The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1914-01-22
JANUARY TERM ENDS.
Supreme Court Will Convene Again on
Feb. 3.


The January term OF supreme court
closed yesterday and the February term
will begin Feb. 3. The Franklin county
case OF Marcus NJ. Bartlett VS.. Lynford
0. Nye, Jerry NJ. a'rombly and G. +.
Briteh, trustee, assumpsit was settled
and discontinued. In the Windham coun-
ty case of Charles i. Davis vs.. Hugh
Randall, appellant, Judgment was af-
firmed by agreement. In the Washing
ton county case of Marion b. Thor
worth VS.. A. N. Blanchard, Judgment was
also affirmed. The Chttenden county
cases of Maurice ID. Sullivan VS.. George
Sullivan, administrator of the estate of
p Sullivan, an appeal from probate
court and the town of st. George vs..
III. III. Tilley, assumpsit, were continued
pending the settlement of motion to
dismiss.
The Windsor county cases of Ellsworth
|C. Irvine, as receiver in the case of i. NJ.
Marriott, consolidated plaintiffs, VS.. SUI
san McV. Hemenway and Myles Hem
enway, bill, and the case of Frank S.
Hale, Lyman f. Cabot and Edward r.
Buck VS.. the Windsor Savings Bank &
Windsor County Trust Co., bill, and the
Windham county cases Of Carl S. Hop
kins, trustee, appellant, vs. the estate
of John p. Sargent, Walter Sylvester,
executor, an appeal from the commits
sioners, and the case of Rosa B. Stock
well VS.. Thomas e. Stoekwel, petition
for the support of n minor child, were
stipulated for trial at Brattleboro.
A new rule was made by the Judges
yesterday, to the effect that hereafter
cases once set for trial viii remain on
the trial calendar until disposed Of, in
stead of being set from term to term. as
heretofore. This viii make the calendar
for February twice as large as had been
expected, with 40 cases, instead of 20.
OF the AZ cases on the January docket,
~ have been heard and are with the
court. l6 cases have been continued four
stipulated for Brattleboro; judgment af-
firmed in two; two continued with a
motion to dismiss filed, and one settled
and discontinued.
The Chittenden county case of State
vs.. Louis Alpert, for receiving stolen
goods was concluded yesterday. This
was an information on six counts for
receiving goods which had been stolen
from the Rutland Railroad company.
and the chief witnesses for the state
were the persons alleged to have stolen
the goods The second. fourth and fifth
counts were cerrohorated by evidence as
to the shipment of goods claimed to
have been wrongfully received by the re-
spondent, and after the respondent had
denied the purchase Of any of the prop
erty except part Of that covered BY
the fifth count. which was found in his
store al Winooski, and which be said
he bought Of his brother in good faith.
he was acquitted as to the first third
and sixth counts but convicted as to the
second, fourth and fifth. in lower court.
The case came to the supreme court
ON "a exceptions. In county court Louis
Alpert was fined $500 and sentenced to
from two 20 three years in the house
Of correction sam Alpert, his brother,
was given the same sentence but was
pardoned after serving two months and
on the payment Of fine and costs
Attorney Shaw for the state claimed
that previous to the Aipert episode. the
burglars went to the Rosenburg store
evidence that they went To see
- tiAtN Cuulu HtH MIN sJOlen CIOtnlngf
also that during q conversation between
Poirier and the respondent il was al
legged the respondent remarked he liked
to business with him because he wouldn't
squeal, This argument was questioned
by Attorney g. NJ. Page for the respond
ant, who asserted the court should not
have admitted evidence as to a pre-
yious transaction between the witness
and a third party. relating to the stol
IN property, the transaction being un
known to the respondent, also that it
was an error TO exclude cross-examina.
lion having a tendency to show the ami
mus Of the witness, that material evil
ienee for the respondent in relation to
his character was wrongfully excluded
md many others.
B. V. Butteriield OF Wilmington. who |
passed the examinations in October, has
his course OF study and was
admitted to the bar.