The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-11-23
COUNTY COURT TO
ADJOURN TODAY
Has Been in Session Since
Sept. II, or Over
Ten Weeks
CUSTODY OF CHILD
THE FINAL MATTER
Medical Testimony Taken This After
noon-Close Jail Executions i'll Three
Damage Cases-Verdict Stands in Box
Company Suit

Windham county court. which has been
i'll session at Newfane since Sept. IL, or
more than 10 weeks, will reach final ad-
iournment this afternoon. At DO o'clock
this afternoon medical testimony was be
ing taken in the last case to be tried,
and it was expected that the session
would come to an end within an hour.
Yesterday afternoon the uncontested
case of Mabel F. Bush of Guilford
| against Amel Y. Bush was tried, and
q divorce granted for intolcrabc Sc
verify, +. +. Barber appeared for the
/ petitioner.
| Another case tried Yesterday after
noon was that of Mrs. Ethel j. vii
kins OF Brattleboro against Charles 5.
| wilkins II was uncontested and di-
voree was granted on the ground of
| intolerable severity. Mrs. Wilkins
was allowed 800 alimony Attorney
F. +. Barber appeared for the petition
er and Attorney A. +. Schwenk for the
! pctitionee.
A divorce case which has been en-
! tered was expected 10 come up yes
terdav afternoon, but there is pros
| peet that it will be settled 1t Is that
| of Inez Benson of Newfane against
! Mortimer T. Benson, who conducts the
Windham County House, and intolera-
BILE severity and neglect are charged.
/ r. T.. Barber and Charles :. Chase are
| the attorneys.
There was another hearing yesterday
| in the matter of the custody Of Hazel
Blanding. 9, Of Guilford. Four years
ago the custody Of the child was given
to her grandfather, Edward w Spen-
Ger, with whom the child and her
mother live. Under court orders the
/ child was brought to Brattleboro each
| Sunday morning TO remain through the
day with her father, a. j. Banding,
until n few months ago, when the
| child underwent an operation for
appendicitis. Since then she has
not been brought here for the
customary visits, for which reason the
father brought the matter before the
court, through Attorney O. +. Hughes.
Attorney A. +. Schwenk and Chase &
Chase claim that the child 5 condi-
tion does not warrant her being
brought here, and this matter was
argued before the court yesterday.
Today Brattleboro physicians testified
in regard to the child DIR ". II. Lane
being called first in behalf OF Mr. Ban-
ding lie thought the child was normal
and could sec her father as before her
operation, without detriment to her
health.
On the other hand Dir H. l.. Water
man, who has seen the child. and DR.. G..
K. Anderson, who operated upon her, were
of the opinion that the girl had not re-
covered sufficiently since her illness to
ln IL
Close Jail executions were granted
yesterday in the following cases:
Estate of Mrs Bert Stone against
Barney L. Mead, in which the verdict
was for the estate to recover $4,000
because of injuries i'll an automobile
accident which resulted in Mrs.
against John A. Beers of Vernon. in
which the plaintiff was awarded S140
for injuries to his arm while cranking
the defendant 9 automobile; Frank A.
l.arrow Of Brattleboro against George
Martell, in which the plaintiff was Civ
en- verdict of 1870 for injuries
caused by being thrown from his road
wagon by a collision with an automo-
bile driven by the defendant. In the
; Mead case an appeal to the supreme
| NOltit HitN tILls StlN my tue .tAttuIlOn
at present, and in the other eases the
time has not yet elapsed for filing ap-
+, peals, so that the execution cannot yet
be served
This forenoon one divorce case was
tried, Allen Raw against Sarah G.
Raw o. r. Clayton of South London
derry appearing for the petitioner. The
case was uncontested and decree was
granted on the ground of wilful deser-
ton
The court denied the motion, made a
few days ago. to set aside the verdict
4 of ST IN the ease of the New England
. Box Co. of Greenfield. Mass, against
! j. {. Taft of Townshend and J. c.
Tibbetts of Newfane This was the
case i'll which the plaintiff sued FOR
; damages for alleged failure to ca1sy
, out a lumber contract and the court
directed the jury to return "A verdict
for the plaintiff.