Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1909-07-08
ORANGE COUNTY COURT.
Close Of June Term.--0Ivorees Grant
ed.--CrimlnaI Cases.

Close OF June Term.--Olvorces Grant
ed.--CriulnaI Cases.
The June term of Orange county court
closed Thursday, July LIST, after thirty
one days Of work, it having been one OF
the longest terms of court for several
years. The civil causes on the general
docket, Numbering sixty-five, were dis
posed of as follows:-Three were tried by
jury, two OF which resulted in q verdict
for the plaintiff, while in the other, the
verdict was for the defendant to recover
his costs. One was heard by the court,
Judgment was entered for the pIaintin in
two cases by agreement of the parties and
in two others the plaintiff recovered by
judgment on default; twenty were en-
tered. settled and discontinued and thir-
ty-seven were continued.
The divorce docket contained twenty
one cases. fifteen of which were continued
and six, as follows, were heard
Audry E. Howard VS.. Dexter B. How
ard, bill granted for neglect and refusal
to support; r. M. Harvey for petitioner.
Mary Kicker vs.. B. Frank Kicker, bill
granted for neglect and refusal to sup
port, and custody OF minor child decreed
to petitioner; r. NJ. Harvey for petitioner.
Mathilda A. s. Ruiz vs.. Frederick c.
Rutz, bill granted for intolerable severi-
ty, and q substantial alimony was decreed
to petitioner. The case was not contest
ed, stipulations as to alimony having
been previously agreed upon. The couple
had lived together about forty years.
Darling & Wilson for petitioner and NJ
NJ. Wilson for petitionee.
4 Hattie NJ. Worthen VS.. Jesse E. Worth
en-, bill granted for wilful neglect to sup
port, and custody of minor children de-
creed to petitioner; d. 5. Conant for petit
1 toner.
James H. Judd VS.. Goldie NJ. Judd, bill
4 granted for adultery; John c. Sherburne
i for petitioner.
Lizzie NJ. Lamb VS.. Nelson F. lamb,
bill granted for neglect and refusal to
support; ID. 8. Conant for petitioner.
/ Grace r. Merry VS.. George F. Merry.
This was the only contested divorce case
heard during the term and it occupied the
attention Of the court for two DAYS. Bill
granted for intolerable severity and Gus
tody of minor child decreed to petitioner.
Chase & Daley Of Brattleboro for petit.
TONER and Frank s. Williams and d. s.
Conant of Bradford for petitionee.
The disposition CT state cases not al
ready reported was as follows:-Six were
continued. In the case OF State vs.. Anna
Clark of Randolph, in which the jury
rendered a verdict of guilty, d. s. Con-
ant, counsel for the respondent, filed ex-
ceptions and the cause was passed to su-
preme court before sentence.
In State vs.. Guichino Imperiale,
charged with assault with intent to kill,
respondent pleaded guilty to simple as
sault and the court imposed fine Of sac
and costs, which he paid and was released
from custody; w. H. sprague for re
spondent.
! State vs.. NicoIe Delizio, respondent
pleaded guilty to simple assault and WA
| sentenced to not less than five months
| nor more than eight months in county
Jail; NJ. NJ. Wilson for respondent.
State VS.. J. B. Marsh and Sarah Royc'
! of Tunbridge, charging them with th'
; crime OF adultery. Respondent Royce
; who is an unmarried woman and ha
! made her home at Marsh's for the pas
; three years, and who gave birth to a chilli
the first Of June, pleaded guilty to tn
: charge and was sentenced to not less thai
: one year in the house of correction il
5 Rutland, as the minimum sentence AM
: not more than two years as the maxi
/. mum. Mr.. Marsh, who is seventy year
old, entered q plea OF not guilty. After
1 three days IFlal, the Jury AOuuO Mn
: guilty and the court imposed q sentenc
: OF not less than four years nor more thai
I four years and eight months in state
prison at Windsor. X. NJ. Harvey O
e Montpelier and Frank s. Williams wer
. counsel for the respondent and w. Il
Sprague assisted States Attorney s.
: Wilson. Deputy Sheriff Adams escorte
: these two respondents to their Temporal
: homes Friday.
$ In State VS.. Enrol K. MuZzy and job
A., Mcleod, who were charged with burg
I larry, both respondents pleaded guilty an
D we're sentenced to the State lndustris
I school at Vergennes until they reache
: their majorities, in 1917 and 1916, respeC
/, lively, and in each case sentence Wa
stayed and the boys we're placed in tn
s custody of the county probation Officer
= The Muzzy boy returned to his home i
D Claremont, n. H., with his mother, VIII
e came here to intercede for her son, an
8 the probation officer found place for
D year for the Mcleod boy at the home q
henry F. Fox Of STAFFORD.
During the term FIVE DEGREES of fort
closure were ordered. While there WEI
: not so many cases tried as during som
D terms, settlement and discontinuance ws
!. effected in more cases than is usual, 80, i
' fact, there was a great volume of wor
a accomplished and it was pronounced a
= most invariably to have been one OF til
most pleasant terms in recent years.