News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1910-12-07
Co. Court
December Term Now On

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hotel Phoenix in Hyde Park with thu
usual first day" attendance. Judge
Taylor was on the bench, ably supported
by assistants Walker and Mower. Coun
ty Clerk Waite was in his usual place ant
the bar was we'll filled with attorney:
both from within and out of the county
After prayer, which was offered by Rev
| Henry Lamb of Hyde Park, George E
Town, the new Sheriff, made his nader
speech and in a very impressive manner
declared court open and ready for bust
ness.
The remainder of the forenoon was oc
cupied in going through the docket. ant
many of the cases therein were "passed,
continued" or settled"
At two o'clock, on the re-assembling o.
court, the petit jurors were called and all
but five who had been excused responded
to their names. Judge Taylor addressed
the jurors at length, giving them much
| information as to their duties and i'm.
pressing upon them the responsibility of
the position they occupy. The assign
ment of jury cases and other court mat
tiers occupied the attention of court the
remainder of the afternoon.
At nine o'clock Wednesday morning
the first jury case was taken up. This
is an action brought by NJ ,ses Leach Of
Wolcott against Cassius Guyer of the
same town to recover the value of
horse. 1t seems that Leach had a horse
lame and not in order for work, which he
lold Guyer he might take and keep, but
not to dispose of it, but when through
with 1t kill it. Guyer denies this, said
the horse was given to him, and being
somewhat of horse doctor treated the
animal so that in about a year he was
good tor something and sold it. Leach
asked for pay, Guyer refused, hence the
suit. Thejurors on the case are Geo. K.
Moody, Pearl Langdell, E. ]. Leach, P.
F. Hebb, L. L. Allen, A. L. Gale, F. E.
Harrington, Edgar Johnson, B. S. Ward,
A. E Davis, Walter Boyes, c. B. Hap
good. Fleetwood for plh; Hulburd for
deft
The next case to follow this will be
Gordon Knowles VS.. Frank Stearns, an
action brought to recover for injuries re-
ceived at deft. S saw.1nill at North Hyde
Park.
There are other jury cases and the indi-
cations are that court will continue
through next week.
COURT NOTES
The Side Judges look like twins.
Judge Taylor is a good mixer"
Good looking lot of Petit Jurors.
The Deputy Sheriffs have no frills.
The lawyers are fairly good looking.
Nearly all the officials smoke; some
dabbe with coffin nails.
The States Attorney has filed ten in |
six of which are said to be
deer cases.
Rob't Putnam is the general utility |
man" and everything about the court |
room is in apple pie order.
Town is the 32d Sheriff this county has
had and there are those who say he will
make a record as good as the best of |
them.
Among the attorneys present from out
Of the county were III. F. Brigham
Bakersfield, V. A. Billiard of Burlington,
Elmer Johnson of st. Adams, B. E. Bull
lard of Hardwick and J. w. Redmond of
Newport.
good picture of the late Gov. Hendee
looks down from behind the presiding
Judge. 1t is as natural as life and seems
as If ready to say to everybody in the
room chow do you do" in his never-to-
be-forgotten cordial and CHEEKY way.
Clement Smith of Morrisville. Master
OF the State Grange, has a case in court.
he has been in business over twenty
years, done business with 1000 people.
and sold oyer 1 400 cream separators
and this is the first time he has had to
resort to the law. He doesn't like if and
the case may go over to the next term of
court and it may be settled before that
time arrives.
There are seventeen members of the
Lamoille county bar, four of whom make
no pretension of practising, one is a su
preme court judge, one other holds gov
eminent Office, two work at it "some"
and the remaining nine do the work and
about halt of that number do a good
share of it. The nestor of the bar is
Col. Sawyer, who was admitted in 1S49.
with Judge H. H. Powers close second,
being admitted in 1858. The Junior
member is F. H. Mcfarland.