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END OF COUNTY COURT
Cain Divorce Case Disinisscd without
Prejudice Final Day

Judge sherman r. Moulton presiding.
in Chittenden county court, declared the
March term of court formally closed about
five O'Clock Saturday night This term has
lasted approximately Il weeks.
Very little business was transacted Sat-
urday. 1t took most of the morning to
finish up the contested divorce case of
Myrtle b. Cain against Henry s. Cain.
Mrs. Cain asking for divorce on the
grounds of intolerable severity and re-
fusal 20 support. The was dismissed
without prejudice. Witnesses heard Sat-
urday morning included the petitioner and
the petitionee, Mrs Leon Prindle of Char
lotte and l.. j. Carpenter of Charlotte,
>ho testified that there were no improper
relations between himself and Mrs. Cain,
as claimed by the petitionee. NJ. S. Villas
appeared for Mr.. Cain in this case and J.
. J. Enright for Mrs. Cain.
CHRISTOPHER c. Villeneuve appeared in
court Saturday and, through his attorney,
y. L. Sherman, petitioned to have the
amount of alimony which he is supposed
to pay for the support of his child and
divorced wife, Myrtle Villeneuve, reduced,
claiming that he is unable to pay the
amount specified, 81 a week, with his
present earnings After hearing the petit
ton Judge Moulton refused to reduce
/ the amount of alimony.
| In the case of Geneva Giffin against
Leroy Giffin, in which a divorce was
! granted to the petitioner. an order
! was issued Saturday that Mr.. Giff1n
pay $500 a week for support and MAIN
| tenance of a minor child, Marian, given
to the custody of Mrs. Gifn.
| The contested divorce case of Myrtle
B. Cain against Henry S. Cain, was began
| In Chittenden county court Friday after
noon. Mrs. Cain, who is now work.
| ing in Charlotte, asked to be
| freed from her husband on the grounds
of ntoerabe severity and refusal to sup
! port. Mr.. and Mrs. Cain formerly lived in
! St. Adams. Mr.. Cain claims that his wife
| has had improper relations with a man in
Charlotte, since leaving him. There is
some dispute in the case as to whether
! Mrs. Cain left her husband, or her hus-
band left her
Five witnesses testified in the case FRI
! day besides the petitioner and the petit
| tionee. Among them were Mr.. and Mrs.
Leon Prndle of Charlotte, N1r. Green, IA
Their of the petitioner, Mrs. Elmer sister
of the petitionee, and s. A. Lewis of Char
lotte.
| In opposition to the testimony regarding
the improper reltions of Mrs. Cain. testi-
mony was introduced to show that she
had a very good reputation among the
people in the vicinity where she works.
! The case will be completed this morning.
J. ]. Enright appeared for the petitioner,
while NJ. S. Villas is the attorney for Mr..
Cain.
Six divorces were granted Friday by
Judge Sherman r. Moulton. Christie Boz
honnan was granted a divorce from John
o. Bohonnan on the grounds of intoler-
able severity. She was granted the GUS
tody of minor child NJ. G. Leary was
her attorney.
Emily Benway was given her freedom
from her husband James c. Benway, on
the grounds of intolerable severity. She
was granted the care and custody of
minor children. I. Z. Hopkins appeared
for Mrs. Benway.
Lois o. Mayo has been granted a divorce
from Leonard j. Mayo on the grounds of
ntolerable severity. r. f. Brown APP
peared for Mrs. Mayo.
Pearl L. McKinnon was granted di-
vorce from her husband, Michael John
McKinnon. the grounds being intolerable
severity. R. +. Brown appeared for the
petitionee.
! Charles e Murray was granted a d.
vorce from his wife, Pauline NJ. Murray.
on the grounds of intolerable severity, and
he was given the care and custody of one
minor child. NJ. G.. Leary was his attor-
ney.
Maud Wallace Lamont, alias Maud Wall
lace, was granted a divorce from Philip
Wallace Lamont, alias Philip Wallace, on
the grounds of wilful desertion and re-
fusal to support. She was given the Gus.
tody of a minor child. J. j. Enright ap-
peared for the petitioner.