Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1903-10-26
COUNTY COURT.

the jury at about hve O'Clock last
Monday afternoon and a verdict was
returned Tuesday forenoon for the
plaintiff to recover one cent damages
and costs. The court gave the jury a
stern rebuke for returning such a
foolish verdict, as, of course, the
plaintiff was entitled to recover
either substantial damage or nothing
at all
After this case came the case of
State vs.. Geo. Raymo for assault with
intent to kill and murder. The in
formation fed by the states attor-
ney in this case charged that the
respondent did, on the 18th day of
October, 1908, make an assault with a
revolver upon one Malcolm Bronson
with intent to kill and murder him.
The evidence produced by the state
tended to show that the night before
the ARRAY happened Malcolm Bron-
son returned from Canada and imme-
diately went to the home of his
brother in Coventry, which is about
three miles from Coventry village, on
what is known as the Troy road. The
following day while on his way to
Coventry village Bronson met the
respondent in the field near the
house of &c ward Niles and after hav-
ing few words Raymo drew
revolver and fred, the bullet striking
Bronson in the chest little to the
left and just above the heart. How
ever, the bullet struck metal badge
on Bronson's coat and drove a por-
ton of it into the breast bone, from
which both the piece of metal and the
bullet were extracted by DIR. Longe.
Doctors Bogue and Whitaker testi-
fed that if it had not been for the
piece of pin the man would have been
almost instantly killed. The affair
happened at about FIVE O'Clock in the
afternoon and was witnessed by
Edward Niles, his wife, Rose Rogers
and Charley Smith, all of whom were
witnesses for the state in court. MIR.
Niles, it appears, ran to stop the
ARRAY but did not arrive until just
after the shooting was done, after
which he demanded the revolver and
it was handed over to him by both
Bronson and Raymo as they we're
struggling over the possession of it at
that time. After the revolver was
given up Bronson proceeded to give
Raymo fearful pounding which was
continued until Raymo finally man
aged to escape. The other witnesses
ARRAY but none went near the fight
except Niles. Bronson was brought to
Newport by his brother John, where
the bullet was extracted, and he was
later placed under arrest at Wheeler's
livery stable. The respondent intro
duced evidence tending to show that
Bronson had been with Raymo's wife
more or less and that the trouble was
over this. Bronson had threatened
Raymo's life several times and the
revolver was procured by Raymo to
defend himself. The respondent tes-
titled that when he met Bronson that
day before he could draw the revolver
Bronson reached for it and that they
both had hold of it at the same time
and that it was discharged acct
dentally during the struggle. 1t was
further shown by the respondent that
Bronson had been to the house of
correction several times and that
each time it was for assaulting some
one. The jury took the case We'd
nesday afternoon and returned YER
dict of guilty of breach of the peace.
A. W. Farman, states attorney, and
H. A. Black appeared for the state
and F. @. Williams and Horace Ora
ham for the respondent.
The next case for trial was the civil
case of Marshall E. Wilson vs.. the
State Mutual Fire Insurance Com
pany. This was an action to recover
the insurance on the plaintiffs build
ings in Charleston, which were
burned in 1902 At the close of the
plaintiffs evidence a verdict was or
dered for the defendant.
Thursday afternoon Enos Free
hart, who was found guilty of a
breach of the peace, was brought into
| court and sentenced to serve not less
than one year nor more than two at
hard labor in the house OF correction.
Geo. Raymo for the same crime was
sentenced to serve not less than two
nor more than three; and Malcolm
Bronson, who had plead guilty to an
assault On one Labounty last summer
and to an assault on Geo. Raymo in
the affair described above, was SEN
fenced to serve not less than two
nor more than three for the
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