Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1917-09-14
RECESS IS TAKEN
IN COUNTY COURT
Business Jagged SO Judge Stan
ton Goes Home Till Monday
Two Divorce Petitions Granted and
Other Court Matters Disposed of -
Labelle Pleads Not Guilty.

Windham county court convened
Thursday in the courthouse at Newfane
Tor the September term, Judge Zed S.
stanton of Roxbury and Assistant
Judges Edwin l.. Hastings of Townshend
and Fred b. Pier of Brattleboro
presiding. Sheriff Clifford f.. Mann
opened court, after which Rev. Fred w
Wiswall of Newfane offered PRAYER.
me docket was called and the fol
loving cases were entered as "settled
and discontinued: Percie NJ. Donald
against B. R. Merkel and trustee; Win
throp E. Stone against the Windham
Lumber Co.; NJ. p. Benson against c. B.
Carlton; Grace +. Freethey against En-.
mic A. Thayer and Emily w. r. Mazars;
Vermont Farm Machine Co. against f.
V. Rousch; John +. Nichols against New
England Telephone & Telegraph Co.; Gil
bert d. Winsor against Grace A. Pike
ana trustee; Howard Hardware Co.
.against f. V. Roush; Frank Adams
against f. V. Roush A. Don Marshall
against the town OF Brooklnc.
These cases were entered as eds
continues: international Harvester
Company of America against Irwin l..
Thompson; Martin A. Brown against
Edward r. Andrews.
motion was made to consolidate the
two Walker will cases was made bv
Attorneys Barker, Chase and Whitney,
attorneys for the Brattleboro Home for
the Aged. The Home seeks to have the
first will of George w. Walker of Brat
tlebOro, which gave the institution ulti-
mately the bulk of his property, estab-
lished. His second will gives the prop
erty largely to relatives. Attorney r.
c. Bacon, attorney for the relatives, OPP
posed the motion to consolidate.
Attorney Whitney notified the court
that Attorneys Gibson & Daley were not
attorneys for w. A. Shumway, special
administrator in the will eases, saying
that he made the statement on Mr..
Shumway s authority. 1t was decided
to have the special administrator sum-
moned to state himself whether Gibson
Il Daley were attorneys for him. This
involves the question of the payment Of
attorneys fees out of the estate.
In the case of Dana II. Gilman, ad.
ministrator (now deceased), against the
Hoosac Tunnel & Wilmington Railroad
Co., an entry was made of judgment for
the plaintiff to recover s 400 without
costs. Mr.. Gilman was administrator of
the estate of an Italian who was killed
on the railroad. The present admins
traitor is Albert c. Laird of Brattleboro.
The case had gone to the supreme court
and had been sent back, and since then
the parties have come to settlement.
For lack of business a recess in the
session of the court was taken
about l0.l5 o'clock yesterday morn
ing until II o'clock Monday, when
matter in connection with the divorce
petition of Christie b. Crowell of Brat
tleboro will be taken up.
The jury will report at the afternoon
session at o'clock, but Just now it is
not known what case will be taken up
first.
Judge Zcd S. Stanton, presiding Judge,
left yesterday for his home in Roxbury.
One uncontcsted divorce case was
ried yesterday morning, that of Cora A.
Sparks of Ncwfane from John A. Sparks
of Grafton. Attorney A. +. Schwenk of
Brattleboro appeared for the petitioner,
who was granted divorce on the
ground of desertion, intolerable severity
and non-support
George Labelle of Brattleboro,
charged with assault with intent to
rdPe' WAS arralShcd III oruer that ne
might enter plea, and he pleaded not
guilty. Attorney A. V. D. Piper of
Brattleboro was assigned by the court
to defend him. Labelle is the man who
tried to escape from Policeman George
j. Bower near the Valley fair grounds
and was shot and wounded so that he
spent some time in the hospital.
Joel c. Stebbins of Brattleboro was
granted a divorce from Minnie j. Steb-
bins, on the ground of desertion. Har-
rie B. Chase of Brattleboro appeared
for the petitioner and the case was not
contested. Mr.. Chase also appeared in
the uncontested divorce case of Emma
L. Larson of Brattleboro from Cohen s.
Larson, is which desertion was charged,
but no decision was rendered.