St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1909-12-29
County Court Summary.
Large Amount of Business Done in
a Short Time.-Very Few
Appeals Taken.

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date on Wednesday Dec. %, and was in
many respects a record breaker. First
there were 107 cases cleaned up during
the two weeks the court was in session
and only two appeals were taken to the
supreme court. AS previously noted
| only one case was decided by a Jury,
that was criminal case in which there
was conviction. Following is sum-
mary of the business in each docket:
CIVIL DOCKET.
Ninety-foEr cases were continued, %
cases settled, two passed to the supreme
court, seven discontinued, five in which
there was a verdict for the plaintiff and
verdict ordered for the defendant in one
DIVORCE DOCKET.
Eighteen cases were continued, IA
divorces granted and twocases dismissed
without prejudice.
CRIMINAL DOCKET.
-Four cases were ordered not to be
brought forward, 80 continued, II mol
pressed, two judgment against the bail.
20 in which the respondents pleaded
guilty, one tried and convicted by jury
and four heard tor sentence.
CHANCERY DOCKET.
Nineteen cases were continued, four
discontinued and two settled.
At the closing sessions of the court
divorces were granted as follows: Harry
j.. Olcott from Rosie L. Olcott, adultery;
Mabel Prue from George Prue, intolerable
severity, and Mrs. Prue allowed to re-
sumo the name of Mabel Wade; Lettie
Allard from Frank Allard, intolerabe
severity Tor as the Judge expressed it,
"Laziness on the part of the husband")
Mrs. Allard to resume her maiden name,
Lettie E. Ford.
In the case of Alice St. Jock VS.. Joseph
St. Jock petition for separate main
tenance, the alimony was reduced to So
week. Mr.. St. Jock has brought suit
for divorce against his wife which will be
heard at the next term.
In the divorce case of Martha MAYNARD
VS.. John Maynard of East Hardwck the
the grounds alleged were intoerable
severity and failure to support. James
Simpson of Greensboro Bend appeared
for the petitioner. The petition was
ulolAIoSCu NlIuOul JlSJuuiCC'
In the case of Henry Estabrooks VS..
Scott c. Mcdowell apt. & IT,, motion
was heard which purported to show
that certain of the Trustees named in the
suit were not proper parties to it, Mar
shall Montgomery appeared for the
plaintiff and Guy W. Hill appeared for
the Trustees. The court allowed the
Trustees to remain parties and the plain
tiff then moved for their discontinuance
which was granted with costs to be paid
by the plaintiff.
In the case (chancery) of Bundy VS..
Moulton, the former degree for orator
was stricken off and the case dis
continued.
The case of Adams VS.. Henry Esta-
brooks report is to be filed on or before
the first of next term and referred to
" alter A. Dutton of Hardwick
One of the most unique cases was the
divorce case of two Italians, Agostini vs.
Agostini The couple were married in
Italy where the dual form of marriage
obtains. There they were married by
the laws of civil society and the laws of
the church. The hearing for divorce had |
to be held through the medium of an
The parties came from
Ryegate. There was no appearance for
the libelee. Robert W. Simonds appear
ed for the Ibelant. Adultery was the
charge. written settlement which had |
been made between the libelant and the |
one who caused the trouble was exhibited |
in Court and interpreted. 1t showed |
how one Bonadimani had agreed to |
pay the hbelant $500 for the trouble he
had caused in Agostini's family. Mar
rage and residence having been proved
the Court decided to give bill for
adultery. The care and custody of the
minor children named in the petition is
1ecreed the petitioner.
Caledonia County Court adjourned at
noon Dec. %. after having completed
what would be adjudged a very successful
.erm. One hundred and seven cases were
disposed of in two weeks time and much
,redit is due Judge Stanton. Only one
was completed by Jury trial.