Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1916-12-08
ADDISON COUNTY COURT,
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and Gertrude lockwood, Jennie Begor
vs. John Thomas, Charles h, Walker Va
I w. c. Hack at al, Amos T, Needhala
VS. S, b, Wilbur, appellant, Wilbur &,
Bingham W. W, s, Benton, James r.
Cartmell W. Frank d, Meehan and
Capehart's Maiknown Methods w &, A,
Cole and the Brandon National Bank
First National Bank Of Brandon
trustee, The calling of the dockets
completed the mornings work and
after a session of one hour a recess
was taken at II o clock until2p' m,
At the opening of the afternoon SEES
sion the grand jurors were called,
sworn and given the regulation instrue'
tons in their duties, with particular in
structions as to the nature and law Of
homicide, thus giving an inkling into
the purpose of calling out grand jury
at this time, All Of the members OF
the panel were present to answer to
their names except b, +, Eddy of
Monkton, who had been excused on ac-
count OF illness, and Walter W, Martin
of Mddebury was called from the court
room to I'll the vacant place George
| A. Thaycr of Lincoln was named as
their foreman and they at ance retired
to take up their work, Deputy Sheriff
Edward Higgins of Middlebury acting
as grand jury officer.
The petit jurors were next called and
sworn and were given their instructions
by Judge Stanton, Five of the pett
jurymen had been excused from service
for one reason or another, and they
were Truman Hutchins of Bridport,
A. T.. Baird of Goshen, Herman
Warren of Orwell and Charles II.
Casse and Charles b. Brownel of Yer
gennes,
A Jury case was started Wednesday
morning the case being that of Fred
erick r.. Backus and George w, Crockett
VS. Allan Calhoun. The plaintiffs are
residents of Brandon and the defendant
of Middlebury; and the matter in dis
pute was the ownership of a strip of
land on the shore of Lake Dunmore in
Salisbury and measuring 300 feet by Y
feet, which land is now and for eight
years has been in the possession Of
Mr.. Calhoun. Edward S, Marsh of
Brandon and Charles /. Button of Mid
dlebury were the attorneys for the
plaintiffs and Leroy c. Russell of Mid
dlebury represented the defense.
Prof. +. c. Bryant of the local col
lege was the first witness for the plain
tiifs and was on the stand most Of the
forenoon. Prof. Bryant explained
maps and charts of the disputed land
and adjoining lands drawn from surveys
made by him in 1906 and from facts
found in successive deeds covering the
property
Mr.. Marsh, a former part owner of
he property, closed the mornings tes-
timony on the part of the plaintiffs.
The grand jury came in and made
their report Immediately upon the com
ing in of the court on Wednesday after
noon. They reported one bill not found
and no true bills. They recommended
number of small improvements in the
county Jail, the most important of
which are the installation of an ade-
quate system of ventilation and the
putting in of new concrete floor in the
main room to replace the present mar
BILE floor. Foreman layer then stated
that the grand jury had completed their
labors and they were discharged for the
term with the thanks of the court.
The jury came back into court after
! Just an hour deliberation and rendered
verdict for the plaintiffs, to recover
possession of the premises and So dam
ages and costs
There are 10 cases on the divorce
docket and enough other court cases in
sight to keep the court at work for
another week.