The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-09-17
Luman c. Beckett and John
Cory to Serve Year
i'm Windsor
BARNES PAYS S11S
FOR HAVING VENISON
G. P. Stickney of Brookline Paid Search
and Seizure Costs of S14.20 and Deer
Meat Found in His Possession Is
Condemned.

Two state prison sentences were
among the penalties imposed by Judge
Addison z. Cudworth of the municipal
court at a session of court held in
Windham County House at Newfane
yesterday afternoon. The session was
held there by arrangement, because the
respondents were already there.
Luman G. Beckett of Providence, R.
l., one of the two Young men arrested
in Thompsonville, Conn, and brought
here recently charged with stealing
grips. revolvers, flashlights and other
articles from n hunting camp of five
Springfield Mass. men at Newfane,
was sentenced to not less than one year
nor more than two years at hard labor
in the state prison in Windsor. Beckett
horo last week and sentence was de-
ferred until yesterday.
On his plea of not guilty. TO the
charge of holding up +. w. r. Dyer
on the Guilford road with intent to
rob. sufficient evidence was introduced
SO that Judge Cudworth, bound Beckett
over to the county court for trial, fix
ing bail at 81 900, which Beckett could
not furnish.
Charles Bundv of West Philadelphia,
a younger boy who was with Beckett
at the time of the larceny in Newfane
and who is being held for trial, having
waived examination. was taken sudden
" III with appendicitis ut the county
iail Yesterday and was brought here by
Sheriff Frank Weliman and taken to
the Memorial hospital, where he under
went an operation. Deputy Sheriff
Fred Cressv remained with him over
night.
John Cory of Jamaica. Syrian.
was arraigned on the charge of grand
larceny. He pleaded guilty and was
| sentenced to not less than one year nor
more than two years in the state pris-
on. CORY. who is about 10 years
old has been employed by Noah
| Daniels on q farm. He stole Mr..
Daniels S poeketbook containing $40
| Saturday afternoon and departed.
When Mr.. Daniels returned home about
6 o clock he discovered the theft and
notified Constable w A. Newell Tel
ephone messages were sent to different
towns and Constable Newell started
Cory riding with Roland Wheeler
driver of the oil wagon, on the road
to Wardsboro station.
The officer arrested Cory and re-
turned with him to Jamaica The pris-
oner was questioned and confessed that
he committed the theft He returned
the pocketbook and S40.01. He was
then taken to Ncwfane jail, where he
remained until the hearing. CORY has
been in this country since he was three
months old.
Charles Barnes of Brookline, at whose
house County Fish and Game Wardel
+, II. Metcalf of this town and otheI
officers seized some venison Aug. 81
was arraigned on the charge of having
deer meat in his possession Illegally. H,
pleaded guilty and was fined 800 ant
costs of SO. which he paid. On tn,
search and seizure process the cour
condemned the venison and ordered i
turned over to the county warden
Barnes was taxed $500 as cost o
search and seizure, which he paid
On the same day that Barnes s hous
was searched the officers searched tn
house of G. 2. Stickney, also of Brook
r line, and found some venison whic
} had just been cooked. The court yes
e terday condemned this meat and cost
< OF search and seizure amounting t
r $l4.20 were taxed against Mr.. Sticl
ney, which he paid. Ne action thu
5 far has been brought against Mr. Stick
f ney for having the meat in his posse.
sion.
I In these various eases States Al
t torney W. r. Daley, of Brattleboro az
|. peared for the state Sheriff Wellma
I , , took the respondents Beckett and Corr
!, to Windsor.