Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1904-01-07
MIsoEEos AND PENALTIES.


Charles Thompson OF Waterbury
charged with feloniously assaulting
small girl, is adjudged insane by asy
lum authorities al Waterbury, where
he has been under observation, and
court has directed his commitment tc
that institution.
Walter Gorham Of Rutland. arrested
Dec. p on the charge of robbing the
money drawer of the Young Mems
Christian association in that city, was,
at the request Of the association, fined
SlO.24 which the association secretary
paid. He will provide employment
Tor the boy and watch him.
Chas. Cross has been arrested in
Lowell. Mass, charged with going to
Burlington. representing himself as
Harry Goodrich, a farmer living near
Burlington and securing two watches
from A. ID. Bristol. When the fraud
was discovered Cross had left the
state.
DIR. Macleay Of Newport has taken
an appeal to the supreme court in his
case where he was fined 5000 for using
physicians prescription for liquor
when there was no illness requiring it
in such amount. The case has created
much interest. DR.. Eli is 10 be tried
on the same charge. 1t seems DIR.
Macleay issued some POO prescriptions
in month, and the authorities took it
up. This will be made a test case.
John A. Bottsford of Rutland was
arrested In Jersey City Dec. % for try
ing TO sell twO-cent stamps at cut
rates. He had with him $1,000 in two
cent stamps, 1882 in cash, three dia-
m0nd scarf pins, two diamond rings,
two bank books on a savings bank in
Rutland and a Pennsylvania railroad
ticket from Jersey City to Pittsbnrg.
He also had a membership ticket in
the Typographical Union of Rutland.
The Jersey City authorities wired Rut-
land and learned that the stamps were
stolen but that the owner would not
prosecute. so Bottsford was released.
On the plea Of guilty DR.. w. r..
Hardness, who borrowed $1,000 at the
Montpelier Savings bank on a forged
note 20 cover suspicious notes at the
Capital Savings bank. which the Off
cials had called on him 70 pay last
spring, was sentenced Dec. 2S in
Washington county court by Judge
W +. Stafford 10 state prison az
Windsor for not less than five nor
more than six years and 10 pay 81 fine
and costs. Hardness was a well
known society man and lived beyond
his income. lie was out on $500
bonds. guaranteed by 25 men, but was
committed to Jail after sentence.
A new trial in the action for SANDER
brought by Samuel ID. Wilson against
Percival w. Clement, damages of $780,
900 being claimed, in which verdict
for defendant was returned at the DC
tober term of the United States dis
trict court, at Rutland. has been
granted by Judge III. III. Wheeler. The
case viii come up at the February term
Of the United States circuit court at
Burlington. A new trial was granted
on the ground of the disqualification OF
Jurors Hulett of Salisbury and Mark
ham of Proctor. IL being claimed that
Hulett was a local campaign manager
for the Clement governorship canvass
and Markham was station agent at
Proctor. and interested In Clements
candidacy.
In the trial OF a case in Washington
county court for the illegal killing of a
doe, w. A. Lord of Montpelier inter-
posed demurrer, which, If sustained
by the supreme court. will knock a
hole in the deer law. Mr.. Lord con-
tends that the killing of a doe in the
open deer season is not a crime under
the law. He says IL is one of the basic
principles OF criminal law that pro-
hibitory statute must be precise, posi-
tive and complete in itself without
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. II is claimed that
the deer law Is not positive in its pro-
visions and that the intent can be
found, if at all. only by arguing from
one section to another. IL is said that
there is no positive prohibition of the
shooting OF deer without horns in any
section of the statute referred to.
Six men. Frank Miller, Fred Thomas,
Herbert Davis, John Cook, VIII Nc
Grath and Ted" Lafley. all of North
field. were lodged behind the bars of
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Ger J. NJ. Fitzgerald of Northfeld and
Deputy H. c. Moseley of the same
place. The charges against the sextette
are in each case for burglaries com
United in various places in Mortified,
at different times. prior TO July l,l903.
Frank Miller. better known as Lazy
Miller, is accused on two charges. He
rs the man who was acquitted OF the
murder of johnson in Montpelier some
wears ago. Fred Thomas is charged
with two offenses. Herbert Davis was
out under 5000 bonds under the charge
of grand larceny His brother, Eugene,
is now in the jail under a states prison
sentence for burglary and Jail break
ing. Willie McGrath. who is a sec
ton hand on the railroad, and Ted
Lafley, who is a day laborer, have
shown quite clean records up to this
time, but each has two charges against
him, of burglary.
Mrs. Mary Rogers, convicted of the
murder of her husband, Marcus Rogers,
was called up in Bennington county
court Dec. 80 and sentenced to be
hanged in the prison yard at Windsor
Feb. 3. 1905. between the hours OF l