The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1913-10-28
And H Be Discharged
bv 4rt in Alleged Ille-
y gal Hunting Case
PETER GUNIERE'S TOUR
WITH GUN THE CAUSE
Was He Hunting or Merely
Out for Target Work or
Just Wandering About?

Four times the jury in the case OF
State vs.. Peter Guniere, charged with IL
legal hunting, reported a disagreement in
city court last night and upon its la 81 re-
port the court discharged the mem hers
and made possible a re-trial. After m
all day hearing, the case went to the
jury at 5:45. A halfhour later the fore
man, George NJ. Marion, reported dis
agreement. At 6:35 second disagree
ment was reported, and the jurymens
Foreman Marion, George /. Beckleys
George NJ. Douglass, George W. Lander
and A. G. Jones, were allowed to 60 TO
supper. accompanied by an officer of the
court.
After celebrating from 7-35 to sos
another disagreement was reported and
again at D:20, when the jury was dis
charged. One unofficial report of the poll
had the vote four to one for conviction,
although the vote was closer on other
polls. States Attorney Carver stated
after the last disagreement that there
would be new trial, although no date
was set.
Before resting its case at PAS O'Clock,
the testimony OF !. o. Wales, a member
of the gun club, and George Stewart, u
youth who sets traps for the Shooters
was offered by the state. Evidence in
troduced during Mr. Wales tenure of
the stand was mainly colToboratiye. He
20 fbn m
road with the boy Stewart. He did not
see two men making for the woods on
the opposite side of the river, as was
stated by Stewart afterwards. With
Stewart, the witness declared he board
ed Mr.. Aliens ear and proceeded toward
home. Stewart told of the conversation
between the game warden and the re-
spondent, He also told of seeing two
men cross the foot bridge and start for
the woods near the Central Vermont
tracks on the west side of the river.
With the warden again on the staEu
there developed passage-at-arms be-
tween counsel for the defense and the
states attorney. Asked if the boy,
meaning Stewart, told him of seeing the
two men. the witness, Bond, replied.
Yes Witness continued by telling OF
search for the men after supper. The
search was fruitless. The cross 5examiH-
er asked him why he didn't arrest Gun
iere when he aCcosted him the following
Monday, but the states objection to the
question was sustained and no answer
was given. Witnesses then told of ae-
companying the respondent to the states
attorney to settle question of law, as
he said. Ensued the following dialogue;
Scott-"Y on got him up in Carver's of
flee and then pumped him, did you not :"
Witness-"No, he made cheerful re-
sponses without interrogation"
Carver linterpolatingl pumped
himself"
Scott turning from the witnessl-
''Are YOU the states attorney or the
Carver-'I can testify"
Scott Not in this case, unless you
are under oath"
Asked if Guniere, when confronted by
the warden and the states attorney, was
given to understand that anything he
said might be used as evidence against
him, the witness replied that Mr.. Carver
repeatedly tried to silence Guniere and
that he often advised him to tell his
story to his own lawyer, if he had one.
After five minutes recess, J. b. Cas-
ellini was introduced as the first witness
for the defense He testified to asking
Guniere down for the Clan Gordon picnic
to try his mettle with the crack shots.
The picnic and Guniere's appearance at
the gun shoot We're on the same day, Inc
said The respondent promised to come
and fetch his gun, witness finished.
The respondent, Guniere, was the next
witness and he was subjected to a close
by both attorneys. In con-
.roverting the testimony of the warden
-elating to the conversation between the
.wo. Guniere testified to telling the war
len that he could hunt if he desired, not
hat he would hunt or had been hunting.
As it happened, he wasn't bent on hunt
no. Witness further testified to start
ug out for Caledonia park, the exact To-
"a tion of which he did not know. Hear
no shots on the hillside near the Shep-
rd farm, he naturally proceeded in that
Erection. Events followed as already
elated and then he started for home,
With one Joseph Manfrini, whom he had
reviously encountered on a mushroom
unit They took the electric car and
cached their boarding house on Bugbee
venue at o'clock.
Questioned as TO what took place in
he states attorneys office, witness said
G feared that Bond, who he plainly in
imated was his enemy, as result of
rouble at the stoneshed, was trying to
squeeze" him. On the stand he told of
,orking for Bond and testified that the
arden had kicked him out of his office
Or no apparent reason. This transpired
efore the day of the offense alleged by
he state He further testified to get
ing the chief of police to accompany
i'm to the Bond shed for his tools.
Mrs. Leonora Saia, who conducts
oarding house at Bugbee avenue. stat
4 on the stand that Guniere had board
1 with her several months. He came
ONE on the afternoon of Aug. 2 around
o'clock She remembered the hour, be-
luse she spoke OF his early arrival.
Joseph Manfrini. who said he was
uniere's fellow boarder, testified to
eetiug the respondent on the Mont
slier road He was hunting mushrooms
f the time He declared that Guniere