Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1910-12-16
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prosecution.
The State finished putting in its testi-
mony Friday evening and Saturday
morning the respondent took the stand
in his own behalf. He accounted for
the possession of the odd coins by re-
peating the card story he had told to
She riff Allen but said that instead of
walking from Brandon to North Ferris
Funero had told him, they had ridden
on freight trains to Ferrisburgh slept
over night in barn there, walked the
next day to North Ferrisburgh and
the state that the two young men had
eaten lunch in a restaurant in Yer
gennes at about O'Clock on the after
noon of the day preceding the burglary
and witness identified them as persons
he had seen on the streets of Vergennes
after midnight on the night in ques-
ton, at an hour when they claimed to
have been sleeping soundly in the Fer
risburgh barn.
States Attorney futile conducted the
prosecution and Frank L. Fish, under
the assignment of the court, had charge
of the defense and was assisted by
Attorney Bourne, who had been assign
ed for the defense of Ricci. At the
conclusion of the respondents testimony
Saturday morning brief arguments to
the jury were m ade by these gentlemen
in behalf of their respective sides and
the court gave the case to the jury in
| 15-minute charge at 11:30 o'clock. At
! 80 p. m. the court were summoned in
and found the jury in their seats with
verdict ready. The verdict was
guilty" Sentence was not passed,
and the court at once took recess to
2 O. clock Monday afternoon.
Upon the re-assembling of the court
at that time the case against Peter
Ricci, the alleped particeps criminis with
Funero in the burglary, was at once
taken up and the first II men called
into the box were accepted as the jury
to try the case. Mr.. futile again APP
peared for the State, with Mr.. Bourne,
assigned, managing the defense and be-
ing assisted by Mr.. Fish.
The State rested their case Tuesday
morning and Ricci took the stand to
testify for himself He had no testi-
mony but his own to present ana the
| aI,iAonoo al Il o+1 ,'a l,,ol,
States Attorney futile for the prose-
cution and Attorneys Bourne and Fish
for the defense took up an hour in
presenting their sides of the case to the
jury and Judge Stanton gave them the
case in clear and able charge of 20
minutes duration. The jury retired at
11:15 o'clock and returned to the court
room at 2:30 O'Clock p. m. with an
agreement. The verdict was "guilty."
Sentence was not pronounced and the
convicted man was remanded to the Gus
tody of the sheriff,
Several other criminal cases were dis
posed of at the morning session. First,
Mrs. Minnie A. Root of Rochester ap-
peared in court, withdrew her former
plea and entered plea of guilty to the
information charging her with a statu-
tory offense. Sentence was deferred
for the present.
Next the case of the State VS.. L. O.
Allen of Middlebury was called up. The
respondent was charged with keeping
Intoxicating liquor on hand with intent
to sell and plea of guilty" was en-
tered A fine of $500 and the costs of
tentative sentence of three days in the
house of correction at Rutland for every
dollar of the fine and costs. The fine
was paid at once. James B. Donoway
of Middlebury appeared for Mr.. Allen.
Then came the case of the State VS..
Hal Hayden of Ferrisburg, who was
char ed with abstructing railroad
train by placing three ties on the track
of the Rutland Railroad Company in
Middlebury about three months ago.
1t will be remembered that Hayden
himself appeared at the railroad station
late one night and informed the agent
that there was an abstraction on the
track about two and half miles south
of this village. A party was made up
and went to the scene and removed the
distractions. Hayden pleaded guilty"
to the information and the States At
torney asked that he be given the long
est sentence provided by law for such
an offence. Ira H. LaFleur, represent
ing the prisoner by assignment, asked
that only a medium sentence be impos-
ed. Hayden's parents, he stated, were
respectable and well-to-do residents of
Ferrisburg, but had never from his
childhood been able to control their son,
now 26 years of age. He had frequent