The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1907-04-26
RYDER CASE
HAS BEGUN
The Trial of II Began This
Morning.
WITNESSES ON HAND
Big Verdict for Plaintiff in Lincoln.
Hemenway Suit-Jaquith Co. Gets
Verdict Against shumway Estate
Some Divorces.

The most hotly contested case in
county court for several terms came to
an end late last Saturday afternoon
when the jury in the case of Miss Mary
Lincoln versus Mrs. Nancy Hemenway
brought in verdict for the plaintiff
TO recover Ss63.52, the full amount of
her claim and interest. The jury took
the case about 1890 in the morning
and brought in a verdict at about 4.30.
The trial of this case extended over
the greater part of last week and scores
of witnesses were examined. Among
those who were heard last Friday was
Rev. \. j. Hough, former Brattleboro
Methodist minister who was called upon
to assist in impeaching the testimony
of the defendant. Miss Lincoln claim
ed she loaned Mrs. Hemenway $500,
while Mrs. Hemenway claimed that the
amount of the loan was 5000 and that
there was a bill of 5000 in offset. The
costs in this case will be very heavy, it
being understood that those on the
plaintiff s side amount TO over $500.
Miss Lincoln was represented by II.
G. and +. L. Barber while Gibson and
Waterman of Brattleboro and ]. X.
Batchelder of Arlington represented the
defendant.
A portion of this week has been de-
voted TO the trial of the case of the
II. C. Jaquith company, Apt. against
the estate of j. @. Shumway Of ia
maica. Yesterday morning the jury
brought in a verdict for the plaintiff
to recover the sum of 800 damages
and costs of S65.6S in a former suit
tried in the Windsor county court. The
trial of this case began Saturday. 1t
was an appeal from the decision of the
commissioners of Mr.. Shumway's es-
tate on the value of a black horse sold
by Mr.. Shumway to satisfy a tax in
favor of the town of Jamaica and
against r. B. Jaquith of Plymouth.
The plaintiff put in evidence tending
to show that this horse was bought by
the company with six other horses at
Boston. Mr.. Jaquith used the horse
at Plymouth where he was manager OF
the o 'Brien Lumber company. The
plaintiff claimed that the use of the
horse to 90 from Plymouth to Weston,
the locality of the Jaquith company's
mills, about the business of the two
companies was not inconsistent with
the ownership of the horse by the ia
quith Lumber company. The defendant
insisted that such use with other use
of the horse by Jaquith indicated own
ership by him.
Henry Wood of Jamaica was ar
raigned yesterday and pleaded guilty
to larceny. He was sentenced to not
less than two nor more than two and
one. half years in the state prison at
Windsor.
The case of the state against S. NJ.
Holden of Londonderry for illegal sale
of Intoxicating liquor was continued on
account of the illness of the respon-
dent.
A large number of witnesses have
been in Newfane most of the week in
readiness to testify in the case of the
state against DR.. j. NJ. Ryder of Rock
ingham who is charged with perform
ing a criminal operation with fatal re-
suits on Miss Iva Martin of Proctors-
vile who died in DR.. Ryder s office Oct.
80 of last year. This case has been de-
laved by the illness of Gilbert A. Da-
Wis of Windsor, one of the counsel for
the respondent, but was begun this
morning.
The following divorces have been
granted this week: Lucius R. Call VS..
Hattie E. Call of Brattleboro, adultery;
Lula E. Rawson, against Leroy S. Raw
son of Rockingham, neglect and refusal
to support, custody of minor child Civ
en- petitioner; Lucretia NJ. Fletcher
against Hiram Boynton Fletcher of Bel
lows Falls, desertion; petitioner to re-
sumo maiden name.