. Blanchard's mother-in-
law and came from the estate OF her hus-
band She had said few months before
her decease that she wished her daugh-
ter-in-law TO have all the property. The
only question was whether il was valid
transfer as against creditors Of NJ. W.
blanchard, one OF the heirs-at-law of
his mother. The jury found that title
70 the property had passed to Mrs.
Blanchard, and returned a verdict foal
the plaintiff for the possession OF the
property and one cent damages and costs.
James q. Harvey for plaintiff; Roland
f. Stevens for defendant
Abel Barron vs.. George =. Bugbee. The
parties own adjoining pastures in Hart |
ford, few miles from White River june |
ton. The plaintiff had a herd OF cows In |
his pasture and the defendant a flock OF |
sheep ia his pasture. The claim OF the |
plaintiff was that on two occasions, in |
August and September, 1902, the defend /
ants sheep, escaping from the pasture OF /
the defendant by reason OF his defective |
fence got into the enclosure Of the plain /
til aud depastured 10, doing damage in |
the estimate Of plaintiff TO the amount OF
five dollars. The defendant did not deny
nor admit that his sheep were at the date |
named In Barron's pasture, but claimed to
have as good fence As was called Tor aud
one sufficient for the ordinary needs OF a
pasture. The defendant claimed 10 have
had his flock at times the victims Of
canine attacks and alleged that a. a reason I
for the sheep getting through the fence