Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1908-02-07
MADISON COUNTY COURD
Court Closes it's Labors After a.
Days in Session

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The case of Charles Laporte of Whit
ing, charged with an assault to main
Mrs. Agnes Taylor, was completed Tues
day afternoon, Mrs. Ellen Laporte, wife of
the respondent, and the respondent ing
the only witnesses for the defence. The
| jury took the case at 8 80 and brought
in verdict at 4 :05 o'clock that the re-
spondent was guilty of simple assault
and not nguilty of the intent to MAIN.
Judgment was rendered for the plaintiff
in the .ejectment case of the Addison
county grammar school VS.. A. H. Murray.
The jury was then discharged for the
term, having been in session "A days.
The following prisoners were brought
into court and sentenced Frank Wissell
of Granville, convicted of simple assault,
| fined 800 with costs of prosecution and
to stand committed until sentence is COM
piled with; Matte Ryder, convicted of
statutory offense, not more than 1S nor
less than 16 months at hard labor in the
House of Correction at Rutland Ralph
Smith of Lincoln, upon his plea of break
ing and entering, sentenced to serve not
more tnan one year nor less than 10
months at hard labor at State prison at
Windsor.
| The time of Addison county court
Wednesday was taken up by going over
the docket hearing divorce petitions and
chancery cases and imposing sentences.
Charles Laporte, who was convicted of
simple assault, was sent to the Work
House at Rutland for not more than one
year nor less than 10 months. Fred
Curran, who pleaded guilty to one charge
Of larceny and was found guilty of
another, was given light sentence by
Judge Miles owing to his youth, family
circumstances and the presentation of
petition from ~ representative citizens
10 the court praying for lenency. He
was fined $40 with costs of prosecution
In each case and to stand committed
until the sentences were complied with.
William Ryder, charged with adultery,
was sent TO Windsor at hard labor for
term not exceeding three years nor less
than two years and nine months. Leon
ard Culver was released upon his own
recognizance.
William Laddy, Jr., was granted a
divorce from Hattie Laddv upon the
charge of adultery. Allen w. Tabor was
granted a divorce from Eliza F. Tabor
for desertion. Mrs. Clara Caswell Eng.
lish was given bill from Farley E.
English upon the grounds of intolerable
severity and cruelty, with the right to
resume the name of Clara Caswell. Mrs.
Emma Santaw of Bristol asked divorce
of jeff Santaw upon the grounds of neg
lect and failure to support. The court
took the matter under advisement.
w. H. Davis, representing Josiah
Cowles, administrator asked that the
verdict given to julius Cowles at this
| term of court be set aside. This motion
was objected to by j. b. Donoway, attor-
ney for Cowles, and the motion was de-
MED.
After the disposition of the above cases
the matter of the nnderpass at Ver-
gennes. an appeal from the order of the
railroad commissioners, was taken up,
II. h. Powers arguing for the railaoad
that the appeal should properly be
brought before the supreme court instead
of court of chancery. F. w. Tuttle of
Vergennes for Vergennes and the town
of Ferrisburgh held that the right to
appeal to the supreme court did not take
away the right to bring the matter
fbefore a court of chancery. ~