Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1911-09-27
COUNTY COURT

Business of the September term of
court has been handled very expedi-
tiously, the prospects of long jury
term being spoiled by the settlement
of many cases set for trial. Of the
twenty cases on the jury calendar
disposal has been made as follows:
Settled: John J. Kilby VS.. c. L. Err
win case; Charles F. Drew vs.. Jennie
L. Bills est. Probate appeal; John
Keir vs.. Perley Jenness, assumpsit;
John Clifford vs.. John Bresett. allena-
ton Harry H. Gilman vs.. Henry l..
Hinton. trover; Minnie G. Hagerty
vs.. Granite Mutual ms: Co., assump-
sit; Job Drown VS.. E. D. and Carrie
Bowen, assumpsit: Earl Shepard's adj
NIX, VS.. the Blair Veneer Company
case C. H. Smith vs.. Tilton and Ray
mond, ejectment. Continued: Horace
B. Stetson vs.. Velmore Verge, Trover
Parlin and Cleasby vs.. Richard Row
en- assumpsit; E. M. Cleasby VS.. Rich
ard Rowen, assumpsit, Cora Lower vs..
Chas. Allen assumpsit. No trial: A. j.
Smith VS.. Philip E. Roberts. tres
pass; A. J. Smith VS.. Phillip E. Rob
erts, assumpsit; Ernest Inkel VS.. Ira
F. Doolin, assumpsit; in the case
! d. G. Woodwork VS.. William Kennl
son and A. A. Macomber, assumpsit
judgment was rendered for plaintiff
for Sl4O0 and his costs. The case of
Herbert L. Daley VS.. Swift and Com
pany was taken from the jury by the
court and verdict ordered for the
defendants. 1t appears that the
plaintiff, Daley was employed at the
ice house of the defendants in April.
1910, and while icing cars fell from
the platform. about 20 feet and re-
loSv u
have rendered him unable to labor
the plaintiff failed to make out his
contentious. This case may, however
be carried to supreme court for q rul
ing. The jury considered the case o.
Josephine M. Waldron VS.. S. F.
Fregean for some days, it being the
only case of any length tried by the
petit jurors. This was suit brought
by plaintiff to recover damage for the
conversion of stone wall and divi-
sion line between the contestants. It
appears that the defendant, Fregean,
converted q part Of this wall. which
retained bank of earth on plaintiffs
property, into a cellar wall for him
self but attempted to prove that no
injury resulted to plaintiff there
from. The jury rendered a verdict
for the plaintiff to recover $9e.8O
This completed the work of the
petit jury for the term and the jurors
were discharged Friday, Sept. %.
There remains one case to be tried be-
fore struck jury. land case involv-
ing claims of trespass and trover.
| that of Nelson & Hall Company vs..
Taplin, Rowell. Lang and Webster.
This case involves a question of town
lines and will probably consume three
or four weeks time. 1t is set for
trial Monday, Sept. rs. Young and
Young for plaintiffs, E. A. Cook and
Williams and Dane for defense. Di-
vnrce has been granted in the fol-
lowing cases: Nora Jacobs VS.. Roy
Jacobs Mabel George VS.. Arthur r.
George and Martha Martin VS.. Rupert
Martin. In the cases state VS.. Sam l
Mcconnell and state VS.. Eugene
Richie, grand larceny. a plea of
guilty of an attempt to sell a team
was accepted and the respondents
sentenced to the house of correction
for not less than one year or more
than one year and three months and
to pay fine of ten dollars. On con-
dition of payment of the fine the
respondents were placed in the care
of the probation officer. It appears
:, ;, that Mcconnell and Richie hired a
team at Hunts livery in North Troy
and getting out of funds attempted to
! sell the team at Bucks livery in
= Newport, where they were appre-
o hepded and placed in Jail. Being
very young and probably unaware OF
the enormity of their attempted
crime. the court was disposed to be
lenient with them Other court cases
remain to be disposed of.