The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1911-06-21
CHELSEA.
Many Cases Have Been Disposed Of In
County Court.

County Court.
On the reassemblng of Orange county
court, Monday, june IL, the case OF
State vs.. Frank l.. Adams Of Tunbridge
was disposed Of, the respondent pleading
guilty of one offence Of furnishing, the
respondent being fined $500 and costs
Upon payment Of the latter, sentence
was suspended and the respondent placed
in charge Of the probation oihcer
States Attorney s G. Wilson prose
cuted and Wallace n. Batehelder and w.
II Sprague were counsel for Adams
IN the case Of State VS.. Willie \. Luce
Of Royalton, who was charged with the
larceny Of some seventy dollars from
the person of David Laurie OF Iun-
bridge, the respondent entered plea
of guilty, the sentence being that the
respondent be confined at hard labor IN
the house of correction for not less than
one year nor more than two years
States Attorney Wilson prosecuted and
Wallace Batchelder of Bethel appeared
for the respondent One other crim-
inal case has been disposed of, IT being
that of State VS.. Irving Wilfore, who
was charged with breach of the
peace, to which charge a plea OF guilty
was entered through his attorneys,
Richard A Hoar and John w Gordon
of Barre City. which plea "as accepted
and fine of $500 and costs was inn
posed which was paid While this fine
for breach Of the peace may seem
large, the offence was the striking OF an
officer, who was in the discharge OF his
official duties
On Tuesday the case Of Elzina r
Percivafs will, Henry r Percival, pro-
ponent VS.. Sarah p. Raylin, contestant,
was taken up and il occupied the at
tention OF the court for a day and
half The jury after about two hours
deiberation returned verdict, through
their foreman, Frank 4 Fits of
Bradford, that the instrument propound-
ed as the last will and testament of
Elzina r Percival was her last will
and testament and ought to be ap-
proved as such and for the prepayment to
recover his costs Judgment was en-
tered on the verdict, to be certified 70
the probate court for the Randolph dis.
trict The only question at issue in
this case was as to the documentary
capacity of the testatrix at the time
she executed the will Homer L.
SkeeIs OF Ludlow and w. Q. Davenport
Of Greenfield, Mass, were the attor-
neys for the proponent and March NJ
Wilson of Randolph represented the con-
testant The parties were brother and
sister, the prepayment, Henry r Perez
val. living in Greenfield, Mass, and the
contestant. Sarah P Raylin, living in
South Burlington,
This case was followed by that Of Il
Day Of Bradford, who in an action
of assumpsit sought to recover for saw
ing some seventy thousand feet Of lum-
Der, from Charles w Huntington of
Washington, This case occupied the at
tention OF the court for two days and
the jury returned verdict through its
foreman, Julius T Adams Of Brain.
tree, for the plaintiff to recover the
sum Of Sl43 ~ and for the defendant
under plea in set-off to recover the
sum Of s27 ~ damages for lumber
which, through the carelessness of the
plaintiff became mixed with lumber OF
other patrons Of the mill and conse
quently lost BY Mr. Huntington David
S. Conant and Frank S Williams Of
Bradford were the attorneys for Mr.
Day and Stanley G Wilson OF Chelsea
for Nh. Huntington Following this
case the jury was impaneled in the case OF
William c. Sanborn, administrator OF
the estate of Eunice Y Comstock vs..
| Abe Jacobs In this case the plain
tiff seeks to recover the estate Of Mrs.
Comstock, which estate consisted in
money on deposit, which estate the
defendant claims was given to him by
! the deceased for her life support This
case is being tried very thoroughly and
carefully since it has once been tried,
/ the result Of which trial was reversed in
supreme court and the case sent back