The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1909-01-12
CHELSEA
Work Of the Orange County Court scs-
sion Just Closed.


Work Of the Orange County Court Scs-
sion Just Closed.
During the December term Of Orange
County court which took its final adj
journment Thursday January 9TH. af-
ter having been in session twenty nine
days the following work was accom-
plishedi Out Of the sixty-six cases on
the civil docket one was tried by the
court, II being case OF trespass be-
tween Stevens q Baldwin and John M.
sayqs all the parties being from New.
bury. The court rendered n verdict for
the plaintiffs TO recover one dollar
damages and their costs Four cases
tried by Jury, two of which were APP
pealed and will be carried up to Sup.
remq Court, a third case which occupied
the attention of the court for ten days
after which verdict was rendered for
the plaintiff to recover $4,000 and
costs, the verdict was set aside by
reason Of the plaintiff having offered to
pay the cigars TO several Of the jurors
who set on the case, after the verdict
was rendered; the fourth case, one in
which the court directed verdict, an
appeal will be taken and carried up to
Supreme Court on questions Of law.
Miss Lora Hood has gone 10 New yor
City where she has accepted position
as stenographer in an Office.
There were twenty four divorce cases
which were disposed OF as follows:
four Of them were uneontested and bills
were granted.
Mrs. William +. Hood returned last
week from Nyack, n. Y, where she had
been the guest of her daughter, Mrs.
George J. Helmcr. She was accom-
panied by Miss Katherine Helmer who
viii spend the remainder of the winter
al Mrs. Hoods.
Miss Gail Corwin has returned 10 her
school work in the Moody School at
Mortified, Mass, as has also Miss Ida
Lougqe who Is student in the same in
stitution. and "Nedp Hayward returned
last week 10 his studies in the Albany
business college.
Charles f. Dickinson who has work.
ed for Col. II. o. Bixby in the store and
telephone office for the past two months
has completed his term of service and
returned with his wife and child to
Pike Hill in Corinth last week.
Mrs. Annie Bixby who has been at
work at the hotel during court has com
pleted her services there and gone to
the homeof her father, Colamer p. Abb
bot. Her son Daniel is boarding at
Mr.. Abbotts and attending school at the
village.
G. NJ. Kenney and family who recent
ly purchased the George NJ. Cleveland
house at the junction Of the STAFFORD
road and Main street moved here from
Mortified last wtek and have taken
possession Of their new purchase.
The Orange county prison board met
at the Orange County hotel Wednesday
evening January 9th, and organized as
follows. JUDGE Horace White Of Top
sham; Chairman; Sheriff II. T. Baldwin
of Wells River. Secretary and Treas
urer. Deputy Sheriff b. H. Adams, Jr.,
win have charge of the working Of the
prisoners; the purchase Of necessary
and tools and win collect the
eornings of the prisoners.
There were thirteen state cases, one
III which was tried with the result that
the jury disagreed; in two Others the
were ordered committed 10
the State Hospital for the Insane for
in three Others nolle pro.
seoul was entered; in three the respon
dents pleaded guilty, two paying fines
and the other taking a sentence, and
four were continued. In few Of the
nineteen cases on the chancery docket
decretal orders were made. Before the
of court, w. II. spragie
was appointed a Master in Chancery by
Chancellor Miles.
Edawrd d. McDuffee Of Brandford,
who had been in Jail heFe for week
charged with the crime of arson and
who was ordered by the court to be
committed to the state hospital for the
insane at Waterbury for observation,
was committed To that Institution last
week Tuesday by Sheriff Baldwin, and |
Mike Nimcek, the Polander, who was
sentenced to state prison for term OF
ii not less than -four nor more than Ave |
years after having pleaded guilty to
was committed to that
institution Thursday BY Sheriff Bald
win,