Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1908-12-04
ADDISON COUNTY COURT.
The Beginning of the Decern Der
Term This Week. Progress is
Slow at First.

court house in Middlebury at l0:l5
o'clock on Tuesday forenoon, with Hon.
Zed S. Stanton of Roxbury as presiding
judge. We printed the names of the
other officers OF the court last week.
Judge Stanton makes his debut on the
bench at this term of court. as also does
Frank w. Tuttle of Vergennes as States
attorney.
There was somewhat slim attend
ance of out-of-town members of the bar
present at the opening, and several of
those who put in an appearance were
recently fledged attorneys. Among those
on hand were former Gov E. j. Ormsbee
and w. A. Atwell of Brandon, Thomas
w. Moloncy, P. NJ. Melden and Robert
A. Lawrence of Rutland, E. A. Ashland,
J. A. Brown and Theodore E. Hopkins OF
Burlington, F. w. Tutt!e of Vergennes,
Jasper q. Page and Murray Bourne of
Bristol, j. A. Wilcox of Ludlow and
G. G.. Austin of st. Albans.
Most of the well-known old-timers
were conspicuously absent.
County Clerk Rufus Wainwright had
his hands very full previous to the open
ing of court in swearing in the new
county officers and many town officers,
which has to be done on the first day of
December every second year, and after
taking his oath of office, Sheriff Olin A.
Smith appointed the following deputies
for the coming biennial period: Will
liam H. Cobb, Thad NJ, Chapman and
! Noble j, Sanford of Middlebury. +. n.
Hemenway of Granville, Henry f. San
ford of Cornwall, E. H. Palmer of Monk
ton, Fred E. Rowley of New Haven,
Henry p. Fisher of Vergennes, Frank
w. Hill of Starksboro, George $. Farr of
Bristol, w. II. Birchard of Shoreham,
John II. Beane of Lincoln. +. V. Hooker
of Goshen and Stephen +. Noonan of
terrisburgh. Additional deputies may
be appointed later if desirable
Rev. George r. Stair, pastor of the
local Baptist church, offered the opening
prayer, after which Sheriff Smith made
the usual proclamation for the conven-
ing of the court The jury list was next
called over and then peculiar and un-
heard of condition of affairs was brought
to light, as it was found that in nearly
every case set for trial leading counsel
on one side or the other was una avoidably
absent and detained elsewhere for some
time to come. These absentees included
Senator James b. Donoway of Middle.
bury, Representative Frank l.. Fish of
Vergennes and NJ q. Leary of Burling-
ton, all busy at Montpeler; w. G.
Stickney OF Bethel, V. A Bulard of
Burlington and Charles l. Button of
Middlebury. Consequently most of the
jury cases We're passed for the time
being, although it looked as though 10
out of the % on the calendar would
come up for trial later. As it was. these
two were marked for trial: Louis Nor
ris VS. Andrew Trudo and George II.
Halock VS.. Hubbard C. Potter. These
cases were marked settled and discontin
ued: Jenny BrassAu VS.. S. q. Tisdale
and Gardner ;. Wainwright VS.. Levi
Sturtevant and Trustees. motion for
continuance was filed in the ca-e of
Joseph w. Trudo VS.. w. H. Cardel, and
the case of Kate Cramer VS.. Leone f.
Scranton was continued.
The cases on the general law docket,
with the exception of the criminal cases
and petitions for divorce, were next
called off and most of them were con
tinued in the usual way. The follow
ing cases were entered settled and dis
continued: White River Valley Electric
Railroad Co. and Frank E. Paige, Re-
ceiver VS.. the Town of Hancock; John
A. Agnew & Co. vs.. R. E. French. ct al
and Trustee; the Brandon National
Bank and Jason Duclaw VS.. Frank
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Shapiro VS. Jacob Shapiro, Apt, judg-
ment by default, as per stipulation on
file, was entered for the plaintiff. In
the case of Ford Cahen VS.. George ii
and Jennie NJ. Churchill, the plaintiff
was enjoined from prosecuting his suit
In the case of Norman s. FOote vs
George w. Moore judgment by default
was rendered for the plaintiff.
At l;35 a recess WAS taken until
O'Clock and at that hour the pane
of grand jurors were called and sworn
The only absentee was Wallace N. Hill
of Starksboro, and D. H. Orvis of the
same town was drawn from the cour
room IN his place. Judge Stanton gave
them the usual instructions and ap
pointed Dorr A. Roleau of New HaveI
their foreman, after which they retired
: to take up their work in charge of Dep
uty Sheriff F. f Rowley, with State
Attorney Tuttle to guide them in thei
deliberations.
The petit jurors were then called ant
sworn, and every man of the 35 was on
hand to answer To his name. They wer,
given brief preliminary instructions by
the court We have hitherto printed
the names of all the Jurors on botl
panels.
Owing to the peculiar condition of tn
cases on the jury calendar. the cour
now found Itself with nothing to do ant
nothing likely to turn up. Judge w. II
Bliss suggested that the petit jurors b
excused until after Christmas, by whicl
time the Legislature will probably hav
completed its work. w. II. Davi
thought it would be "a good idea to hol'
the jurors and 90 along with the Grim
nal tria Is as soon as the grand jury hay
made their report. The court gave tn
matter long and careful attention an
finally decided to excuse the juryme
until 2 o'clock on Monday, Decembe
%, which was accordingly done.
At 3:l5 o'clock a recess was take
to o'clock on Wednesday morning, tn
court intending to remain in session fo
some days to hear divorce and chancer
matters and attend to other business a
might turn up, while waiting for tn
Grand iurV I'm cam nlptp thair La hnra