Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1918-07-26
FOOTE ON TRIAL
FOR SHORT FISH

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when first saw Mr. Foote" replied
Mr. Chaitee "he came out OF the bushes
on the side OF the road where the brook
Iruns, with a fish pole and a fish basket
lie crossed the road towards his car
stopped on the left hand side OF the cal
with a package In his hand, and threw
that package out into the grass
walked right up there and picked It up
II was a newspaper with something
wrapped up in It, ! took It over tC
Foote's car aud laid It on the mud
guard and there | undid It and took
the eleven trout out Mr. F0ote made
the remark You have got me
Odd he say anything elseS
He aiterward said that that was
the first he had seen OF the fish.
Q-Where was that package when
first you saw III
An his hands
Mr. Sturtevant brought out from the
witness, Notwithstanding that Mr. Stick
ney objected, that Foote in the war
den's opinion, acted nervous at the time
lie concluded his examination OF the
witness by having him identify the
package Of fish, which had been preser'
we'd on ice and which was shown to the
jurors,
Mr. Stickney then crossed-examined
Warden Chaliee
Q,-You say you were six rods from
him when you saw him throw the pack.
age'
An the vicinity Of six rods,
Q,-Where did the package land?
A Fifteen feet from his car,
amy bushes there
A,-No,
Odd you look the grass over to
see II there was any other package
thereS
A-No.
Q-How did you happen to so up
there
Al go up there about once in ten
days to look the brook, over.
O. Somebody else tell you that
Foote was up there;
A-No.
O. Didn't you get word;
A-No.
Witness was asked regarding Clint
and Will Tisdale who were with Foote
on the fishing trip, but who were not
the warden testified, on the scene at the
time of his arrest OF FoOte They came
up '',e' I'm" ''e "'U'E' "V sa.", o."
ne 'sNtu t"'''5 "nosG ~ '"ey WY
Dut Hel'hVI VI We 4I'u''es t'an',eu
them OF 'ui'''lcu having sce' 'heHi DC
lore r.,r. .,e,.
Diu roo'e nave any o'''e' "s"'
H'tG III MS nH'N TO ,
- any '"''h o'' ''e "'SNe' '"'' Sou
"o,'VeG ...
~ Diuh hou0e any 'n"'s
Mr. 9uSNney eAhio'leu th h poShet
Loo'e useu' showing a S'"''''V" measure
tnat was attaOHeu ~ ~,
Us tne'e any lee''"' pe'"ee" you
ana Foote' .
- A- I1 On my pa5 +, h.a 80. ~.
Y nave you ana ne hdu some ar
guHei''S as 10 'He I'Sh ana Ha'ne
Laws it,.
A;-No'nih8 OF serious nature. ;.
Mr. Stickney lea the witness to dic,
CuSs fQote "oTE III thG rlSh ana ana
lame League lie gave r0ote cr t.
OF pelhg prime move! , IN ~ inc , starting i
OF the League, ana sara ne had maze
out some OF the apphcations LOT tne
stockihS oil the streams, Duv wne'' I tnefe
s,o " So,n oieo ia 'G ~ '''0
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,or Eooto ttro,r tha ' naol,n fror, '' ~
M J .; I'G ho ,n..pd - MIX Lot,
Sa,d I" tr, Y?rn ~ b;do i froT ',ou ' as
,,, u,,J'' 80 ,'ls r. aJr,;ttoJ T.,
"" "e ." P03 that thorn wera hushas io
S fu.'''o''l'ie ,"a' tneo w. H., 'u a;I ~, ~
plainly saw where the package landed
and that il did not 90 into the bushes
Mr. St;ctnev n, ado tho no;nt that # NJ
Foote had desired TO conceal ANYTHING
he could have thrown the package into
the bushes instead of into the grass
Did Foote see Won before he
threw the nackage?
Ale was looking NV wav
O-You don't know whether the
nackage helonged n Foote Tisdale or
someone eIee5