Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1909-12-30
wTNpsoR COUNTY couRr.
Respondent Acquitted Of Barn Burn
ine.--tfolioay 6ecess Taken.

ine.--tfoIiday Recess Taken.
On Friday last recess was taken ovei
the Christmastide and court re-assemblec
Monday afternoon, at which time ths
murder case Of State VS.. francesca Gala.
bretto was taken up.
The following cases were tried last
week.
Justin F.. Smith vs.. Henry Goddard.
This was an action OF trover to recover
the value OF IL cords OF hard wood taken
/ BY the defendant, as alleged, from a
woodlot in Norwich on which plaintiff
had cut and piled a lot of hard wood
which he had purchased standing from
one Josiah Morrison, local agent for q
firm at Concord, N. H., who owned the
timber lot in question. The defendant
bought the twelve cords Of Morrison who
had some men cutting hard wood for
him. The only question in the case was
whether Goddard had taken his twelve
cords from the piles of Smith or those Of
Morrison. The jury found it was
Smiths wood that was taken and re-
turned a verdict for the plaintiff for
s59.51, damages and costs. VIM. Batch
elder for the plaintiff; J. @. Harvey 70
the defendant.
Joseph p. Goodrich VS.. Charles Cad
we'll, to recover damages for the alleged
burning Of plaintiffs harm at Chester BY
the defendant, resulted in a verdict for
the defendant. As stated in the last report
in this column, the plaintiff relied upon
three circumstances to bring the burning
home to Caldwell, namely, the threats to
get even with Goodrich for testifying
against him In the deer killing case; the
tracks from the barn that was burned to
Cadwell's place, and his confession to the
detectives. Caldwell denied making
threats, denied that the tracks were his,
and explained the confessions on the
ground that the detectives had made him
intoxicated and had offered inducements
which led him to tell them he had burned
the barn, but that it was not true. The
main defence was an abb, sustained by
bis housekeeper, that he was in bed sick
on the nights Of the destruction OF the
barn and its contents. Sanford Emery
and Homer L. Skeels were for the plaintiff;
Charles Batchelder and Bert E. Cole for
defendant.
State vs.. Fred Wagner. Respondent
pleaded guilty to one first offense of lille
gal sale OF intoxicating liquor at his store
near the granite quarries in Bethel. He
was sentenced to hard labor in county
Jail at Woodstock for not less than one
nor more than ten months.
Growing ont of the disclosures in the
first civil case tried this term-that OF
Edith Hudnail vs.. vanessa Blake for
alienation Of affections, informations
were filed against Mrs. Blake and Daniel
Huffnau on q charge of adultery. They
were both arrested aud lodged in jail, bail
was furnished and both we're released.
Their case will probably be tried at the
present term.
There are only two more civil cases to
try and the bulk of the business from
now on will be criminal trials. The spe-
cial grand jury called at this term report
ed four true bills, as follows;-
State VS.. Francesca Calabretto, murder.
State VS.. Antonio Sopretto, Alexander
Domenico and Ferdinando sabattini; ell
for assault with intent 10 kill. An in
formation was also filed on a similar
charge against Fidelio Csruso.