Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1918-12-13
COURT MAY END
BY TOMORROW

Indications today were that the De,
cember term Of Addison County
Court Judge Stanley { Wilson pre-
siding, would close tomorrow after only
two weeks session one oi the short
est terms for some time This morning
the court was marking time, waiting
for the appearance ol parties in two
divorce actions One was Mary C..
Goulettc vs., Fred Goulelte, which has
been pending since October 1916 and
which has rested with the payment OF
salimony since that time; and the other
was the case OF Cllribcl NJ Bame vs..
Wendell II Bamc. also peulng since
1916
Since last Friday, however, the court
had disposed o, considerable business.
Most OF the day Friday was taken
up with the completion o, thc ease oi
Herbert A Burroughs vs. George llm-
mo, IN which The paauu claimed %
balance due him on carload OF lum-
Der shipped to Burlington IN February
OF last year claiming the amount oil
S3lJ, toward which he acknowledged
the receipt OF S2l313, leaving due him
a balance Of about $40 The Jury was
out only 20 minutes aUd brought IN a
verdict that the defendant is not liable
as alleged i1 the complaint
The last civil ease which was eX.
pectcd TO come TO trial wa, that OF
John W and Mary ] pundgc vs..
George {, Kelsey and was expected
to occupy several days bur am agree.
ment was reached between counsel
The case OF Edward iIodg,cn vs.
the estate OF William Hod.,cu winch
was begun Friday evening, was
brought to a close Tuesday afternoon.
The evidence was completed hy lO;3O
a, m, In this case the plaintiff claims
to recover from the estate OF his broth
eh, William HodgSon, who died in
Cornwall August 10, 1917, various sums
Tor work done on the farm, for ..terest
on money invested in the farm. and
for the use OF seven COWS part OF the
time and two cows all the time and of
three horses for one year and one horse
for several years Mrs. Jessie lIodgson,
the special Administrative, made the !
claim that her husband, the late Viii |
liam Hodgson, had paid his brother,
Edward, all up previous to his death |
and that consequently the estate owed |
him nothing, In a charge of 20 minutes |
in length, Judge Wilson gave the case
10 the jury at 2;ij o'clock and appoint. /
ed Homer NJ, Balm of Middlebury their
foreman, The jury came in at o'clock,
the verdict awarding the plaintiff $50,
which was $40 less than he was pllow-
ed by the commissioners. Leroy c.
Russell and J. B. Donoway for the
plaintiff and Allen r, Sturtcvant and
+, W, Tuttle for the defense.
Charles ] Devoid of Starksbcro was
in court charged with assault with in
tent to kill William L. Walden at
Starksboro on last October ,. The
State claims the assault was commit
ted with gun, Devoid pleaded not
guilty and was released in bail of
$1,000 Jasper G.. Page of Bristol is
his attorney, This was the Indictment
found by the grand jury last week.
The criminal business of the term
was begun Wednesday morning at ten
o'clock and the first case called was
the State VS., Walter G. Kimball.
charged with rape Young Kimball be-
longs in Lincoln and the evidence
tended to show he committed the
crime at Lincoln, the alleged victim
being a l3-year-old girl named Sadie
his cousin. The girl was the
irst witness. She detailed circum-
stances of the crime, which is said
% have occurred at her own home
n Lincoln Saturday, Sept Z. DR. Briggs
'f Bristol was the second witness for
he State and Arthur, the father, was
IN the stand good part of the after
loon. The line of defense followed the
heory that the father himself and not |
,oung Kimball was the guilty party.
The jury returned verdict of not guilty
md the prisoner was disch irged
At the afternoon session Yesterday
William Devoid of Bristol and GLADYS
BUTLER of Lincoln were brought into 7
ourt, and pleaded guilty to a statutory .
ffense, Devoid being sentenced to =
erve not less than 10 months nor more \
han three years at the state prison at .
and the woman was sem :,
enced to not less than six months =
1or more than three years ct the y
ouse or correction at Rutland Fay ;,
Thompson Of Bristol was also brought l.
'efore the court and pleaded guilty
o a similar offense, He will serve not u
ess than seven months nor more than h
hree years at the state prison. The !,
urors were excused at O'Clock for h
he balance of the term subject TO call. Il