The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1907-11-23
Habeas Corpus 10 Get Mrs.
Agnes Neyerett
FROM PROBATION OFFICER
Arguing Today IN Washington county
Court, Attorney n. n. Gordon Said
She Was Brought 10 Vermont for
Adultery. Not Liquor Selling.

An endeavor % rst Mrs. Agnes Ney.
efcts out oi the hands 81 The probation
olhcer Has set 90 Loot In Washington
county court today BY her attorney, n.
n Gordon. who argued for a writ Of
nabeas corpus. She was tho woman
brought back from feomlnstef, Mass,
with Cebom donto On the chwRc ol
adultery. Prior 70 the time she left
liaffe she had been turned over to the
probation oilleer fof liquor selling. and
4 l. on thi. ease thai the arguments
wcrr made today. Attorney Gordon said
that the woman wa brought back 20
Vermont to answer to the adultery
charge and the state has no right %
bring up abe selling charge, Before ad
lournmfnf to-day, Il was left for Mr..
Gordon and States Attorney Gates %
submit their statements in court Non.
day.
The charge Of adultery against the
woman j. not being pressed al this time.
States Attorney Gates today dropped
the case against Robert Mckenzie. who
Was alleged 20 have been once concerned
IN the Massi adultery case.
Mrs. Hattie Massl~ was found not
guilty Of adultery, according 70 the re.
port Of the Jury which was returned
last evening at nine O'Clock. the case
having gone 70 them IN The afternoon.
Following her discharge. the woman
gave evidence of her pleasure At the
verdict hy shaking hands with several
ol the ilifymen. Sire was charged with
breaking the law In respect 70 adultery
with one Robert Mckenzie. and Frank
Massi. her husband. was the chief ac-
euser. he claiming that he saw the two
together II a room.
While the jury was out yesterday AZ.
ter0on y. W. Gordon for Davis 4 Farm.
ham company Of Waitham. Macs. and
4. +, Rrown Of Burlington for the trus.
tees argued before Judge Waterman GER
tain law points IN the case Of +. X. Dun.
bar of Boston against the Peoples Heat.
ing, Lighting & Power company Of
Barre. This case was referred 10 z. S.
Stanton, who has made bis report 10
tho court. The amount involved In the
case i $500.
Judge Waterman has denied the mo.
tion made BY the defendants in the
case Of Delbcrt G. lawson rs. Drs.
Crane and Hall. the we'll known Wood
bury malpractice case in which verdict
WAS granted for the plaintiff early in
TIE term for $1,000 and the case now
goes to the supreme court on exceptions.
The motion of the plaintiff for GER
tilted execution was granted.
Attorney Truman Gordon today ar
gued for Robert T. Gordon. by next
friend in his suit against the Journal
Publishing company for alleged libel.
The journal had filed a demurrer to the
bill.
The jurymen not on the Massi case
we're discharged for the term yesterday
and paid of The most of them were
paid for 60 days. The usual complaint
that they had not received pay for
enough days. was made, and committee
waited on Clerk Smile to urge pay for
three additional days The clerk read
the law TO them and showed them that
he avs powerless to help them. These
constant misunderstandings regarding
the number of days jurors are entitled
to paw, causes those who know the situ-
alton TO express themselves foreibly thas
the law should be amended so that petit
Jurors should be paid for every day after
they report for duty until they are dis
charged,