News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1908-06-03
lamOilIe County Court

court opened at Hyde Park Tuesday with
Hon. Seneca IIaseltOn of Burlington as
presiding Judge; assisted by Judges II
G.. Parker of Elmore ard d. c. Walker OF
, Cambridge. County Clerk Waite. who
has been the custodian of court records
: for upwards of twenty years, was in his
: accustomed place and Sheriff Stevens,
: who is serving his second term and will
have third one, filled the shrievelty
box with his usual dignity and made the
prOclamatons in "due and ancient
form"
Prayer was offered by Rev. P. A.
Smith OF Morrisvile, who preceded the
same with a few scriptural selections
applicable to the occasion.
There were the usual number of at
torneys present-Co!. Sawyer, the nestor
i of the bal, who has been a member for
half century, being among the members.
Among the attorneys from out of the
county we noticed V. A. Billiard of Bur-
lington, Col. H. F. Brigham of Bakers.
field, j. Il. Redmond of Newport, C. f.
Simmons of St. Johnsbury, w. d. Stew
Jericho.
The morning session was devoted to
reviewing the Docket and many of the
cases were disposed of by continuance or
announced as settled.
At two o'clock court re-assembled and
the Grand Jurors were called and sworn.
Fayette Thomas of Belvidere and Rev.
p. A. Smith of MorristowD were excused.
F. Il. Fuilngton of Cambridge and Rev.
p. A. Smith of Mor1iStown were drafted
as talesmen. O. II. Wilson was appointed
foreman
The call of the Petit Jurors showed two
absentees. The charges TO both the
Grand and Petit Jurors by Judge Hazel
ton was interesting and instructive and
gave the jurors clear insight as to their
duties. There being no cases ready for
the petit jury they were excused until |
Wednesday morning. The remainder of
the afternoon was taken up in the trans
action of court business of minor
character.
This morning the case of F. E. Doug
lass VS.. Chas. A. Carr of St. Johnsbury,
was taken up. This is a case that was
a verdict, but the Supreme Court remand
ed it for new trial. This case, it will
be remembered, was a conflict between
the parties which grew out of an alterca-
ton about cleaning the mail car.
There may be two other cases, one of
which is brought by Douglass, "breech
of contract" to recover for the revoking
of pass given by the st. J. & L. G. for
injuries received on the road. The other
case is NJ. Kanoskie VS. Agel & Levin, also
a g breech of contract"
Since the above was put in type settle
ment has been effected in the two first
Jury cases. In the first Douglass gets
s65. co. the amount of the verdict in the
former trial, to which is added costs !
S90.42. In the other Douglass gets, it is
$780, The other civil jury case !
las been placed at the heel of the jury
locket and will not be tried until after
my state cases that may be for the jury
ire disposed of. There is considerable
court work and the Grand Jury are '
looking for trouble.r The petit jury
las been excused until Thursday morn :
ng. :
Indications are that the term will be !
short one. =
The Grand Jury has selected L. II.
lewis as clerk. f.
w. NJ. Smith is the deputy in charge of T
he Grand Jury.
It's the best-looking Grand Jury we've V
ad in a long time. o
The Petit Jurors are body of La
loille's representative men. t.
Sheriff Stevens wears ''smile that
yon't come off all because of that walk
yer that's coming to him. 81
Judges Parker and Walker fill their po- h
itions with the dignity for which this
ounty has long been noted among her p
side" Judges. g,
Wallace Parker was down from his Il
overnment lob at Newport and extended
ne glad hand to many of his old acquaint -,
noes, and now and then related one of y
is stories of which he has large stock n
ways on tap. o,
The s'oldest inhabitant" fails to remem-
err when there has been a clergyman on -,
ther the Grand or Petit Jury. This C
ear there is one on each of these bodies. II
9th of them are from MOrrisville, and 1T r.,
an example that other towns might .,
ell initiate, as the law and the gospel n
lght to go together.