Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1906-01-13
WINDSOR COUNTY COURT
DECEMBER TERN, zoos

August, with intent to kill by shoot
ing at him with a revolver pleaded
guilty to simple assault Monday and
was fined $50 without costs. He
paid and was released. Wallace N.
Batchelder for respondent.
John Hurley was in court again
this week on Il charge of selling
liquor, a pint or two of whiskey, to
VIM Hardikel of " hite River juno
ton. He was found guilty of one
offense.
Harry Turner and Lucy Bland
were tried Wednesday under the
blanket act. Both were found guilty
and were given sentences of ten
months to one ear in state prison.
State VS.. Rena Putnam, adultery.
Respondent was discharged on her
own recognrzance in the sum OF
$500.
George Heating Of Ludlow,
charged with furnishing liquor, was
also released on $500 bail.
Joseph Market, found guilty Of
horse stealing, was sentenced from
three years to three years and three
months in state prison.
Thursday and Friday were mostly
given up to hearing reports on re-
ferred cases. About twenty criminal
cases were continued.
Divorce cases will probably be
taken up early next week.
The Jail breaking case of State VS..
John r. Hurley was one of the in
teresting trials Of the term. This
was an information charging Hurley
with an attempt to break Jail here.
He pleaded "not guilty." and Davis
& Davis were assigned to defend
him. The witnesses examined were
Taller E. A. Thomas and lanes
Tracy, George E. Bowen and James
Market, who are prisoners confined
in the Jail at Woodstock, and all
have testified in reference to alleged
facts bearing upon the charge that
| John r. Hurley had procured James
Tracy to bring to the Jail IL hack
saws, with the intent to use them in
getting out Of Jail.
James Tracy had been in Jail ten
days for intoxication, and was dis
charged Oct. II and returned to
Woodstock or the tath, bringing "
hack saws, which he Rad purchased
at West Lebanon. He undertook to
throw them into the jail. He did
not succeed in so doing, because
Taller Z. A. Thomas was on the
watch and rushed out from his hid
ing place and seized him and thrust
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James Tracy swore that George
Bowen had told him he had $25,.
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in coin or money and that it he
(rracy) would get some hacksaws
and enable him to get out he (Bow-
en) would give him share of it,
but that Hurley never promised to
give him any money; that Hurley
sat BY and heard Bowen make the
promise and merely asked him if
hack saws would do the job, ard
that Bowen replied they would.
George Bowen was then called to
the stand and denied this story Of
Tracy. Bowen said Hurley pro-
posed TO knock the jailer over with
a whiskey bottle at one time. At
another time he heard Hurley offer
$50 to Tracy to bring some hack
saws. This story both Hurley and
Tracy denied. Then Joseph Mar
ket was called, who said that Hurley
had promised to give Tracy $50 to
get the hack saws and would make
the payment down on the railroad
track near White River Junction.
This Hurley denied, and Tracy had
heard no such offer.
Hurley took the stand and gave
his version of the affair in the at
tempt to break Jail. 1t was shown
that Market had manufactured a
club out of a piece of iron wrenched
off his bcdstead, and was prepared
to knock down the jdiler; that Hur-
ley discovered this, and carried the
club to the jailer and warned him Of
what was in store for him.
The case was argued on Thursday
by Davis & Davis tor defendant and
States Attorney Batchelder for the
plaintiff. The jury took the case
Thursday afternoon and were out all
night, IL hours in all, bringing in
verdict Of guilty, with recommend.
alton for mercy in the sentence.
Hurley was remanded to Jail.
On Thursday OF last week the
case of State VS.. George Bowen,
charged with adultery, was taken
up. The State rested Thursday
afternoon, when counsel for re-