Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1912-06-07
ADDISON COUNTY COURT,
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the opening exercises the jury calender
was called off. The cases were marked
as follows: H. c. Potter VS. l. N.
Chase, probably the first case for trial,
In re will of Columbus Smith, Anna M.
Perry, appellant, left open, E. E.
Sterling VS. Q. M. Ford left open, Elmer
H. Bull VS. The town of Ferrisburg no
trial this term, Sara HER VS. Earnest j.
Bodette, judgement for plaintiff and
damages to be assessed by the clerk,
Norman S. Foote VS. George M. Moore,
appellant, passed, Arthur ]. Blackmer
VS. Charles E. McCabe, William Tisdale,
marked for trial, Clinton Tisdale VS.
William M. Dean, appellant, marked for
trial, Charles Partridge VS. William
Farnham, appellant, continued, Elmer
B. Wolcott VS. Emma B. Vail, appel
liant, set for trial, Susie j. Jewell VS.
Edward Gee, set for trial, Ford Capen
vs. George H. and Jennie M. Churchill,
motion for continuance and case passed,
E. H. Palmer VS. Martin F. Fuller, con-
tinued, John Early VS. Harry Thomas,
appellant, and Charles E. McCabe VS.
Anna T. Hubbard and trustee, left
open, Champlain Valley Reality COM
pany VS. Thomas Stokes, ]. M. Alden VS.
J. A. Merrill ct al and the Wolfboro
National bank VS. Marie and Charles S.
Murkland, marked for trial. On the
court calendar the cases of Alma j.
| rfo, 1fD r,a to1 I
Curtain VS. Village of Bristol were
entered settled and discontinued. The
case of Higgins and Drake vs. Arthur
T. Cults and the case of Abella j. But
tolph vs. Arthur T. Cults were marked
for hearing as were also the cases of
C. w. Ross vs. William L. Belknap,
Cynthia S. Mead, Administrative, VS. L.
N. Kellogg, appellant, and w. H. Dean
trustee. L. R. Brown VS. c. l.. Ham
mond and Celia A. Barton VS. Frank E.
and Edna E. Meeder, settled, and dis
continued. In the case of Isaac Shapiro
VS. Moses Vincent, appellant, an order
next term or the case discontinued.
The case of Jay Branch VS. James A.
Merrill on the general civil docket and
the case of Elmore Tatro VS. Hosea Carl
were entered settled and discontinued
Judgment by default was entered for
the plaintiff in the cases of Albert HER
and Earnest j. Bodette and Sara HER VS.
Earnest j. Bodett.
Tho forenoon cocciop of oo,,rt o1oco d
at II 80 O. clock and in order to argue a
.. peculiar case court opened in the after
, noon at ! 80 o'clock. The matter was
, divorce case from Bristol in which an
old man married young woman for
his second wife and the matter is still
held up. Shortly after two O'Clock the
petit jurors were summoned and sworn
r and Judge Fish gave them very ex-
plicit instructions in regard to their
, duties. AS there was no case ripe for
trial the court at $3.50 o'clock took a
recess until nine O'Clock Wednesday
I, morning when it is expected one of the
; other of two or three cases will be
ready for trial.
The following attorneys were present
, at the opening of court: E. ]. Ormsbee
; and w. A. Atwell of Brandon, Thomas
w. Moloney, P. M. Mellon and George
E. Lawrence of Rutland, Frank w.
futile of Vergennes, w. w. Rider
3 Jasper G. Page and Murray Bourne Of
Bristol and M. G. Leary and Rufus E.
, Browne of Burlington.
On the second day of the term bust
! ness was begun early and was con
tinued all day. In the morning a II
= year-old boy named Charles Bailey wa.
arraigned in court and pleaded guilt,
to an information charging him will
= the larceny of three watches, valued a.
S45, from the store of Cushman & Kim
ball at Ferrisburg on the first day o.
last January, since which time the re
' spondent has been an inmate of the Ad
: Olson county Jail. Judge Fish assigned
e ]. G. Page of Bristol as counsel for tbt
boy who, after comforting with hi.
counsel, pleaded guilty to the charge
Upon the recommendation of State's
Attorney Frank W. Tuttle of Vergennes
u the sentence was that the youth should
be confined in the house of correction al
Rutland for not less than IL months OF
8 more than Is months, and this sentence
was suspended and the respondent was
put in charge of Probation Officer Olir
A. Smith, and is to be left in the mean
3 while, until the expiration of hi.
sentence, in the custody of Deputy
Sheriff Noble j. Sanford. This course
was thought advisable, because the boy
i has no parents and had no bringing VI
to speak of, and this was the only of
Tense known against him.
The first jury trial of the term wa.