The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1911-04-15
One Verdict of Guilty and Two
Pleas of Guilty
OTHERS ARE MOL PR0SSED
The Fowler-Fortney Cases Were Dis
continued by States Attorney Car
ver-Court Term May End
BY Middle of the Week.

Before the weekend adjournment Of
Washington county court last night,
States Attorney Carver had made a
big hole in the criminal docket by
verdict of guilty, plea Of guilty, or
by mol pressing some leftover cases
1t now looks as if the court might
take final adjournment by the middle
OF next week.
The last case disposed Of last night
was that of Charles Zoki Of East
Barre, the jury bringing in a verdict
Of guilty Of illegal selling after hav-
ing the case since 1880 in the fore
noon During the afternoon, Z
Macchi, who was charged with keep
ing, came into court and pleaded
guilty; whereupon, his attorney w
N. Theriault, asked that the probation
officer investigate the case with a
view to recommending probation, the
attorney claiming that Macchi had
moved from East Barre to Barre, in
| tended to go to work as he was now
able, and that he had to support his
wife, who is now i'll, and four small
children.
States Attorney Carver refused to
recommend probation, but he said he
was willing to abide by the recon-
mendations of the probation officer if
the officer would personally investigate
/ the case Then the court ordered the
probation officer to investigate and make a
written report at this term OF court
George E MeGrath, Montpelier
| druggist, who was raided last De-
! cember. came into court and pleaded
guilty to Illegal keeping Of liquor He
does not have druggist license. Sen
tence was not pronounced in his case;
nor in the cases of any Of the others.
The case of Larry Sweeney of
Marshfeld, charged with larceny of a
suit case containing ten dollars worth
/ of clothing from John Wallace, also
of Marshheld was brought up. Sweeney
has been in the county jail four
months awaiting trial, and be was al
! lowed to 90 on his own recognizanee,
the respondent stating that he was
going back to the numbering woods.
| The complainant, John Wallace, is now
serving a term in the state prison for
perjury.
Arthur White of Montpelier, who was
arrested on a complaint signed by for
mer States Attorney Gates for fur
nishing liquor to Oscar Erwin, q
minor. now in the industrial school,
was also allowed to 60 on his own rec
ognimne, having already been in
county Jail five months awaiting trial
Several cases which were hended
down from the former states attor-
ney were disposed Of in the following
State vs.. MigIierini, charged with
/ keeping, mol pressed for lack of evi-
dence
State vs.. o. Monti of Montpelier,
charged with keeping, mol pressed for
| the same reason as the above.
Companion cases of State VS.. Fowler
and State VS.. Fortney, charged with
breach of the peace mol pressed; the
case against the latter, who was
! formerly the Universalist minister at
North Montpelier and other towns, was
tried at the last term, and the jury
disagreed.
State VS. John Martin of Mont
pelier. charged with burglary, mol
pressed because the respondent had
previously asked the states attorney
! to file an information in Montpelier
CITY court so that he could plead
guilty and begin his sentence. Mar
4 tin is now serving his sentence Of three
and half years in prison at Windsor.
State VS.. Irving Scales of Barre,
charging larceny, mol pressed because
of lack Of evidence.
State VS.. Miami of Barre, charged
with breach of the peace, continued to
next term
That leaves only a few cases for
disposal at the re-opening of court
next Monday. They are State vs.
Celley, arson; State VS.. Cerro, sell
ing; State VS.. Rice, dynamtng trout
State VS.. Gordon, transporting liquor;
State vs.. NJ. Arronte, selling. In
two other cases, State VS.. II Lundy
and State VS. Mary Dunlap, charged
with adultery, States Attorney Carver
is disqualified from acting as prose
cutting officer because while he was
acting as city attorney of Barre, Mr..
Dunlap came to him from the city
farm on the case. Therefore, the case
was referred to Attorney General Sar-
gent, who appointed Fred +. Gleason,
Mcntpelier's grand juror. to act as
prosecutor in the two cases.