Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1909-12-23
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Close Of q Short Tern1.--onIy One
Jury Trial.

Close Of Short Term.--onIy One
Jury Trial.
The December term OF Orange county
court was adjourned Friday forenoon
Dec. II, after eleven days of work, during
which many moro cases we're disposed Of
than is usual in the same length of time
although not so many cases went to trial
Is is the usual custom. There was but
one civil cause tried by jury, and in this
case they we're unable to agree upon q
verdict. There were twenty criminal
cases upon the docket, one Of which was
mol pressed, two ordered not to be
brought forward, ten we're continued, Ave
respondents pleaded guilty and two put
themselves upon the country for trial, the
two being the same person, viz, Samuel
Bowen OF Randolph, who was charged
with two separate and distinct offences,
one being for selling Intoxicating liquor,
of which he was not found guilty and
was discharged; the other charge against
him was blsckmnil, and in this case the
jury found him guilty and the court
imposed q fine Of $3.50 with an al
Tentative sentence in the House OF Cor
rection ct Rutland. To this judgment
the respondent excepted and bail was
fixed at $500, which he furnished. An
interesting fact associated with these two
cases is that at the preliminary hearings
before the justice of the peace, in the
blackmail case he was discharged, and in
the case OF selling he was bound over to
county court, both findings in the ''court
OF first INSTANCE being thrown down in
county court.
The respondents who pleaded guilty
who were not reported in last weeks
issue, wers:--
Fred Bowen OF Bradford, who was
charged with selling intoxicating liquor,
sentenced to hard labor in the county Jail
for term Of not less than eight months
nor mere than ten months; sentence sus-
pended and respondent placed in custody
OF the county probation officer.
Reuben Johnson OF Thetford, pleaded
guilty also to selling and paid S30S to
settle the bill.
Jerry Sullivan, alias Jerry Smith, alias
Jerry Race OF East MiddIebury, who
pleaded guilty to the crime Of horse steal
ing, having taken q team from George
Pember of Randolph in the spring OF
1904, and fleeing into New Hampshire
where he stole another team, for which
crime he has served five years in.the New
Hampshire state prison at Concord, was
sentenced to a term OF not less than three
nor more than four years in the state
prison at Windsor. The criminal work
being disposed Of, the jurors were dis
missed, having been in attendance eight
days.
The nineteen civil cases set for trial by
the court were disposed of as follows:-
Eight we're continued, five were settled,
two were entered with the court without
hearing, one was referred to John @.
Wing Of Montpelier, and two, the
Cooperative Telephone Co. vs..
d. G. Wheeler of STAFFORD, and Patterson
& Holden OF Brookfield VS.. The Sargent,
0sgood & Roundy company of Randolph,
were heard and entered with the court for
Judgment. Eleven other civil cases of
the general docket which were not set for
trial, were entered, settled and discon-
tinued.
The divorce docket contained twenty
six cases, nine OF which were heard, with |
the result that eight bills were granted,
fourteen were continued and four were
two Of which were counter
petitions, the husband and wife each
bringing q libel for divorce, and after
getting to Chelsea with their witnesses,
and after talking the situation all over
with their counsel, they finally decided to
kiss and make up and went back to
their homes together. Bills were granted |
in the following cases.
Garlic NJ. Hicks We. John b. Hicks, bill /
granted for intolerable severity and GUS
.ody OF minor child decreed to petitioner. |
Raymond w. Trainor OF White River /
Junction, attorney for the petitioner.
Lillian NJ. Wilmington vs.. Arthur II.
bill granted for wilful de-
Iertion, petitioner granted leave to re-
Iume her maiden name OF johnson. ID.
). Conant OF Bradford, attorney for petit
,ioner.
Lottie F. Hyzer Mears VS.. Byron
Latham of Milton, attorney for petit
Toner.
Mary e. Royce VS.. Edward Royce, bill
Iranted for refusal to support, and Gus
ody OF minor child decreed to petitioner.
Darling g. Wilson OF Chelsea, attorneys
or petitioner.
Amanda Hood VS.. Rufus N. Hood, bill
'ranted for intolerable severity. Samuel
|. Neon of Boston, attorney for petit
Toner.
Abbie Z. Frazier vs.. Walter A. Frazier,
ill granted tor refusal to support.
rank S. Williams Of Bradford, attorney
or petitioner.
Harriet A. Smead VS.. Clinton ID.
mead, bill granted for intolerable sever
y, and petitioner granted leave TO re-
ume her former name of Christopher.
.limony as per stipulations on file. M.
(. Wilson Of Randolph, attorney for pc
tioner.
els ulsua 81. HOsmsr ys. Josiah ID. Hos
Ter, bill granted for refusal to support.
+. s. Williams OF Bradford, attorney for
etitioner.
There were no chanctry hearings, but
! several cases an entry OF settled and
was directed and made.
Eddie L. Hall Of Corinth, who at the
une term Of court Of the present year :
as adiudged in contempt Of court, by
JASON Of not having complied fully with
D rider Of court in 1907 regarding GER
lin articles Of personal property which
ere ordered to be turned over to his wife /
no had obtained a divorce from him, !.
ID who in vacation had been arrested !,
I'd Was admitted TO bail, presented him
N in court and motioned to be allowed
purge himself Of contempt, and It Was /.
'dered, that upon delivery Of certain J.