St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1911-08-09
MANY CASES DISPOSED. OF.


MANY CASES DISPOSED OF.
Judge Hall Hearing Court Gases In
Caledonia County Court. =.
Caledonia County Court recon
vened Monday afternoon after re-
cess of two weeks and began the
disposition of the remainder of the
court cases:
Harvey Burbank, Admr. VS.. J. H.
Cassidy, judgment was obtained
for the amount of the note sued on
which was $66.38.
The important HardWick case of
w. L. Dow VS.. Ina M. Bridgman,
was settled and discontinued.
Gilman Brothers VS.. Harley P.
Blodgett, East Ryegate Creamery
Co. VS.. Martin H. Gibson, Gilman
Brothers VS.. /. A. Norcross, Charles
/ w. Norris VS.. Norcross e Adams,
Charles Simanton VS.. John G. Stew
ems, S. L. Wilson VS.. William Gill
and Follensby & Peck VS.. e. Ar
Breed, were continued.
Charles Simanton VS.. George w.
Caldbeck, false imprisonment case
growing out of the famous Wake
field diamond case, has been refer
red to Walter A. Dutton for a re-
port within 80 days.
J. w. Scott, collector of taxes for
the Village of St. Johnsbury vs.. st.
Johnsbury Academy, case of con-
siderable local interest is left with
presiding Judge Alfred A.. Hall.
Trial was begun in the case OF
John Buckley VS.. o. A. Wheeler,
both Wheelock parties, in case
growing out of a balance due on
some hay sold the defendant Mr..
Buckley, plaintiff, the first witness,
testified that he and his brother
were in company and that his faith
er's estate had never been sEttled,
whereupon Mr.. Refrden, counsel for
the defendant, moved for a nonsuit
which was ordered and the case was
discontinued.
| Johnson w. Ramsey was ON hand
assisted by Cook & Norton to pre-
sent motions in the case against the
Worcester doctor Willard Lindsay.
The motions were passed upon and
the cause was passed to the SUI
preme Court to have some of the
legal points raised passed upon.
Divorce cases were disposed of in
the following manner:
| Continued-Emma Crafts VS.. Fred
B. Crafts, Edward Brunette VS.. Ruth
E. Brunette, Eva Turner VS.. Carl H.
Turner, and Martha Nolan VS.. John
H. Nolan.
Discontinued = Mamie McCosco
VS.. Basil NJ McCosco and Florence
Perkins vs. Victor I. Perkins.
Divorces granted:
Annabe1l Evelyn Brock VS.. Her
bert R. Brock, for wilful desertion;
Fannie Morancy VS.. Agnes Morancy
for intolerable severity and neglect
and refusal to support. Care and
libelant; Maud McNea1 VS.. w. E..
Cristy VS.. Cora E. Cristy for wilful
desertion; Ora Hines VS.. Grace
Hines for adultery; Olive M. Stow
ell VS.. Olin. w. Stowell, for intoler-
able severity; care and custody of
minor child decreed the libelant;
Louis CARR VS.. Elizabeth CARR for
adultery; Frank w. Magoon VS.. May
E. Magoon, for wilful desertion.
In the case of State VS.. Lorne FL
wyn, Herbert w. HoVey appeared as
bail for the actor respondent and
asked to have the bail cut down on
the grounds that the actor was with
out the state and would not come
here for trial and that his father
now ndQ IuTn1SneQ the money IN the
sum of 500 before. Bail was then
called and forfeited.
States Attorney Robert W.. Sim
ends entered an information against
O.. D. Kingsbury for stealing
watch from Eli Goodenough on the
oath day of February, 1911. Kings
bury was arraigned and pleaded
guilty of petit larceny and was sem
fenced to the county jail for term
of not less than two months nor
more than three months. He was
placed in the care of probation Of
ficer.
During the present term nine
cases have. been tried by jury. Of
this number eight have been civil
cases and one criminal case. Of the
eight civil cases the following will
pass to the Supreme Court:
G. c.. Johnson VS.. Belanger
(Thomas), Inez Goodal1 VS.. B. F.
Drew, Webster & Harris VS.. Frank
C. Lynch, Martha Mason Elk. VS.. The
New England Telephone Co., Jennie
Mcleod VS.. Frank Daniels. Excep-
lions were waived in the other three
cases.