Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1906-06-22
COUNTY COURT.
The End Long Way Distant.

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The case on trial when we went to
press last week was that of E. A. Jenney
VS.. A. E. HER, which did not come to a
close until Saturday forenoon, after hav-
ing taken up the time of the court since
Monday afternoon. 1t was in many
respects a peculiar case. The plaintiff,
Jenney, wanted $1,000 damages from the
defendant, HER, for alternating his wife's
affections. Jenney is mechanic en-
ployed by the New Haven Mills Manu-
featuring company, and HER is farmer
in South Bristol. where they both reside.
There were various occasions on which
the plaintiff claimed that there was
something wrong between his wife and
HER, but the alienation came on June
81 of last year, according to Jenney.
The plaintiff claimed that on the night
of that day at about o'clock, the house
hold having previously been alarmed by
grodnng, he came down stairs from
his room and having expected to find
his wife and HER there, stopped on the
way, took drink of water. then went
into a bedroom on the ground floor and
twice lit matches in the face of HER,
who was confronting him. He said
nothing to HER and was unable to tell
whether HER was dressed or undressed,
or whether he had or did not have a hat
on. But HER jumped out of the window
of the room where he was supposed to
have been, according to Mr.. Jenney. 1t
was a nice defence that was put
up. Mrs Jenney and her 14-year-old
daughter, then thirteen, testified as to
the groaning outside, but that after Mrs
Jenney had called to her husband and
awakened him it took him about 20
minutes to get ready to come down
stairs and investigate matters. Prior to
the groaning outside Mrs. Jenney had
been reading a story from The Youth 5
Companion to younger daughter, who
had been i'll with pneumonia and the elder
girl already mentioned. Aside from the
evidence of Mrs. Jenney. her daughter
Mr.. HER and several others who had
confidence in her honor, came the testi-
mony of Mr.. Jennys brother. After the
proceedings at the house on that night in
June, Plaintiff Jenney went over to his
brothers and told him all about it, The
brother thought he was either drunk or
crazy and went over to the house to see
about things. The window through
81, no n cd
out was only four feet from the ground
and a banking had just recently been
removed and the earth smoothed up.
The brother went there with Mr.. Jenney
and examined the ground. There was
not a trace of foot track in the new
soil, as there must have been if any one
had jumped out of that window. Ac-
cordingly brother testified against brother
one believing the other to be under hal
lucinations. There was strong body Of
testimony in favor of Mrs. Jenney from
among her acquaintance in Bristol.
Judge w. H. Bliss of Middebury anG
F. L. Fish of Vergennes were the counse
for the plaintiff and they put up strong
fight.
w. W. Rider of Bristol and T. w
Moloney of Rutland represented the de
tense. Mr.. Moloney taking the laborinl
oar. The arguments were made on Fri
day and the case was given to the jury
in an admirable charge by Judge Mile:
at 4:05 o'clock that afternoon.
1t was nearly time for the court t.
come in on Saturday morning when q
verdict was arrived at. The verdict wal
that the defendant was not guilty a
charged and that he recover his costs.
Shortly after the verdict was rendered
recess was taken until Tuesday morn
ing at 8 O'clock.
Court resumed business on schedul,
time Tuesday morning, but little wa
done on account of the absence of inter
ested parties until after 10 O'clock whel
the will case .docketed in re will of Caro-
line w. Rogers, John Q. Adams ct al
contestants, appellants, was taken up
This case bids fair to be a long one. l
took more than half of the morning SEES
B sion to get jury and on account of tn
) District Republican convention in tn
B afternoon there was hiatus until abou
$50 The amount involved in this cas-