Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1905-12-29
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COUNTY COURT ADJOURNS S
WITHOUT DATE.
Term Lasted Only Fifteen Days
But Considerable Business was
Transacted. The Windup in De-


Transacted. The Windup in De-
tail.
Tile December term of the Addison
County court came to an end at ten
minutes before three o'clock last Friday
afternoon, at which time Sheriff Smith,
under the instructions of Judge Powers,
declared the term adjourned without
day.
The case on trial when we closed our
report last week was that of State vs.
Edgar Gale, charged on indictment with
the larceny of S32 in the currency of the
United States from Edgar d. Taft of
Star1sboro at Starksboro on May 49, 1898
since which time the respondent had
been out of the State or beyond the
known jurisdiction of the court until
couple of weeks before the trial. Neigh
bors and former employers of Gale at
Starksboro gave him a good character,
but the jury late on Thursday afternoon
brought in verdict of guilty. James
B. Donoway of Middlebury, under the
assignment of the court made strong
fight for the respondent. States At
torney Russell was efficiently assisted in
the prosecution by w. H. Davis of Mi d.
dlebury. Just before the recess of court
Thursday evening Gale was sentenced
to serve not more than three years and
six months at hard labor in the States
prison at Windsor, with the usual ad-
dition as to costs, etc. When called upon
to say if he had anything to say why the
sentence of the court should not be
pronounced upon him Gale simply said
that he was not guilty. Saturday
morning he was taken to Windsor by
Sheriff Smith.
Just prior to the sentence of Gale,
Henry II. Martin, who was convicted
several days before of stealing a Sl4 suit
of clothes from William Jones of Or
well, was given term of not less than
one year and not more thana year and
six months in states prison. Martin
wanted to get off by the payment of
fine and said his mother could make it
see it that way and Sheriff Smith took
Martin along with him to Windsor on
Saturday when he went over to escort
MIR. Gale.
This would have closed up the crimi-
nal business for the term had it not been
for the drunken shooting episode on
Thursday night at Weybridge when a
young man from New Haven named
Daniel Halo in condition of intoxication
started firing his revolver somewhat
promiscuously. Deputy Sheriff Cobb
was summoned from Middlebury by tele-
phone and went out and arrested the
fellow at the store of Shaw Bros. Fri
day afternoon he came into court and
pleaded guilty to an information charg-
ing him with the reckless shooting of a
rev oliver by the which endangering the
life of Luther Roscoe of Weybridge al.
though without malice. The court had
appointed j. b. Donaway as counsel for
the respondent and it was under Mr.
! DOnaway's advice that the plea of guilty
was entered. Halo was at once sentenced
to serve not more than seven or less than
six months in the House of Correction
at Rutland. He was taken down to that
institution by Sheriff Smith on the 5.0S
train Friday night SO that he made the
Addison county record of starting to
serve his sentence time within "a hours
of the time when the offense for which
he was committed was understood to
| have occurred
In the last two days of the term a good
many cases!were got off the old dockets
in one way or another either by way of
settlements or continuances and the
docket is now probably clearer of ancient
matters than it has been for many years.
Only three civil cases were tried by
jury one of which resulted in a dis
agreement. Four criminal cases Were
tried one respondent being acquitted and
the other three convicted. Two parties
charged with crimes pleaded guilty and
the number of divorce petitions heard
was only five "A very small number ful
the average in this county. The time of
the term in all was only 10 days or parts
of days, but it will be seen that the busi
ness was carried forward expeditl6usly
; Nand not much time was wasted t