St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1916-12-20
DR.. BOLTON CASE
BEFORECO. COURT
West Burke Man Appear; Charged
With Performing An Illegal
Operation Upon Anna Gunder-
son Last june
PLEADS NOT GUILTY
5ut What Line the Defence Of the Ac-
cuscd Will Take Is As Yet Un-
knoUn-Thc Case is the Most
Important OF State
Cases

George w. Bolton Of West Burke
hargcd with performing an illegal
.peration upon Miss Anna GundcrSOn
Bridgeport, Conn, on June II, last,
leaded not guilty in Caledonia Coun-
court, Monday afternoon at the re-
onvening of the session. The case
gainst Doctor" Bolton, as he is call
is the most important on the state
iocket for the present term and will
probably take up a number of days.
The case was entered against Boil
on by physicians of Littleton, y. H.,
Doctors Downing and Page. who at
ended Miss GunderSOn while she was
onfined to tho Littleton Hospital as
esult of the operation.
Both physicians were in court yes
erday afternoon and were called to
he witness stand by the prosecution.
1iss GundersOn, the first called upon
testify testified to the operation be-
lg performed at West Burke and the
manner in which it was done. She
lso told Of her subsequent movements
nd of her later confinement in the
ittleton Hospital.
The case first came to the atten
ion of the public When the defend
mt, at a hearing before Judge G.. c.
Frye of the Municipal Court, July Z,
vas bound over in the sum of $1,000
or appearance before the December
erm OF the County Court.
2 According to the testimony offered
that time and also to the testimony
Miss Gunderson in court yesterday,
he came to st. JohnSbury just prior
the operation, from Bridgeport
;onn. She was accompanied to this
ity by q Miss Irene Hayes with whose
elativcs She stayed awhile in this
:ity When asked by States Attorn-
Norton in court yesterday as to
Who recommended Dr. Bolton she
save the name of e. NJ Fifield Of
It. Johnsbury, but not until the tes-
imony had been objected to strenuous
Y by Alexander Dunnet, counsel for
he defendant After the operation,
Mss Gunderson, according to her own
tory, returned to st. Johnsbury. Hav-
ng filed her name with local EN-
oloyment agency, a day or two after
Ter arrival in that town she first went
20 DIR. Downing, and = day or so later
vas taken to the hospital there. 1t is
lot known what the defence of DIR.
Bolton will be.
George w Bolton has been u resi-
1CIlI u NGSl . VI hC 'OCINCGI ID anu
20 years, and has done o little gar
lening when not practicing medicine
Is the opportunity offered. 1t is said
hat he has some knowledge of mcdi-
cine, but as far as is known has no
in any state, and has never
passed the Vermont State board cx-
animation.
A few years ago a law was passed
in the state requiring all the doctors
who were not legally registered in this
state to pass examination before the
state board. At that time it was said,
:hat Bolton was practising to some eX-
tent, but when the law was enforced
never registered, but continued prac-
Using as quietly as possible such cases
IS came to him. The authorities at
different times have tried to convict
him and at one time he was sentenced
to pay a fine in Essex County Court
Miss GunnisOn in her testimony yes
terday gave her home as Bridgeport,
Conn, and said she came to Vermont
% keep the knowledge of her condi-
ton from her parents.
The names of the jurymen sitting
on the case follows:
c. S. Bailey, Elmer Harrington, G..
II. Gibson, Abel +. HOughton, David
c. Horner, Harry L. Kay, j. {. Nc
Laren, Frank Pollard, C. NJ. Sawyer.
Thomas ]. Tierney, Moses IL. Hite-
hill, Charles Powers.