Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1905-07-06
Windsor County Court.
June Term. 1905.

The case Of State rs. Herbert l.. Moor
OF Plymouth resulted in a verdict OF nc
guilty. Another case. also a charge G
| rape, was nolle pressed and Moore goe
free. The offence was sworn to BY littl
girl named Nellie Goodrich, who said tina
on certain day in April last she and ne
sister, Laura. were at home alone in thei
mothers house with Moore, husband 0
their sister. He sent the elder cir
over to the sugar house to fix the fire, an6
while she was gone dragged Nellie int,
the bedroom ana criminally assaulted her
such was the story OF Nellie. Ii was cor,
roborated by her mother and aunt TO tn,
extent of showing the condition OF hel
underwear. Moore denied the charge; hi,
wife, testifying in his favor under the new
law, said her sister had admitted the
charge was untrue. One Walter Lyndt
swore he was at the Goodrich place on the
afternoon in question with respondent all
the time and that no such act was COM
mitted. All the relatives OF respondent,
the Lynde family and some others swore
that Mrs. Goodrich was not TO be believed.
The court charged the jury and the panel
retired. In eight minutes the twelve men
nled IN and verdict as above was rem
dered.
On Friday was begun one OF the cases
against the ex-officials OF the state prison.
This was State VS.. Alvah Sanderson, who,
until April IL last, was a guard employed
at the institution. The charge is that he
furnished to prisoner named Edward
Casey one-half pint Of whiskey, and a con-
tinuous supply OF morphine, which was
taken mainly by one Fred Willett, fellow
occupant OF cell No. 10 with Casey. In
return 1t was said by the latter that he
gave Sanderson from time to time large
supplies OF leather and parts of unmade
shoes which the convict Casey stole from
the storeroom in the attic. II was the
duty OF Casey to distribute material to the
shoe shop and he swore that he would
bring the articles under his coat TO his
cell and give to Sanderson at the close OF
the days work. The latter would tuck the
articles under his coat and take them out
OF the prison.
Casey swore that the purloining OF shoe
material from the store room by him and
giving OF II to Sanderson had continued
for period of more than two months,
during all OF which time Sanderson had
supplied morphine pellets. The last fur
nishing OF the drug was in the form OF
gum opium, OF which Casey said he had
received two pieces, each as big as a wall
nut. Casey only took a small portion OF
The drug; most OF 1t was taken by the fell
ow occupant OF the same cell, one Fred
Willett, highway robbery convict. He
testified that through February, March
iuu ApIli ne nhu ndu daily uOse OF the |
trug. On the 18th OF April Sanderson |
eft the state service, and at that time |
1asey and Willett had the gum opium |
which the latter said he took small pieces |
" daily until il was exhausted. A bout |
he first OF May, Willett. deprived OF the
irug all at once, became almost insane /
md the doctors diagnosed his case with
,ut difficulty. Casey was interviewed by
,upt. Lowell and told the whole story.
Hence the present trial.
There was evidence tending to show
hat Willett might have got morphine
rom the prison stock. II appeared that
anderson procured supplies of morphine
I Windsor drug store, but he swore
his was for himself while suffering from
euralgia OF the stomach. He denied the
tory OF Casey in regard to shoe stock. 1t
ias urged by counsel that 1t was probable
illett, II suffering from morphination,
ad obtained the drug from some other
the hospital of the
rison.