Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1908-06-11
ORANGE COUNTY COURT.
Judge Waterman Presides Over June
Term Now In Session.


Term Now In Sessions
The term began Tuesday morning,
June 2, 1908. with the following OIL
cers:-Presiding judge, Hon. +. l.. Wa
terman; assistant judges, Hons. Cyrus U.
Lathrop OF WILLIAMSBURG and Horace
White of West Topshsm; clerk, Hale X.
Darling; sheriff. William II. Sprague;
states attorney. March NJ. Wilson; re-
porter, Emma Grout Mutt; high bsiiin,
Stephen b. Darling. After prayer by
Congr church. the county court and
court of cbancery were formally pro-
claimed as open for business by Sheriff
sprague. On calling the jury calendar it
appeared that but six of the twenty-five
cases set were likely to be tried and two
of those were soon reported settled. The
court calendar contains twelve cases, but
some of them have been already disposed
of without hearing.
At the afternoon session, both the
grand and petit jury names were called.
r. ID. Richardson, the grand juror from
Brookield. having been excused, Chester
Dickey of Washington was called as tales
man, but at his request was excused.
George W. Flagg of Braintree was then
called but, not being present, another
name was called for by the court and FL
bert !. Clafin OF Braintree was called and
sworn in with the rest of the panel.
Judge Waterman gave an able and inter-
esting charge and Warren L. Crafts Of
Bradford was appointed foreman. OF the
thirty-four petit jurors summoned, three
were excused, namely, Charles r. Dickey
OF Sewbury, Henry r.. Whitcomb of
Orange and John l.. Hutchinson Of Ran
dolph. The court gave a preliminary
charge, enforcing the duties enjoined by
the oath and especially cautioning the
jurors against listening to any talk about
cases for trial during the term.
The trial OF Joseph Corevo vs.. EIbridge
Holman and George Trask, an action of
trespass quare clausum fregit, was begun
Tuesday afternoon and continued till
Thursday noon. the jury in the afternoon
returning verdict Of guilty as to Trask
with eli damages, and not guilty as to
Holman. The parties were from Brain
tree and piaintid charged that defendants
had meddled with his spring of water be-
side the highway, to which defendants
answered that they had n prescriptiye
right to the water BY long uninterrupted
use, claiming their right by adverse pos
session. Exceptions were taken by De-
PENDANT Trask and the case will go to SUI
preme court. y. L. Boyden and r. II.
Harvey were attorneys for plaintiff; sber-
man K. Moulton of Burlington and David
:. Conant for defendants.
The next case tried was Woodsyille
Guaranty Savings bank VS.. Albert L.
Rogers, Moses G. Flanders and David ;.
Conant, an action of assumpsit on $1,000
promissory note on which some $500 had
been paid. Defendant Rogers put in no
appearance. and the other defendants
pleaded taat they were only sureties and
were discharged because the note bad
been satisfied by Rogers and that the
plaintiff had released him from the note.
At the close of defendants evidence,
plaintiffs counsel moved for verdict.
but the court directed verdict for de-
PENDANTS, their testimony having come in
under plaintiffs objection and it seeming
better that the exceptions should be all
on one side, as the case was to go to SUI
preme court in any event. Hosford &
Wright of Woodsville, y. H., and r. W.
Smith were attorneys for plaintiff; Frank
;. Williams, David ;. Conant and x. NJ.
Harvey, attorneys for defendants.
Saturday forenoon the grand jury re-
ported ten true bills and five bills not
found. They were then discharged, hay
ing been in session but five days. The
criminal causes will be reached during
the week, as but two cases on the civil
calendar remain and neither of these is
certain for trial.
On Tuesday evening was held the an
nual meeting of the County Bar associa-
ton. The following officers were elect
ed:-President, }. X. Darling; vice presi-
dent, +. w. Smith; executive ,committee.
ID. S. Conant, George L. Stow, the presi-
dent being ex officio a member; iurispru-
dence and law reform, NJ. NJ. Wilson;
legal history and biography, J. b. Peck
EFT. Memorial exercises upon the recent
death of Joseph ID. Denison of Randolph
were held and generally participated in by
the attorneys present with appreciative
remarks by Judge Waterman, the presid-
ing judge. An interesting biographical
sketch was read by y. L. Boyden and be
was requested by vote of the association
to prepare and read at the Vermont Bar
association meeting in October a paper on
the life of Mr.. Denison. Appropriate
resolutions were also passed expressive of
the high esteem of the bar for the de-
ceased member. These were ordered TO
be recorded and copy was directed to be
sent to the family of the deceased.
Chief Judge Rowell was admitted to
the bar of this county at June term, 1855.
Resolutions commemorative this event
and congratulating Judge Roweil on the
high position he had achieved both at the
bar and on the bench were unanimously
passed He is now the sole surviving
member of the bar which then existed in
this county. 1t is an interesting fact
that from this county bar have come two
members of the present supreme court,
the chief judge and John II. Watson,
now of Montpelier, but for twenty years
an able practitioner of the law at Brad
ford.
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