Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1906-12-13
Orange County Court.
December Term, 1906.


The Deeemher term OF Orange County
court began Tuesday, Dee. 4, Hon. +. l..
Waterman OF hrattlebaro being the pre-
siding Judge and Hons. Cyrus u. Lathrop
OF Wllliamstown aud Horace White OF
West Iopsham the assistant judges; Hale
h, Darling, clerk; Stanley Z. Wilson,
deputy clerk William III. Sprague, sheriff;
March NJ. Wilson, states attorney; Emma
Trout Mutt, reporter; Stephen Il. Darling,
high bailif, OF the deputies there are In
attendance this term w. q. Jackson OF
West fopsham and Benjamin IL. Adams,
Jr., OF Chelsea.
After the opening prayer by Rev. Lewis
y, Moody, pastor OF the local NJ. r..
church, sheriff sprague proclaimed the
formal opening OF the county court aud
then the jury calendar was called. OF the
nineteen eases set but two appeared likely
TO be tried by Jury, aud this MAS soon re-
duced TO one, A call of The criminal
docket showed none OF the old ongs ready
for trial but the states attorney has set
three new ones as iollows;-state vs..
Edwin Louannis (iareenyl; State VS..
Frank Campbell (assaultl; state vs..
Thomas Hodette assault with intent TO
robl.
In two other informatlons filed, state vs..
! Nellie tMatersl Earle (blgamy) aud State
ys. Newell King adultery, each re-
spondent pleaded guilty and because OF
eXtenuating circumstances, urged as well
by the states attorney as by respondents
counsel, j. ID. Denison, each respondent
was sentenced To confinement in the
states prison for not less than one year
and not more than fifteen months. The
sentences were then suspended and the
respondents placed in charge OF the
/ probation officer.
/ A Ht..,.
were called and OF the 81 summoned,
/ four having been excused, thirty answered
/ TO their names. No Jury case being ready,
they were excused from attending until
/ rhursdRy morning. The interval was
mostly occupied with divorce hearings.
/ Mrs. Earle, the forenoon respondent,
whose petition had lain in allegiance since
June, 1903, was granted divorce from
George w. Earle for refusal 10 support,
/ he being OF sufficient physical ability.
j. d. Denlson for petitioner. II appeared
that the parties were married In Septem-
Der, 1900, but had lived together only two
days, the husband going TO Boston and
nothing being heard from him until
October, 1903, when the wife read In a
newspaper and afterwards, from letter
In answer 10 her inquiry, learned that her
I hgsAlnd had died from al accident. She
MAJ. .eI Newell King in November, 1903
But late this fall the former husband
turned "a, ldite existent and the prosecu-
tion resulted. Minnie NJ. Deyette OBJ
tanned a divorce from Pearl U. Deyette fol-
adultery, the husband having run away
with another woman after the Fourth OF
July, 1906, celebration in Randolph. Care
and custody OF Walter NJ. Deyette
minor child, was given to petitioner. j.
ID. Denison for petitioner. In the case Of
Mary Atwood Bryant VS.. Harry +
Bryant, both parties living in Chelsea, q
divorce was granted for intolerablt
severity. Darling & Wilson for petit
toner. The libellant was given leave tC
resume her maiden name OF Mary
Atwood.
In the court case of Albert 5. Camp
apt, vs.. Z. c. Holmes and Charles A. Luce
a hearing was had on defendants motion
to dismiss the amended declarati IN
Darling & Wilson appearing for tn,
plaintiff and Geo. l.. Stowe for defendants
Thursday morning the court announced
its decision sustaining the defendants
motion and dismissing the amended
declaration. Exceptions were taken bj
the plaintiff.
OF the ten other court ca 'es hardly on,
will be tried with witnesses. Martin Y
Rowell VS. b. Frank Kicker stands on de
murrer to defendants plea and may go t
the supreme court on question OF law.
In the once locally famous case OF stat
VS.. Eugene A. Prindle, where the gooC
folks OF Williamstosn sought to enforc'
the law against oyerspeeding automobiles
defendants counsel having filed motion
to dismiss because OF the justices want o
. jurisdiction, the states attorney took
mol pros. and the defendant goes out
court. The civil case of VIM. III. smith VS.
Central Vermont railway, in which tn
plaintiff seeks to recover for the burning
OF his buildings from fire, alleged U
have caught from sparks from an engine
occupied the rest OF last week, plaintiff
witnesses filling all the time. J. j. VIII
son, NJ. NJ. Wilson and K. Nj. Harvey 10
plaintiff; c. S. Palmer for defendant.