Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1910-12-16

CnarleS EuDar OF Stockbrldge and his
brother, James Eubar of Rochester,
were arraigned and pleaded guilty to
separate information charging them
with stealing an $18 overcoat from
Deputy Sheriff Paul Tinkham at Gran
vile on the first day of June last. They
were at once sentenced to pay fine of
$25 each without costs, or to serve the
alternative sentence in the county jail in
Middlebury.
r. j. Brady of Ferrisburg was in
court to answer to charge of simple
assault, but not called upon to plead.
Bail was fixed at $500, which was i'm =
mediatey furnished and the case was
continued.
Mr.. futile announced that he had
only one more criminal case to bring
forward this term, which was that of
State VS.. Emerson Morrill,, an assault
case from Monkton. The respondent
was at large without bail and had
promised to appear on Monday, but as
he did not show up on that day or Tues
day the States Attorney sent an officer
after him with instructions to bring
him in, and the trial was assigned to
begin Wednesday morning. There
were no other cases ready to be brought
on Tuesday and nothing was done after
2:45 o'clock.
Wednesday forenoon session was not
protracted one, but some important
matters were disposed of. A jury was
empaneled in the last criminal case of
the term, State VS.. Emmons Morrill,,
but as the witnesses for both sides were
late in appearing, the opening of the
trial was deferred until afternoon, after
jury had been secured. The four
prisoners, whose cases had been heard
and in which verdicts of guilty" had
been rendered were brought into court
for the purpose of listening to their
sentences. The first one called was
William Carrier, convicted of adultery.
/ Attorney Button said few good words
in behalf of the respondent, but when
called upon himself Carrier said he had
nothing to say except that he was not
guilty. The sentence was that Carrier
should be confined at hard labor in the
State prison at Windsor for not less than
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half years, pay the costs of prosecution
and stand committed until sentence is
: complied with.
Mrs. Minnie A. Root, the party of the
second part, came next. Lawyer Russell
wanted to say some good words for the
: woman, but there was no ground to
work upon and he was unable to do So
Representations had been made to Mrs
Root to have her placad in charge of
the probation officer and allow her to
return home. But she persistently re-
, jected the offer and under the circum-
stances the court let her have her choice
and gave her sentence to the state S
prison equal in length and condition to
that pronounced upon Carrier. Mrs
Root had nothing to say for herself and
smiled when sentence was pronounced
upon her.
The two young Italians convicted of
: the Vergennes robbery came next in
, order, Charles Funero was first up
Mr.. Fish talked briefly in his favor with
view to mitigating the severity of the
sentence and States Attorney futile
asked for an extreme sentence, as de-
served under the circumstances, four
burglaries having been committed in
Vergennes on October Is and one in
y
IDENTIFY by these same men. The court
sentenced the respondent to serve not
less than six years and not more than
seven years at hard labor in the state
prison at Windsor, with the usual trim
mings. Ricci, the partner of Funero,
was Immediately afterward given a
like sentence.
At the opening of the afternoon ses-
sion Emmons Morrill,, the last surviving
1 respondent, who was charged on infor-
nation with illegally selling liquor at
divers times last summer in Monk ton
: came into court and withdrew his for
2 mer plea of not guilty and entered a
Z plea of guilty of one first offence. Upon
! the recommendation of State Attorney
Tuttle this plea was accepted by the
court and fine of $500 and actual costs,
t not including any witness fees, with the
= alternative sentence to the house of
o correction, was imposed. Morrill, at
once settled it with the clerk and went
on his holneward way. Lawyer Fish
e had charge of the defence.
Y When the jury had been enpanelled
in the above case all the jurors not on
the panel were excused for the term,
s them to come back again, with the ex-
4 ception of jurymen Martin and Cush-
man of Middlebury who were held as
talesmen to form the nucleus of another
i jury in case the situation should prove
q. favorable later on for the trial of the
n Potter-Chase $40, 900 damage suit.
, Wednesday afternoon the divorce case
. of Jessie E. Murray VS.. Faank H. Muir
ray were heard. These were originally
e East Middlebury parties and the wife
h with the young son is now living in that
, place with her brother, George Cove,
while Murray is understood to be EN-
ployed in Rutland. The petition was
severity and refusal to SUPPORT Do ,' James
B. Donoway appeared for the petitioner
and there was no defence offered by