Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1907-07-05
ADDISON COUNTY COURT
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llDRlOIl Ill bllt VI biit Bldlniill
and Drs. S. E. Maynard and L. NJ. Bing
of Burlington and DIR. Conn of the Uni
versity of New Hampshire in the interest
of the defendant company.
This examination having been COM
pleted, DR.. Tinkham was put on the
stand for the plaintiff and his testimony
and cross-examination took up the re-
mainder of the afternoon session.
Court came in half an hour earlier
than usual Saturday morning, or at $50
o'clock, and Mr.. Hubbard then resumed
the witness stand. His direct evidence
was concluded little after 10 o'clock |
and the rest of the session was taken up
with sharp cross-examination of him
by Judge Powers. The cross-examina-
ton had not been completed at 11:15
o'clock at which time recess was taken
to 2 o'clock Monday afternoon. the jurors
not sitting on this case, having previous.
ly been excused until that time.
Before the Hubbard case was resumed
Saturday morning Edward Whittier of
Granville was hailed into court and plead
ed guilty to a charge of illegal fishing. This
case has been in court for nearly four
years, during which time the respondent
twice jumped his bail and a year ago
this term a motion to CHANGER the bail
was entered. Now at last, however, the
bondsmen succeeded in getting their
principal into court, and his plea of gull
ty resulted. Sentence was not passed
and the respondent was remanded to
Jail.
Court got down to work again shortly
after two o'clock Monday afternoon and
the Hubbard Rutland Railroad case was
at once taken up again. Mr.. Hubbard
was the first witness up and his cross
examination was completed for the time
by Judge Powers, with an intimation
that he would be called on again later.
Mrs. Hubbard was the next witness and
she detailed the situation at their
home and her husbands condition i'm.
mediately after and for weeks following
the accident. Her testimony had not
been finished when she was relieved from
the stand for the time being.
, Penrose Landon of West Rutland, a
/ former well-known resident of Middle
bury was the next witness. He was in
! the passenger car which was wrecked,
was injured himself, and now has dam
! age suit against the railroad company
: pending in the Rutland county court.
] He gave the details of the wreck and the
scenes that followed so far as they came
under his observation after he came to
t himself and realized that he was still in
the land of the living.
t DIR. D. c. Noble of Middlebury was the
S next witness, and he was on the stand
: half of the afternoon session and for half
n of the forenoon session Tuesday. DR..
Y Noble had been the plaintiffs attending
n physician since Immediately after the
n accident. He described the plaintiffs in
a juries, explained their nature and de-
e tailed the progress of the case. His
e cross-examination was protracted and
=; very thorough.
Y During lull in the Hubbard case
,. Monday afternoon Joseph Pasha, mar.
e ried man, and Kate Ploof, an unmarried
l. woman, both of Ferrisburgh, who three
weeks ago pleaded guilty to informations
charging them with adultery, retractine
former pleas of not guilty, were brought
o into court for sentence. When called
r upon they had nothing to say for them
II Dacho sQntanca1 fn
l. not more than four and not less than
n three years at hard labor in the State
e prison at Windsor.
:. Kate Ploof was sentenced to serve moi
=, more than two years and not less than
: one year and six months in the House OF
Correction at Rutland. James B. Dono
way of Middlebury, her counsel, moved
that she be placed in charge of the Pro
II baton officer, and the matter was re-
!, ferred to that officer to investigate.
e 1t was close to four o'clock Wednes
=. day when the jury came into the cour
room. They had agreed, and the YER
dict was that the defendant company
!, was guilty in manner and form as alleg
ed and that the plaintiff should hav,
$4,000 damages and his costs. The YER
dict was something of a surprise, and tn,
case will be carried to the Suprem,
Court.
<The case of George P. Barrows' admin
istrator VS.. the Rutland Railroad com
pany was the next to come on, but afte,
various conferences out of the cour
room in the afternoon the case was com
promised and settled. The terms of set
Element are kept private.
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