St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1907-12-04
Caledonia County Court.

The December term of the Caledonia
county court convened yesterday morn
ing with Hon. E. L. Waterman Of
Brattleboro presiding for the first time
in this court. The assistant judges are
Hon. George T. Eastman of Walden and
Hon. ]. Frank Ruggles of Burke, while
the court stenographer is Miss Mary /.
Nelson. Prayer was offered by Rev.
George W. c. Hill and the morning was
spent in calling the docket. The court
suggested that number of cases had
been on the docket for a good many
years and hoped the attorneys would do
all that was possible in clearing the
/ docket. In the afternoon the petit jurors
were sworn aud instructed by the court
The first case to be tried was that of
T. T. Daniel v. Chas. R. Davis, apt.
This is Hardwick case which was
appealed from the justice court and in
wolves an action of rent. Billiard &
Morse are the attorneys for the plain
tiff and David E. Porter represents the
defendant.
When court opened in the morning the
county bar was we'll represented. those
from out of town being N. A. Norton and
j. 7. Gleason of Lyndonvile, M. G. |
Morse OF Hardwick The Orleans county
bar was represented by F. W. Baldwin,
Frank D. Thompson, and w. w. Rierden,
all OF Barton and John Young of New |
port.
Announcement was made to the !
attorneys that R. w. Simonds and I.
Rolf Searles had formed a partnership
under the firm name of Simonds &
Searles. Mr.. Searles has moved to Mr..
office on Railroad street, the
partnership arrangement taking effect
Dec. l. Both young men have built up
a splendid business by hard work and
the new firm is certainly deserving of
success. lT TN
A number of state cases are set for
trial at this term of court, the most i'm
oortant being that of the State Board of
Health against the village trustees and
about 80 alleged patrons of the Passump-
nc river water Attorney General Fits
will conduct the trial, assisted by the
tate's attorney, while the village will
,e represented by its attorney and in
lividuals by their attorneys.
There are four cases of burglary
gainst Arsene and Napoleon Laliberte. {
is expected that something will be
one with the case against Walter P.
arr, who broke into the store of R. "A. t
'enfrew on May Goth, 1907, and took G
'om the safe $50 and who was sent to s
Waterbury by Judge Miles last June for
bservation.
James O'Connell and Mrs. Peter :
'louin have lived together at Hardwick !
'r the past summer, and people sup T
osed that they were married Their
ase was investigated and it was found :,
hat they were not married. Chief of 2
'olice Powers arrested Mrs. Blouin on 4
|ov. 14th, and on the 10th she was
aiken to Rutland to stay one year. Mrs. "
'louin was arrested for selling intoxi- b
ating liquor. O'Connell is in iail b
harged with the crime of adultery with e.
lrs. Blouin. O'Connell has a wife and
1ldren in Massachusetts. 81
William ]. Gabree OF Hardwick is also L
jail, having neglected his family, and
eng charged with furnishing intoxi- 4
ating liquor. Mr.. Hills partner, Mr.. ~
lay, is looking after the state cases this q q
eek, as Mr. Hill left Monday for Ben "
ngton to attend the December term
the. Bennington county court. The
Use of the Drew Daniels Granite Com
my is set for trial by jury there on tt
ecember 4. Judge Haselton will pre-. re
de. This suit is against R. w. Weld of
hicago and c. F. Hu1ing of Bennington,
ustee. 1t is brought to recover the
ntract price of the Huling- Carter
ault recently erected at Bennington.
mis- case is of some Importance to the
ante dealers in Vermont, as it involves
e question of delays in the shipment of
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