Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1910-12-16
COUNTY COURT.
Criminal Docket Cleared and SEN
tences Imposed.

The first criminal trial of the term
had just got under way when our court
report was closed last week. This was
the case of State VS.. William Carrier of
W4ybridge, 26 years old and unmarried,
who was charged on information with
adultery with Mrs. Minnie A. Root,
wife of Dana l.. Root of Rochester, at
Weybridge on the 25th of last month.
Mrs. Root has been married seven
years and is the mother of four chill
dren, the eldest six years and the young
est eight months old.
The evidence for the prosecution was
completed Thursday night and Friday
morning both the respondent and Mrs.
Root took the witness stand for the
defense.
States Attorney F. w. Tuttle prose-
cuted the case and made brief argu-
ments to the jury after the completion
of the testimony Friday forenoon.
Charles |. Button conducted the de-
fense to which he had been assigned by
the Court, and was assisted by Leroy
C. Russell, who had been assigned to
the companion case. Mr.. Button pre-
sented the case to the jury in a short
plea and after few words in reply by
Mr.. Tuttle, Judge Stanton gave the
case to the twelve jurymen at 11:15
o'clock. At 3:15 the jury returned into
court and their verdict was guilty. "
Sentence was deferred.
Another criminal case was got started
as soon as this one had been taken into
the hands of the jury. This case was
State VS.. Charles Funero, the young
Italian, who, in com pany with Peter
Ricci, another Italian lad, was charged
on information with burglary in break
ing and entering the store of Charles
E. Stebbins in Vergennes on the night
of October 18 last, and stealing there.
from number of coins and other
money. Two other business places ir
Vergennes were broken into on the
same night, with small losses only, and
this was the night following the bur-
glarizing of Joe Calvi's fruit store ir
this village. News of these crimes was
quickly spread broadcast and late in the
afternoon of Octob er 10 Sheriff Allen o1
Chittenden county ran across the two
prisoners in South Burlington and ar
rested them. He questioned them anC
upon searching them found about $40 ir
money on the person of Funero and or
Ricci he found 10 cents in money, 8
revolver and cheap watch. Funerc
told the sheriff that he had come from
Albany, N. Y, and had got the most OF
the money there in a card game. He
also told the sheriff that they had walk.
ed from Brand on to North Ferrsburgh,
where they took the afternoon mai
train without buying tickets, and rode
as far as Shelburne station, where they
left the train and took to the road with
the intention of walking into Burling-
ton, where they had been told they
would find plenty of work. A prelimi-
nary hearing was held in Vergennes
and the youths were bond over to the
County court. Not being able to pro-
cure $500 bail each they have since beer
in the custody of County Jailor N. j.
Sanford.
The above facts were brought out
in the trial in court and it further ap
peared that among the coins found il
Funero's possession by Sheriff Aller
were number of rare coins. Mr.
Stebbins testified that with the excep
ton of the 81 pennies he had had coin
similar to all of the ones found OF
Funero, in his collection which he wa
in the habit of keeping in a LOCKED
drawer IN desk in his store, and tina
these coins had disappeared on the