The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1919-06-24
.NEIGHBORS HAD
ROW OVER DUCKS
Henry Turner of Royalton
Convicted Of Breach
of the Peace
RANDOLPH MAN WAS
PUT ON PROBATION
June Term of Orange Coun-
ty Court Adjourned
Saturday

Chelsea, June "a Orange county court
adjourned for the June term Saturday.
| During the week the states attorney
filed an information against Peter 0'Con-
nell of Randolph, charging him with hav-
ing committed a breach of the peace.
Upon arraignment, the respondent plead
ed guilty and was ordered to pay the
| costs of prosecution, which he did, and
in addition he was given a house of cor
reetion sentence not to exceed one year
and six months, which sentence was sus-
pended and the respondent placed on
probation until further order of the
court. States Attorney Sherburne prose-
euted and Charles Batchelder appeared
for the respondent.
The last case to be tried by jury was
state case in which States Attorney
Sherburne filed an information against
Henry Turner of Royalton, charging him
with breach of the peace, to which
charge the respondent entered a plea of
not guilty and stood trial. The com
planning witness was his near neighbor,
who testified that the respondent threat
ened to shoot his 1.-THE neighbor'sl ducks
and shoot him also if he did not keep
his ducks out of his pond, which pond,
it appeared, was the respondents water
supply for his pasture. The respondent
stoutly denied having threatened to
shoot either the ducks or his neighbor,
but claimed that he told his neighbor
that if he did not keep his ducks out of
the pond that he would shoot into the
pond, and admitted that he subsequently
did shoot into the pond and frightened
the ducks out. The jury found him gull
ty of the charge and he was sentenced to
pay fine of SIS and costs, both of which
amounted to SAL 81, which he paid. Lyle
r. Beckwith appeared for the respondent.
A divorce was granted to Maria Ze-
briskie Swan of Strafford from Walter
M. Swan on the ground of intolerable
severity. Custody of her two minor chill
dren was deereed to her during the re-
mainder of their minority and the libel
lees interest in and to the real estate
which stood in their joint names was
decreed to her as alimony. Hale X, Oar
ling and W. H. Sprague appeared for the
libelant.
In the case Of Calvin Colby VS.. Flora
Colby, both parties from Corinth, after
full hearing, the case was entered with
the court, there arising in the evidence
produced a possible question about the
residence of the libellant. John w. Cor
don of Barre appeared for the libellant.
In the case of Roy A.. Royce VS.. John
Sadlish and ROXY sadlish, judgment was
entered for the plaintiff by default. w.
H. Sprague appeared for the plaintiff
In James Il. Howe VS.. NJ G. Perkins,
a tort action, Judgment was rendered by
default and damages assessed at the
sum of S240, with costs of $3.50, and
the motion for certified execution was
granted. NJ G. Taft and w. IL. Sprague
appeared for the plaintiff,
In W. r. Rawleigh VS.. Edmund A.
Cross, an action of contract, the case was
entered with the court for hearing in va
cation G. P. Cowles of Burlington APP
peared for the plaintiff and w. H.
Sprague and H. X Darling for the de-
PENDANT
In the case of Eunice R. Sanborn vs..
Archie f. Sanborn, which was petition
to have the petitionee adjudged in con-
tempt of court for non-payment of ali
mony in conformity with the original
order for alimony. After full hearing
the court adjudged the petitionee in con.
tempt of court and ordered the amount
in arrears, which was something like
$3.50, to be paid within 80 days and in
case of non compliance with this order,
that the petitionee should be committed
to jail NJ G. Taft appeared for the pc
titioner and f. G.. Williams and H. X.
Darling appeared for the petitionee.
DEGREES were granted in the following
cases in chancery. In Charles Z. and
Caroline Rigg VS.. G. H. and Elizabeth
Pelton H. K Darling for plaintiffs
In Ray A. Royce VS.. John Sadlish and
ROXY Sadlish, w H. Sprague for plain
tiff.