The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1906-06-12
STATE CASES
NOW ON TRIAL
Grand Jury Reported Nine
True Bills.
QUEBECS FOR LARCENY
Woman, Her Husband and MIS-
Bertha Horton Charged With
Stealing $40 Bill.

The trial of the state cases 10 the
present term OF county court began at
Manchester Monday morning. Out Of
the eleven cases submitted by the
states attorney the grand jury had re-
ported nine true bills. The first OF
these to be tried was that OF Amanda
Quebec who is Jointly indicted with
her husband George Quebec aud Mrs.
Bertha Horton for grand larceny. The
charge against the trio is that of steal
ing $40 bi from Herbert S. Allcock
of North Bennington at house on
Lincoln street in this village on the
9th of April.
The prisoners who have been in Jail
here since their arrest and return on
requisition papers form Troy vera ia
ken to Manchester Monday morning
by Officers Wilson aud Godfrey. An
other prisoner who was taken up at
the same time was John Dunn indict
ed for adultery. Sheriff Wilson hand
cuifed Dunn and Quebec together with
a pair OF snap handouts and was con
siderdbly chagrined while changing
cars at North Bennington to learn
that his key to the handouts had in
some way become broken and that the
useful end was gone On arriving al
Manchester however he picked the lock
with wire hook and released his
prisoners.
Chas. a. Maurer appeared for Mrs.
Quebec. Not much difficulty was ex-
periepced in selecting a jury composed
OF the following: Solomon Niles OF
S 'uth SALISBURY, d. b Wheeler Of
Rsadsboro, Fayette Brewster of Man.
chester Center, Dayton Lee of Dorset,
Washington L Myers of Pownal, w.
c. Robertson of Sandgate, j. Dana
Higgins, Richard Keough and Elias
Harrington OF Arlington, Michael Full
DRY Of North Pownal, Willard B. Mar
tin of South Londonderry and d. r.
Cutler of Searsburg.
The first witness was Allcock who in
answer to States Attorney Daley s
questions told of his meeting with Mrs
Quebec and Mrs Horton. OF his ar
. engagements to accompany them to the
house on Lincoln street, I of the liquor
t that was drank, OF the transaction
r whereby he gave Mrs Quebec the S2C
bill to change, of the wrangle that fol
lowed and of his ejectment from tn
: house without his money
1t was the same old drama of tht
spider and the fly that has been enact
g ed so many times in the larger cities
: that a reproduction in the police cour
r now attracts no attention. Judge Nun
g son however thought it was not fit fo
u young ears and half dozen Man
chester girls who occupied row o
seats in the rear Of the court room
n we're requested to leave,
y Crossquestioned by Attorney Maur
Z, er Allcock said that he only expecte,
e to receive SIS in change out of the 81
4 bill and that he was convicted of in
e. loxication in municipal court on tn
/, day of the alleged robbery.
" Mrs Quebec corroborated Allcock
j, testimony as to the meeting with th
a Young man, the journey to the hous
a on Lincoln street and the drinking
D, She admitted changing the bill bl
in said that she gave Allcock the balanc
e, The young man she said was drive
III from the house because he inSulte
II Mrs Horton. States Attorney Dale
from memorandum questioned tn
- respondent regarding her previous re
no cord, to which she returned somewhf
he vague answers claiming that she coul
is not remember dates. She admitte
&C. that she had served term in the hou.
of of correction but denied that she ha
over sold liquor or been convicted
that oifense.
80 When court adjourned it was unde
:, stood that Mrs Horton was to /
he placed on the stand this morning
no Collins NJ. Graves appears for IL
ny younger woman who gives her age a
of only II ond is rather good looking.
e. will not he surprising il she testif,
re for the state and in so doing tells
~ somewhat startling story.