Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1907-12-12
WINDSOR COUNTY COURT.
Nineteen Cases for Jury TriaI--List
Of Petit Jurors.


The December term of Windsor county
court was convened on the Sd inst, Hon.
George Nj. Powers presiding. After the
formal opening of the term and prayers
by Rev. Mr.. Swift, the jury calendar was
called; it contained thirty four cases, and
of these, fifteen we're disposed of on the
call, leaving nineteen standing for trial
by Jury. OF these, one is set for trial by
a special struck jury on January 6. This
is the case of the White River Electric
Railway Co. VS.. Town of Stock bridge, an
action ON the bonding of the town for
the railway.
At the afternoon Sc ,sion of the first day
of the term, the petit jurors were called
and sworn and charged by Judge Powers.
The following jurors were in attendance;
thirty were called and six of them ex-
cused as Indicated
Andover, Charles B. Forbes.
Baltimore, F. /. Marble.
Barnard, John II. Ward.
Bethel, Ben. 1. bearing, Merritt A.
Brink.
Bridgewater, Andrew J. Pinney.
Cavendish, Charles c. Hagar.
Chester, Henry b. Smith, excused; P.
r. Earle.
Hartford, Henry c. Leighton, excused !;
w. III. Braley.
HartIand, j. o. Wright.
Ludlow, Oscar Fuller, William. H.
Agan, excused.
Norwich, Arthur L. Douglas.
Plymouth, John j. Wilder.
Pomfret, Marvin G. Whipple, excused.
Reading, A. Z. Nichols.
Rochester, Fred w. Eaton, Henry H.
Chaffee, excused.
Royalton, Oscar n. Stoughton.
Sharon, Eugene II. Noyes.
Springfield, Junius Fl. Perkins, Will
liam II. H. Putnam.
Stock bridge, George 7. Mills.
Weathersfeld, Asahel B. Warren.
Weston, Romantic X. Taylor.
West Windsor, E. o. Adams.
Windsor, Frank II. Clark.
Woodstock, E. c. Billings.
Wednesday morning the first jury trial
was begun. 1t was Tarbell & Whitman
VS.. Fayette Rogers and Albert F. Water
man. The action is to recover the
amount of judgment obtained against
the Union Agricultural society June 20,
1904, before Mr.. Sargent, justice of the
peace at South Royalton, upon which
Judgment and execution was issued and
returned unsatisfied, the execution being
against the Union Agricultural society,
holders of the Worlds Fair at Tunbridge.
The sum of S45 was paid on the iudg-
ment, leaving a balance due of $3.50. The
claim is for services as attorneys for the
society in defending the case tried few
years ago against the society by Clyde
Benedict, who recovered against the soci-
ETY. for injuries resulting from negligence
of some OF its officials whereby Benedict
was hurt in bicycle race.
The defendants, Rogers and Waterman,
contest on the ground that they were not
members Of the society the year that the
services of Tarbell & Whitman were re-
tanned to fight the Benedict suit. The
case was disposed CT by verdict being
ordered for the plaintiffs to recover the
full amount of their claim; the case goes
to the supreme court on exceptions to
that holding. w. B. G. Stickney and j.
X. Darling for plaintiffs; N. L. Boyden
and Davis & Davis for defendants.
George Sumner vs.. Lawrence w. Barti
and Allen Parker. This is an action to
recover for the unlawful cutting OF GER
tain spruce trees on the plaintiffs farm at
Plymouth. The cutting was done bny
Parker, who took the logs and SOLD them
to Bartin at his mill in Plymouth. The
defendants conceded the land belonged to
plaintiff, but Parker claimed to have cut
the trees innocently, supposing they were
on his own land. This was the only
question in the case. When the Saturday
recess came, the evidence had not closed.
The trial was resumed this week, and on
Wednesday the case went to the jury, re-
sulting in a verdict for the plaintiff.
Stickney, Sargent & Skeels for plaintiff;
Walker, and Davis & Davis for defend
ants.
The court announced that on Monday,
Dec. 16, the week would be devoted to
the disposing of state cases by trial or
otherwise. The term will no doubt last
until the second or third week in Janu-
ary