St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1910-06-29
ON CRIMINAL DOCKET.
County Court Evidently on the Last
Lap.-Petit Jury Has Been Dis
charged Plead
ing Guilty.

Caledonia county court resumed it's
sessions yesterday after recess since
Friday. The law docket has been
finished and the petit jurors dis
charged. Considerable progress was
made in the criminal docket last
week. There is considerable work for
the court but it is hoped adjournment
can be reached this week.
The alienation case of Hatch VS..
Hatch, in which the plaintiff sought
to recover $4,000, was settled on
the eve of trial and shortened the
term of court at least a week.
An attempt was made on the part
of the counsel for the plaintiff to
have another one of the Citizens
Savings bank cases tried at this term.
companies objected on the ground
that they wished to go to the supreme
court on what they believe to be
error in the case recently tried. In
his order the court said that he did
not understand that there was to be
at this term and had not therefore
had the jurymen kept apart from the
case already heard. With this
thought in mind he deemed it prudent
to have the remainder of these cases
continued until next term.
The remainder of the cases on the
law docket were taken up and in
asmuch as the case of Goodall VS..
Drew was continued there was no
more work on the docket for the
jury. The state cases were taken up
and there being no cases which
looked forward to a jury trial the
jury was discharged with the excep-
ton of Arthur Cheever from ST.
Johnsbury.
The assumpsit case of johnson VS..
Monahan has been entered, settled
and discontinued.
The covenant case of Phelps vs.
Kicker and Trs. IS entered continued
In the divorce case of Annie c.
granted for Wilful desertion. The
Hbelant has leave to resume her
maiden name of Annie Catherine
Silsby.
In the case of state VS.. Matte Tripp
the respondent being charged with
his wife, bail was fixed at 500 and
the case was continued.
In the divorce case of Mary J.
Clark VS.; F. Q. Clark bill was
petitioner has leave to resume her
former name of Temple
In the divorce case of Guy B. Clark
and Mabel F. Clark a bill was granted
for adultery There was on the pre-
sent docket a case pending in which
there was a cross petition to this one,
the latter case being Mabel F. Clark
VS.. Guy B. Clark. After the first case
was determined the latter one was
discontinued.
E. Sheldon and r. B. Lang was taken
up. Dunnett e Slack withdrew their
appearances for the defendant and
judgment was rendered for the plain
tiff in the sum of $3.50.
The case of Woodsville Guaranty
Savings bank VS.. J. w. Blanchard
B. M. Kicker & Tr., was entered con-
tinued.
Criminal Cases
In the case of state VS.. Walter Con-
rad, the respondent pleaded guilty
to the charge of larceny and a SEN
tence of not less than 19 nor more
than 20 days in the county Jail was
imposed.
In the case of state VS.. Heman Gay
lor of ST. Johnsbury, the respondent
was arraigned on two informations
one for selling and one for keeping
intoxicating liquor. He plead guilty
and was sentenced, in the case of
selling, to the county Jail for not less
than three months nor more than
four months and for keeping with
intent to sell and furnish he was SEN
fenced, to the county jail for a term
of not less than nine months and not
more than II months. The latter
sentence was suspended and the re-
spondent placed in tn the hands of the
probation officer.
In the case of state VS.. Seylon Clark
the respondent pleaded guilty to
the charge of petit larceny. The SEN
tence was suspended and the respond
ent placed in the hands of the proba-
ton officer.
In the case of state VS.. Richard
Halleran alias Joseph O. Heron,
he plead guilty to the charge of lar
ceny and was sentenced to hard labor
in the House of Correction for a term
of not less than 13 nor more than
a months and to pay all costs of pro-
Secution.
In the case of state VS.. William Po-
cock, the respondent entered plea
of not guilty to the charge of adultery
and upon request was assigned coun-
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