Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1914-03-20
ADDISON COUNTY COURT.
Special Grand Jury Returns Nine
True Bills.

Under directions from Hon. E. L..
Waterman of Brattleboro, who was the
presiding Judge at the recent December
term of the Addison County court, upon
representations made by States At
torney Frank w. Tuttle of Vergennes,
a special and extraordinary term of the
County court opened in the court house
here at 2 o'clock Monday afternoon,
with Hon. Zed S. Stanton of Roxbury
presiding and Henry K. Day of Ripton
and w. E. Hanks of Bristol as assistant
judges.
Rev. A. A. Lancaster, pastor of the
Congregational church, offered the
prayer and proclamations for the open
ing of the court and the attendance of
the grand jurors were next made by
Sheriff Olin A. Smith of Addison, who,
in company with Judge Hanks, had ar
rived from a winter stay in Florida only
the day before.
The grand jurors were then called and
sworn, and every member of the panel
of 18 were present to answer to his
name. Judge Stanton gave the
customary instructions and gave no
hint as to the particular reason for cal
ling special term of court and summon
ing special grand jury at this time.
He appointed Cyrus H. Smith of Bird
port foreman of the grand jury, a list
of whom we published last week.
John H. Beane of Lincoln and Harry
E. Sanford of Cornwall were sworn in
as officers in charge of the grand jury,
and Miss Mollie E. Miller, from the
office of Attorney General Rufus E.
Brown of Burlington, was sworn as
stenographer to that body.
This completed the work of the day
and the proceedings occupied just 80
minutes, at the conclusion of which
time the grand jury were ready to take
up their work, but there was nothing in
shape to do during the afternoon.
Their work was begun in earnest on
Tuesday and as matter of course the
cases before them are being conducted
by States Attorney Tuttle.
After two days of close work the
grand jury shortly after two O'Clock
Wednesday afternoon notified the judges
that they were ready to report and the
court came in at 2:25. Foreman Smith
handed in nine "true bills" with no
"bils not found" and the jury We're
then discharged for the term by Judge
Stanton with the thanks of the court for
the diligence and efficiency with which
they had discharged their duties.
Only one of the parties against whom
indictments were brought in was under
arrest and consequently the names of
the other indicted parties cannot be
made public at present.
The one exception was George Pond
of Granville, who was charged with
arson in setting fire recently to the
dwelling house of Samuel S. Dodson of
the same town. The respondent was
arraigned in Court and pleaded not
guilty. He was put under $4,000 bonds
which he was unable to furnish and so
will have to remain in Jail until his trial,
the amount of the bond indicating the
serious nature of the alleged crime.
Leroy C. Russell of Middlebury was as
signed as his counsel.
At 1920 o'clock, on the suggestion of
the states attorney, recess was taken
to 10 O. clock a. m. on Tuesday, March
81. In the meanwhile, it is expected,
some arrests will be made and a full
panel of petit jurors will be drawn to
try the anticipated cases.