Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1915-06-04
ADDISON COUNTY COURT

According to schedule the June term
of court for this county convened in
the court house in Middlebury on Tues
day of this week and the opening ses-
sion was begun at 10 O'Clock a. m. with
Hon. Fred NJ Butler of Rutland pre-
siding as chief judge and Hon. Henry
E. Day of Ripton and Hon. WILDER Z.
Hunks of Bristol acting as assistant
judges. The other officers for the
term are as printed last week.
Rev. Roy E. Whttemore, pastor of
the Middlebury Baptist church, offered
the preliminary prayer and the GUS
tomary proclamatons for the opening
of the county court and the court of
cnancery were then made by Sheriff
Oin A. Smith of Addison, after which
the dockets and calendars were called
off and the work of the term tentatively
laid out
In going over the civil jury calendar,
six of the 10 cases thereon were set for
trial at the outset, but three of these
cases were later ordered continued
leaving only three standing for trial.
The following were the cases set for
trial: Cyrus R. Curry's administrator
VS.. Don A. Bisbee; E. S. Fresh VS.. Mer-
rill 0. Field and trustee; Willard G.. Hill
vs.. Edward Donnell; Ethel Reed vs..
Louise Shackett; Ethel Reed vs.. Gladys
Shackett, and Norman S. Foote VS..
George NJ. Morse, appellant.
These cases were marked settled,and
discontinued: E. n. Bisselvs J. C. S.
Hamilton; W. w Bristol VS. N. J.
McCuea, and in the afternoon the cases
Reed v, Louise Shackett and Hill VS.
O Donnel were added to this category
Cases continued by agreement were
those Of Hazel Mumblo vs.. Louis A.
Muller; In re!Will Of Vienna NJ. Reed
Carlotta Reed Tracy, contestant and
appellant, and Alstine A. Briggs vs..
George Beeman. The case Of Moses
Vincent vs. Thomas S brakes ad-
ministrator was referred to an audi
tor to be agreed on ant that of Lewis
Begor vs.. Daniel IL. Meader was trans
ferred to the court calender. In Ira Z.
Stewart vs., Z. B. Palmer, appellant,
judgment by default was rendered fer
the plaintiff. clerk to assess, and
similar judgment was rendered in the
ca- Of p f. plprey's administrator
for the use Of Wilbur G. Bingham vsH
the town Of New Haven.
On the court calendar only two cases
We're set for hearing, these being
LoLi,e Thompson, appellant vs. Solon
Burroughs administrator, and the Ma
tona bank Of Nerg-nnes VS. Frank A.
Goss'- administrators In John Early
vs.. Harry Thomas, appellant, tie
death of the defendant was suggested
and the case continued. In Margaret
Riyett ys. Leslie W. Baldwin, iudg-
ment for the plaintiff by default was
entered, and the case of Z. T. Wright
vs.. Joseph Lorraine and George NJ.
Moore vs.. julius A. Wilcox were held
open.
Most Of the cases on the civil law
docket were entered continued. The
fol owing We're marked settled and dis
continued Frank D. Meehan vs. Har-
ry J and j b. Cobb; Sorel B. Har-
mon vs.. Hosea B. Field and Wm. L.
Belknap's administrator vs. Elmer L.
Ross and trustee
Eleven cases on the divorce docket
We're marked for hearings, six We're
continued, two We're held open and the
case of Benjamin Cole vs.. Ada Cole was
discontinued.
The criminal docket was not reaC
over all cases thereon being consider
ed as standing for trial These case:
have mostly been tried at past term:
and are continued on the docket for the
reason that the respondents are in the
hands Of Probation Officer Smith fol
various periods.
Of the II cases on the chancery dock
ct one Eugene c. Pierce VS. Daniel B
Seaman, foreclosure-wa marked set
tied and discontinued
There were only four out Of town at
torneys present at the opening Of court
namely, Frank W futile and Georg,
W. Stone Of Vergennes, Jasper G
= Page Of Bristol and Charles F. Kings
ley of Salisbury. The genera land almos
complete breakdown of the jury calen
dar was mostly due to the absence o
lawyers from other towns who were
engaged in the. most important cases
these being Thomas W. Mooney anC
Joseph c. Jones of Rutland and Rufus
f. Brown of Burlington, all absent OF
account of illness.
At the afternoon session Lawyer
Page filed a motion for a continuance il