Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1905-12-15

Grand Jury Rec m m e n q ation'
When we closed our report last week
the case of Mary E. Nash, appellant, VS..
Louis Lamorder's administrator, was on
trial. Cushman and Russell and j. b.
Donaway being the attorneys for the
plaintiff and w. H. Davis for the de-
fense. In this case it will be remem-
bered the plaintiff lady claimed to re-
cover for 206 weeks as hOusekeeper for
The deceased at SO per week, and the
defense claimed that she was to have
had only 81 per week in addition to the
board of her minor daughter, and the
defense further claimed that these wages
were paid every Saturday night. The
evidence was all got in on Thursday
afternoon and the arguments were all
completed that day with the exception
of the concluding one for the plaintiff,
which was made by Mr.. Cushman on
Friday morning. Judge Powers gave
the case to the jury at about II o'clock
that morning in a clear but brief charge,
the first he ever gave to a jury in
Addison county, and they went out to
consider their verdict Friday evening
at about o'clock the jury returned into
court and delivered verdict for the
plaintiff to recover $214.16 which was
at the rate of 81 per week and interest
for the time claimed for instead of the
So a week for which suit was brought.
Although numerous exceptions were
taken during the trial. it is scarcely
probable that either party will take an
appeal to the higher court.
When this case had been given to
the jury, and after several minor matters
had been taken up and got out of the
way the second jury trial was
stal ted This case was entitled Amos
Wetherbee's executors VS.. Charles H.
Reese. These parties at the time of
| the actions accruing were living in
Vergennes, except Amos Wetherbee,
who died in 1902, and the case was
brought to determine the question of
the rightful ownership of note for
$500 with accrued interest, which the
defendant Reese, now a resident of
Middlebury, had in his possession and
claimed was given to him by the de-
ceased Wetherbee, ard which claim was
disputed by Mrs. r. w. McCuen of Ver-
gennes, who claimed that the avails of
the note had been promised to her F.
w. Tuttle and F. l. Fish of Vergennes
represented the plaintiffs side and Ira
H. LaFleur of Mddlebury was the at
torney for the defense. The case took
up good part of Thursday and Friday
and the jury on Saturday morning came
in for second time and acknowledged
their inability to agree, whereupon they
were discharged from further considera-
ton of this apparently tangled-up case,
and were excused from further service
until Monday afternoon at 2 o'clock, as
were all the other petit jurors attendant
upon the court.
The grand jury, who had been out
and at work since Tuesday afternoon,
reported in the middle of the forenoon
on Friday. 1t is remarkable circum-
stance and probably Unprecedented in
this county, that the grand jury did not
bring in one true bill of indictment
found.
In addition to reporting no bills found
the grand jury made lengthy written
report of which the essential portions
were as follows:
stXNa baua baar1 aUi1anoa an1 actaT
upon three complaints, as appear by the
bills returned herewith.
1--WE have investigated the invest
ment and use of income of United State;
deposit money in the several towns Of
the county, so far as we thought practc
able and necessary, and have found sucl
moneys properly managed, in many in
stances being loaned to the town.
eve were unable to learn of any
town which had failed to support it
schools according to law. No complaint
were presented concerning town car,
of cemeteries, highways or bridges.
ave made thorough inspection o
the jail and believe that it should nov
accommodate all who find their wa,
there, without crowding.
However. it was noticed that tn
sanitary conditions there are far iron
perfect and that certain trees near tn
! street appear to obstruct the sewer a
} times.
"A committee was therefore appointe
\ IN make a more thorOugh investipatiO
and to present resolutions to be adopte
as IA recommendation.
1.-The committee investigated fully an
presented the following report whic