Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1905-06-30
County Court.


During an interval in the Allen case
Friday afternoon, F. L. Fish for the de-
Tense asked for continuance in the case
of Myra Lee VS.. the Vermont Central
railroad. T. w. Moloney, for the plain
tiff, did not oppose the motion, but
thought it should be granted only on
terms as to the defendant, and the motion
was granted in that way. The plaintiff
in this case is the wife of Henry Lee of
Middlebury. and she sues to recover dam
ages for injuries received in an accident
on the Burlington & Lamoille division of
the Central near Cambridge, in March of
last year. Suits by other parties, grow
ing out of the same accident, involving
the same circumstances and witnesses,
and the same attorneys on the railroad
side, were pending in other county
courts, and this was the reason for grant
ing the continuance. One such suit was
concluded in the Lamoille county court
that same night, and the jury awarded
the plaintiff $4475 damages That was
made test case and none of the other
cases will be tried until questions of law
arising during its trial have been passed
upon by the Supreme Court.
Court reconvened at o'clock Monday
afternoon, when Attorney Fish asked for
a non-suit in the case of John Wander
hoof VS.. Mrs. Mary Scranton, who is the
wife of Col. Walter Scranton, formerly Of
Vergennes. j. E. Cushman opposed the
motion and the matter was open until
Tuesday morning, when the non-suit was
allowed for want of bail
The two cases for illegal selling against
Fred Ct. Barnard Of Vergennes, both be-
ing under the first license law, were
4 a..
VS.. Delbert d. Burns was then taken up.
In this case the respondent was charged
with more than moderately Furnishing
his step-son, William Burns, at Ripton.
on December 90 last. since which time
the respondent has been in Jail here for
{ want of $500 bail. In the meanwhile the
boy, s years old, has been in the State
Industrial School at Vergennes for steal
ing ring from the respondents home,
which was one of the offenses for which
, the boy was punished. w. H. Davis
was assigned for the defense and Mr..
!. Russell prosecuted. The arguments Tues
, day morning were brief, and Judge Wat
, son gave the case to the jury in 20
, minute charge at 1870 o'clock They
: came in at the opening of the afternoon
session and their verdict was guilty"
Sentence was deferred and Burns was
remanded to the custody of the Sheriff.
At the morning session John Thomp-
son, convicted June 20 of intoXicaton
and fined 81 and costs, was brought into
court and his sentence modified so as to
read land costs limited to $50, it having
been ascertained that the costs were
somewhere near 800. considerably more
than the court had supposed when SEN
tence was first imposed.
After the Burns verdict in the after
noon the clerk was directed to make this
entry in the case of George Z. Rankin,
receiver Farmers National Bank VS..
Emerson Hollands administrator, one of
the cases growing out of the wrecking of
the Nergennes bank "A few years ago:
Exceptions of the defendant to the re-
port overruled judgment for the plain
tiff for $1,000, with interest thereon from
June 10, 1901; exceptions by the defend
ant
When the Burns case had gone to the
jury in the forenoon the case of State VS..
Minnie Lewis, charged with illegally
having in her possession parts of the car
cass of deer in Hancock on the l2th
day of August last, was begun, Mr.. La
Fleur appearing for the defense. Par
ticulars of the case will have to be left
over to next week.
Wednesday morning bunch of six
prisoners who had all previously been
convicted or pleaded guilty to charges
against them were brought into court for
sentence, and each one received more
or less palatable dose, mostly less.
Joseph Rivers, who pleaded guilty to
the charge of adultery after the State had
put in its evidence, was the first one up,
Joseph said he was awfully sorry for
what he had done and hoped this would
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sentence was to hard labor in the State
prison at Windsor for not less than two
nor more than three years, without
! costs.