The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1911-12-26
AIIeSsandro D'Antonino kiIIe,S>
Antonio Marconi July 80
HE PLEADED SELF-DEFENSE
After Trial in Orange County Court on
Charge of Murder, He Was Found
Guilty of Manslaughter-Slay-
ing Was at Wells River.

Chelsea, Dec 26.--0ne Of the most inn
portant criminal cases taken up in
Orange county in recent years and the
first murder trial since 1901, when
Rurnes Nelson Of Wells River was ac-
quilted Of numbering Charles Bostock,
also of Wells River, was concluded last
Saturday, when the jury brought in a
verdict Of guilty of manslaughter against
Allessandro D'Antonino, charged with
numbering Antonio Marconi at Wells
River on July 30, last.
The case occupied the entire week.
The jury was drawn as follows. George
r Colby, Chelsea, farmer; Levi Abel,
Braintree, merchant; Guy C. Adams,
Fairlee. barber; Hobart Peck, jr., Ran
dolph, carpenter; Baxter B. Durkee, Tun-
bridge farmer; John c. Miller. West
Fairlee, farmer; Edwin +. Jewell, Cor
irth. farmer Charles W. Osborne Tun-
bridge painter; John Judd, Thetford,
farmer; G. w. Grant, Vershire, farmer;
Herbert J. Kingsbury, West Fairlee,
stage driver; Eugene F. Still, Fairlee,
farmer.
Most of the taking of the testimony,
which occupied the attention of the court
until Thursday evening, was done
through an italian interpreter, Deputy
Sheriff Pascal Ricci of Rutland. The re-
spondent. who showed little concern
throughout the entire trial, took the
stand in his own behalf, testifying in
support of the claim of the defense
that the shooting was done in selfde-
fense. The arguments of counsel. which
were most able in each instance. and
the charge Of the court, which was clear
cut and in unmistakab BILE terms, occupied
the entire day Friday, the case being
given TO the jury at o'clock p. m On
Saturday the jury rendered verdict of
guilty Of manslaughter through their
foreman, Levi Abel and at the request
of the counsel for the respondent, the
matter Of judgment on the verdict was
suspended until this week. States At
torney Stanley c. Wilson was assisted
by Attorney General John G. Sargent
OF Ludlow, and the respondent was dc
Tended by David S. Conant Of Bradford
and r. VI. Harvey Of Montpelier.
Sentences Imposed.
On Saturday the following criminal
cases were disposed Of State VS. Orlo
S. MacNab of Chelsea, who pleaded gull
ty to the charge of obtaining money
under fasle pretenses, was sentenced to
state prison for a term of not less than
three years nor more than FIVE years.
Execution of sentence suspended and re-
spondent placed in charge of the pro-
baton officer
State VS.. Nelson Devengvr Of Hard
wick. who had pleaded guilty to sell
ing intoxicating liquor contrary to law,
was given sentence in the county jail
of not less than four months nor more
than six months.
State vs. Arthur L. Higgins of Fair
lee, who pleaded guilty to the charge
of statutory rape, was sentenced TO state
prison for term of not less than two
and one-half years nor more than five
years.
There are likely to be two or three
more criminal cases to be tried by jury
and one civil case, all of which viii
likely be disposed of during this week
and the following week will be occu-
pied by divorce and other court hearings,
and it is now expected that the court
will complete its work of the present
term on or before the end Of the first
week in January
In the case Of Charles Fl. Lufkin VS..
Henry G. Colby, which case was an ac- {
tion for slander. verdict was returned
by the jury for the defendant to recov-
er his costs.