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agent of the Rutland railroad in Middle
bury, were the only witnesses called for
the plaintiff and Mr.. Murray was still
on the stand when at II O'Clock Satur-
day forenoon recess was taken until
2 p. m. on Monday.
At that time Mr.. Murray's examina-
ton was resumed and he was closely
questioned as to rates, tariffs, schedules,
ETC., and Mr.. Piper followed him and
was the only other witness to give oral
testimony. At the conclusion of his testi
mony the plaintiff rested and after put
ting in a mass of documentary evidence
Mr.. Lawrence soon rested the case for
the defence. The arguments were be-
gun, and except for a short interval,
occupied the rest of the afternoon SEES
sion and were not completed. There
were two other similar cases growing
out of the same circumstances, namely
French & Crosby VS. the Boston and
Maine Railroad company and A. d.
Needham VS. the Boston and Maine Rail-
road company These were both en-
tered continued to await the outcome
of the case at bar, which was conceded
to be test case.
The developments in this case We're
of such a character that only one argu-
ment was made to the jury and that
was brief and formal one by Mr..
Sturtevant in behalf of the plaintiff,
the defense resting their case on the
documentary evidence. Judge Miles sub
mitted the case to the jury in very
short charge and the jury We're out
only about 10 minutes, when they re
ported a verdict for Plaintiff Piper for
the full amount of his claim. $l95. 25
with interest from March 9th of the
present year and his costs. AS a test
case, involving the other two cases
above mentioned, this case will pass up
to the Supreme court for adjudication
of the numerous questions of law raised
by Mr.. Lawrence, for the defence.
During breathing spell Monday
afternoon three respondents were
brought into court from the Jail and
arraigned to plead to informatons
filed against them by States Attorney
futile. The cases were: State VS..
Mary Peer charged with adultery
in March last. Plea, not guilty.
State VS. Alfred Leno, charged with
adultery in September last. Plea,
not guilty. State VS. Henry Barrows,
charged with statutory offence upon
Sylvia Roberts, a 16-year-old girl, at
Bridport, on the first day of last July.
Having entered their pleas the prisoners
were all escorted back to jail to await
the times for their seperate trials.
Wednesday morning Judge Miles an
nounced that as several of the civil
cases which had been marked for trial
had been settled and others were in
process of settlement, there would be
no work for the jury at present, and as
next week will be Christmas week, with
a break in the middle, it was decided to
adjoul court until 2 clock p. m. on
Monday December &c. And as there
We're no court cases ready for hearing a
recess was taken at eleven O'Clock unit
that day
There are three civil jury cases
standing for trial, but the court an,
nounced that the criminal case OF
State VS. Louis Purinton, who was in
dicted at this term for murder in the
second degree, for the shooting of Mil(
Wright in Starksboro on the 23d day o.
June last, would be the first case fol
trial when the court re-convenes.