News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1905-06-07
LaMoILLE COUNTY COURT

as presiding Judge, ana Judges bOyn-
ton and Parker as assistant Judges.
PRAYER was offered by the Rev. ]. K.
Fuller of Johnson. After the court
had been declared opened by Sheriff
Stevens the jury calendar was gone
through and of the fourteen cases
thereon all but seven were announced
as settled or continued. This COM
pleted the business of the forenoon
and at 2 o'clock the Grand and Petit
Juries were called.
The judge, in a very clear and con-
else manner, addressed the juries as
to their respective duties, after which
Geo. A. Morse was appointed fore
man of the Grand Jury and that
body retired to their room below for
work. D. H. Lamberton was made
clerk.
The first case for jury trial was
that of the Art League of New York
City VS.. H. N. Gray of Cambridge.
This was an action to recover pay
for a series of cuts, or electrotypes,
with advertising matter, furnished
Gray for use in the local paper of his
town. The League sued for full pay
of the contract. About $40 is the
amount sued for Mr.. Gray claims be-
cause of cuts failing to arrive weekly
and because'of wrong cuts being sent
occasionally, as we'll as the League
selling cuts to other parties in his
town, the contract was broken.
Gray had paid for what cuts he used.
The jury drawn on the case was:
I. W. Green, A. L. Laraway, {. H.
Chaplin, Orlo Crowell, F. E. Smith,
E. M. Knight, Chauncey Croker, A.
A. Hier, E. L. Noyes, c. B. ElwoCd,
F. M. Wescom, VIM. Emery. J. R.
Parker is the Deputy in charge. F.
H. Mcfarland and E. B. Sawyer APP
peared for the Plf.; T. c. Cheney
and R. w. Hulburd for Deft.
The next case for trial is that of
NJ. Kanoskev of Morrisville VS.. L. D.
Miles of Newport. Kanosky sues
Miles, the Sheriff of Orleans County,
for unlawfully selling some property
to satisfy a chattle m mortgage. Kan
osky claims that the mortgage was
paid.
COURT NOTES.
Miss Margaret Chestnut is the Of
fetal court reporter.
Attorneys Miles and Cook of
Newport are here on court business.
Deputy Sheriff Jones has charge of
the Grand Jury. A glance at that
body shows that ne has his hands
full.
How long court will last is uncer-
tain now. There are several court
cases, some divorce cases and o lot
of other court business that will
take up several days.
Judges Boynton and Parker, like
all the men called upon by Lamoille
county to fill the position of AS
sitant Judges, fill the place with be-
coming grace and dignity.
Sheriff Stevens has a very COM
petent corps of Deputies on hand.
Among them we notice, Messrs.
Spaulding, Robbins, Butts, Raymore,
Jones, Bryant, Smith and Parker.
Owing to the illness of Judge Start
who was originally assigned to this
term of court, his place is taken by
Judge Tyler, one Of the oldest and
most highly respected of our Supreme
Court Judges.
Among the attorneys present at
the opening ofc from out of the
county were E. H. Deavitt of Mont
pelier, V. A. Billiard of Burlington, L.
c. Moody Of Waterbury, Guy Start
of Bakersfield, F. S. Upper of East
Fairfield and IN. Chase of Highgate.
At the call of Grand Jurors, H. A.
Butts of Stowe and B. E. Morse of
Elmore failed to respond. Butts had
furnished satisfactory excuse for
absence, but Benjamin did not and
so after waiting awhile for him an
other was drawn in his stead. H. 7. |
Lilley and c. M. Gray, both of Hyde
Park, were called as talesmen.
Monday next is the time fixed for
commencing the suits against the
Central Vt. railroad for damages
and injuries received in the accident
near Cambridge March 10 last year.
There are three of these cases which
will be taken up first is not vet
known. There is possibility that
settlement may be reached before
time for trial
Time has made many changes in
the personnel of the Lamoille county
bar. OF those VINO were members of
this bar twenty-five years ago but
three remain in active practice They
are: Col. E. B. Sawyer, who was adj
mitted in 1S49 G. w Heudee adj |