Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1910-07-02
Windsor County Court.
JUNE TERM, 1910.

b. Bean vs. Joseph .. bean, con-
tinued on trial up to the noon of
Wednesday.
This was an action of general
assumpsit to recover for money al
legged to have been received by de-
PENDANT for Electa b. Bean in her
lifetime. The plaintiff specified four
items but the proofs introduced by
him showed that two of his items
had been received since Mrs. Beans
death. On motion of the defendant
the court on Wednesday morning
ordered those two items struck out
and instructed the jury to disregard
all the plaintiffs proof relating to
those two items. This narrowed the
case down to the two remaining
items, one for note for $500, dated
in 1883 and the other for $1,000
paid to Judge Charles Fl. Markham,
admir-. of the Holt estate on Feb. 10,
1904.
There was long discussion as to
the sufficiency of the specification as
to this note (neither its date nor its
amount being set forth). The plain
tiff's counsel then made it definite in
these respects. The defendant then
moved to be allowed to file notice
or plea setting up the statute OF
limitations and payment of this
note. The result was that the case
was taken from the jury and con-
tinued and defendant had leave to
file his pleadings. w. S. Pingree,
Davis A. Pingree and E. r, Buck
for plaintiff Davis & Davis for
defendant
| The court was not in session on
Thursday morning in order to permit
the people in attendance at court to
attend the Republican county con-
vention which was in session at the
town hall. At the convention j. III.
Kiniry of Windsor won the nomina-
ton for sheriff from Eugene A..
Thomas of Woodstock, and Homer
Skeels of Ludlow was nominated
states attorney over Raymond
Trainor of Hartford. On Thursday
afternoon no civil case being ready
for trial, the case Of state vs. Edward
Moot was taken up. This respon-
dent is the famous wood chopper of
Weathersfeld, who chopped, split
and piled FIVE cords of pine wood in
less than ten hours and enabled
Maxwell Evarts to win bet. The
charge against Mr. Moot was a breach
, of the peace, in that he assaulted
and struck Willis f. Mahoney, a
deputy sheriff, at Weathersfeld
Elisha Dixon was jointly complained
of and he had pleaded guilty. Dixon
{ testified on this trial that he struck
Mahoney but that Moot did not
, Mr.. Moot did not testify. There
was considerable testimony to the
effect that Mahoney had told several
persons that Moot did not strike him
and that Mahoney's reputation fol
; truth was not the best. The jury
however convicted Moot and the
court sentenced him to imprison-
ment for not less than four nor more
than six months in the county Jail al
| Woodstock. julius Wilcox of Lud.
low defended.
On Friday, David Gartin of Wind
{ sor pleaded guilty of breach of the
peace at Windsor in assaulting his
wife by chasing her and aiming {
revolver at her. The court sen
t fences Gartin to hard labor at the
3 house of correction for not less thar
: one and one half years and not more
than three years. Mr.. Gartin wal
, not represented by counsel. VIM
3 Seymour, a tramp, of parts unknown
!, pleaded guilty of breaking and en-
/; tering in the night time, the store o
Mary Walsh at Chester Depot, anC
; stealing nlckles to the value of s.
Q and some othe- articles. Seymour
r had no counsel, but made statements
9 about his crime that certainly wer,
: amusing. He got not less than three
nor more than FIVE years in thu
v states prison. Seymour had made
an attempt to saw out of Jail, ant
when brought into court was secure
ly handcuffed. The court took
recess from Friday forenoon to Mon
day afternoon. the 81, and at tina
time the trial of criminal cases will
ha continued