Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1904-01-01
COUNTY COURT.


recommended at 1915 o'clock Tuesday
forenoon, when the case of State VS.. DR..
Don A. Bisbee charged with adultery,
was taken up. States Attorney DonOway
said the State was ready to proceed with
the case, but Frank l.. Fish. counsel for
the respondent, presented the affidavits
of Drs. Briggs and Norton of Bristol in
which they stated that by reason of
nervous exhaustion and other causes,
DR.. Bisbee was confined to the bed and
was unable to be i'll court at present, and
asked for a continuance of the case.
Mr.. Donaway opposed a continuance and
Middlebury to examine DIR. Bisbee and
they found him able to appear in court.
The court took the matter under con-
sideration.
The court did not come in in the after
noon and the Judges spent the time in
chambers i'll considering matters that
had already been brought before them.
Wednesday morning nothing further
appeared in regard to the Bisbee matter
and at 10 o'clock the jurors were ex-
cused until 2 p. III.
A number or matters were attended to
at the morning session. First. sentence
was passed upon Charles j. Holcomb,
convicted for stealing horse blankets in
Vergennes. The sentence was not less
than one year and six months at hard
labor in the State prison at Windsor
In the case In re Harriet A. Welch's
will, Harriet Ellen Hubbard Field,
petitioner, Harriet Anna Hubbard
appellant, the decision of the Probate
court was reversed thus giving the
legacy to Harriet Ellen Hubbard Field
Judge Bliss took an exception.
F. l.. Fish, receiver of the Farmers
National bank of Vergennes, VS.. Edison
B. Palmer and Trustee, was discontinued
and the same entry was made in the
case, In re Frank l.. Fish, receiver of
the Farmers National bank of YER
gennes. Fish, receiver. VS.. Emerson Hol-
lands administrators, was continued
In the last of these cases, Fish, receiver,
VS.. +. G. Kennedy and trustees, a judg
ment for $1,000 and interest was entered
by agreement against the principal de-
PENDANT.
The criminal cases on the general
docket were then called and disposed of
in one way or another. State VS.. Her
bert Poland ct al, a case growing out of
the Dolly Cushman tragedy at Lincoln
in 1897, was mol pressed. State VS..
hnl al
was entered mot to be brought for
ward"
State VS. Harriet Hepburn, State VS..
Lizzie Goodale and State VS.. Henry
Scott, all under conviction for minor
offenses and all in care of the county
probation officer We're left in Stdtu quo.
State VS., Almer Hier, alias Elmer Her,
larceny, State VS.. Bert Rickert, perjury,
and State VS. Arthur Steele, burglary
were continued the respondents all
being beyond the Jurisdiction of the
Court
State vs. Emma Waterman, adultery,
and Rev. G. W. Morrow's two cases
against States Attorney were also con-
tinued.
After "a session of an hour and half a
recess was taken until after dinner.
Immediately upon the opening of the
court Wednesday afternoon, Judge
Tyler stated that the affidavits and tes-
timony on file in the Bisbee case showed
sufficient cause for continuance in the
sickness of the respondent, and the case
was entered continued accordingly.
AS there were no other cases to come
on for trial the jurors were then dis
charged for the term, with the thanks
of the court for the fidelity and intelli-
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their duties and they were at once paid
off by Clerk Wainwright. They drew
from S4S up to SOL each for their per
diem and milage.
After half an hours intermission the
case of State VS. Arthur Steele, for alleged
burglary at Jerry OBrien's place in
Middlebury two years ago last spring
was again called up and upon recon-
mendation of States Attorney Donoway
after considerable discussion was ordered
mol pressed. The bail 5000 which had
been declared forfeited at former term
was discharged. A. w. Dickens APP
peared for the bondsmen, who was +,
A. Farnsworth of Middlebury.
In the case of State vs. Daisy Wright
who was tried last week for the larceny
of $3.50 from John Billings of Munger
street and in whose case disagr cement
of the jury resulted continuance wal
entered and the young women was set al
liberty on her own recognizance.
The case of l.. c. Sturdevant VS.. the
Burlington Free Press Association, il
which demurrer had been filed to the
declaration, was marked with the
court" as none of the attorneys on either
side were present.
BY direction of Judge Tyler, Sheriff
Chapman then, at 1925 o'clock, declared
the December term of court for Addison
County adjourned without day.