Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1904-07-01
Addison County Court

week. This case was concluded on
Thursday afternoon and some extremely
strong testimony was put in against the
prisoner. The principal evidence against
Ash was that of Maud, the fifteen-year-
old daughter of Matilda Codair, the
correspondent, and Thomas Harrington
of Cornwall. The young girl was natur-
ally a very reluctant witness and became
historical and broke down so as to have
to leave the court room four different
times during the course of her testimony,
which was very damaging, and Of course
bore sadly against her own mother.
MIR. Harringtons testimony was that
Ash and Mrs. Codair came to his place
in Cornwall in January last as strangers
and hired out, Ash as hired man, and
the woman, who had a four or five
months old child with her, to work in
the house. They stayed there from
January 10 through the month of Febru
airy, represented themselves as man and
wife and occupied the same room while
there They left there and returned to
Monkton about month before they
began living together in that town and
some six or seven weeks before their
arrest.
Ash did not testify in his own behalf
and the testimony for the defense did
not take up more than half an hour;
and what there was of it was of very
little consequence. States Attorney
Donoways opening address to the jury
was only 20 minutes long and his clos
ing one occupied only 10 minutes.
Lawyer Davis came in between and
argued for three-quarter5 of an hour
for the defense. Mr.. Davis made hard
fight for his client, but it was of no
avail. Judge Munson gave the case to
the jury in the afternoon in a five
minute charge and the jury was out
only about seven minutes. When they
came back into court at 2:15 o'clock it
was with a verdict of Guilty" Sem
tence was not pronounced at the time.
Later in the afternoon Mrs. Codair,
the correspondent, was brought into
court and arraigned on an information
alleging adultery with Ash. She pleaded
guilty" to the charge. Mr.. Donoway
recommended that she be given SEN
tence of IS months in the House of Cor
rection at Rutland but that the sentence
:, be suspended and the woman, who was
!, apparently in a delicate condition. be
placed in the care of County Probation
Officer \. w. Dickens. This course
D., was pursued except that the sentence
was for not more than two years and six
months and not less than two years, and
the woman was allowed to go at large
under the tutelage of the probation
officer.
Three cases for fishing contrary to law
which it was claimed did not properly be-
long on the docket, were entered con-
tinued. These were State VS.. G.. w.
Steadman, State VS.. c. E. Bristol
and State VS.. Edward Whittier
State VS.. Alonzo Crossman, charged
with bigamy, was called up next. Cross
man left Aliddlebury last fall in company
: with young girl whom he is understood
to have married, leaving lawful wife
. behind him in Aliddlebury. Subsequently
. he was arrested and bound over t
. county court, the bail being 5000. Iri
y II. LaFleur his attorney, became hi
bondsman. Crossman did not appear il
u court at the December term nor yet a
e this term and the calling and FORGETTING
~ of the bail was in order, but after con
sidering the circumstances the cour
: gave Mr.. LaFleur until the next Decem
& Der term to produce his principal il
4 court, and the bail was not called.
The two liquor cases against B. A
1 Atkins, a druggist of Bristol, one
4 search and seizure case and the other 70
\ illegal selling, were called up by Judg
A Bliss, who filed demurrer in each AM
\ argued them briefly. The court tool
4 papers and reserved decision.
A The case of the State VS.. Ralph Dougla
a charged with grand larceny, which ha'
\ been set for trial was continued as wa
y the only other remaining criminal cas-
q which was expected to come on; and a
the last civil case set for jury trial tina
4 of Henry A. Boies, administrator o
\ Gordon H. Sprigg's estate, VS., the Rut
4 land Railroad Co., had by agreement o
u counsel been transferred to the cour
calendar it was found that there wa
4 nothing further for the jury to do an
they were accordingly discharged TO
the term at p. m. on Thursday.
4 The court spent the remainder of tn
/ session in looking into the condition O
\ the court calendar and hearing an az
plication for naturalization
4 Court cases were begun Friday morn
Z ing and the first one was divorce cas-