Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1901-1906, 1905-05-05
HoLBRook GETS TEN YEARS.
Other Proceedings at County Court
During the Past Week.

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The case of Annie M. Hopkins OF
Brattleboro VS.. Edwin l. Kilburn OF
Bellows Fails was taken up when the
court came together Tuesday morning
and is not yet finished. The plaintifi
seeks to recover the pecuniary injury
she received by reason of the death OF
her husband. Michael Hopkins, by the
cave In, on the nth OF last October, Of
the embankment back of the old
Hooker block in Brattleboro when the
defendant was putting in the founda-
tion for the new block.
The plaintiffs evidence tended to
show that her husband was set AT
work by the defendant or his superin-
tendent Wilson. in ditch at the bot
! tom of the embankment, which had
been cut down so as to leave per-
pendicular bank about 22 feet high.
which was not properly propped and
braced to keep II from caving In onto
the plaintiffs intestate. and that with
out warning, or negligence on the
part of Mr.. Hopkins, the bank sud-
denly fell and he was killed by rea-
son of defendants want of care and
prudence In protecting the bank.
The defence claims and his evidence
tended to show that the defendant
used all proper precaution to prevent
the bank from falling and that the
plaintiffs intestate came to his death
by reason of his own contributory
negligence, by running in the wrong
direction when the accident happen
ed.
This is the last jury case and 1t will
be closed this afternoon probably, ana
the term will end as soon as the jury
has been discharged. c. C. Fits and
A. +. Schwenk for plaintiff: e. l.. Wa
,ar
Hooker for defendant.
Clinton Clark of Wilmington, who
pleaded guilty of rape, was sentenced
to not less than five nor more than
six years in states prison.
Edward l.. Hutchinson pleaded
guilty to forgery and was sentenced
to not less than two years nor more
than two and one-half years In
states prison, and by reason of the
mitigating circumstances of the case
the sentence was suspended and re-
spondent was placed in the hands of
the probation officer during good be-
havior.
Charles Douglas pleaded guilty Of
larceny and was sentenced to not less
than two years nor more than two
and one-half years in states prison.
Various other respondents were adj
mitted to bail and their cases con-
tinued.
For the past three days the court.
while working all of the regular time
in court with the jury, has devoted
the larger part of the remaining por-
tion of the "a hours of each. day to
listening to Windham county domestic
troubles, and quite a number of for
merly miserable husbands and wives
have been made happy and eligible
again by receiving DEGREES of divorce.
In the case of State VS. Harold Hol-
brook, charged with aiding and abett-
ing the perpetration of the burglary
of the Windham County Savings bank
at Newfane August 5 last the jury was
out an hour and half bringing in q
verdict of guilty Holbrook was sem
fenced to not less than 10 nor more
than II years in states prison. A. F.
Schwenk assisted H. ID. Ryder, states
attorney; Thomas E. O'Brien and r.
c. Bacon for defendants.
Leon Lorenzo pleaded guilty to
burglary at Bellows Falls. Being un-
der 16 years of age, he was sentenced |
to the industrial school for his minori |
ty, with ultimate sentence of not less |
than one and one-half nor more than |
two years in states prison If the regu
lations of the institution were not OBJ
served.
Felix Richards Brattleboro. was |
sentenced for not less than nor more
than 21a years in states prison for
larceny
John Mangan of Bennington was
to states prison for lar
ceny committed in Brattleboro at |
Scoville's restaurant. He was put in
charge of the probation officer on re-
made by prominent per-
sons in Bennington