Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1920-01-28
COUNTY COURT
Sentence Pronounced in Many State
Cases Just Before Adjournment

Procedure in County court not
heretofore given in this paper is as
follows.
The state VS.. Elmer Hill of Green's
boro on trial on the charge of re-
ceiving stolen property, opened Fri
day afternoon and went to the jury
Saturday noon. The jury returned
a verdict of mot guilty" In this
case the state was represented by
Thompson and the respondent was
represented by J. Rolf Searles of st.
Johnsbury and Roger Hubbard of
Hyde Park.
Court then adjourned until Monday
afternoon when the state case VS..
William Phillips, charged with re-
ceiving and attempting to conceal
stolen goods, came up for trial. Phil
lips with Hormidas and Alcide Boil
due, brothers, was arrested on Dec.
13 in Barton by Officer George Jen-
nings The Bolduc boys were accus-
ed of having stolen goods from the
home of Thomas l.. Bovine in Bar
custody on the charge of having some
of the stolen goods. The Bolduc
brothers pleaded guilty while Phillips
went to the jury Wednesday and they
returned a verdict late in the after
noon of guilty" This being the last
| Jury trial the jury was dismissed.
A special session of the court was
held Wednesday evening at which
Blair and Prouty were asked to ap-
pear and receive sentence.
Blair was found guilty of ASSAULT
on Ward Prouty and was sentenced
to a fine of $3.50 and costs, and not
less than two months nor more than
three months in the house of correc-
| - hn loft ri Nf
the sentence being suspended and
Blair placed in the hands of the pro-
baton officer for one year.
Prouty failed to appear to receive
sentence and the court was informed
that he left that noon for Woodsville,
IN. H.
Thursday forenoon the Prime di-
vorce case, which was tried at the
fall session, came up. Attorneys for
the doctor argued for the reopening
of the case, on the ground that they
had discovered new evidence. Their
claims were rejected by the court.
The court allowed Mrs. Prime the
sum of money which she and DR.
Prime agreed upon more than a year
ago soon after the first trouble arose
Vernon Gervais, Oliver Boucher
: and M. Bergeron, residents of the
town of Derby, who were found
guilty of not sending their children
to school as required by the laws OF
, the state, each received a sentence tc
pay fine of $40 and costs.
Albert Larabee Of Newport Center
: also appeared at the afternoon ses-
sion and received his sentence for as
sault on Seth l. Smith, a neghbor
His sentence was fine of $3.50 and
costs and not less than two months OF
. more than three months at the house
of correction at Windsor, the latter
part Of his sentence, the same as
Blair's, being suspended and he be-
/ ing placed in the hands of the proba.
ton officer fer one year.
Two divorce cases were heard II
the afternoon. In Hill VS.. Hill, bill
was granted for intolerable severity
: and the custody of the minor chill
dren went to Mr.. Hill.
In the case of Wheeler VS.. Wheeler
, bill was granted for non-support
The custody of the child was given tt
Mr.. and Mrs. Wheeler's parents, Mr.
I and Mrs. G.. A. Silver of Barton.
Attorney Ward Prouty appeared il
court Friday afternoon and received
T a sentence of $3.50. and costs and t,
r serve not less than two or more thai
: three months at hard labor at tn
house of correction at Windsor, fo
assault upon his rcother-in-law, Mrs
J. Ida Blair. The prison sentence bein,
r suspended and Prouty was placed il
. the hands of the probation officer
His sentence being exactly the sam
{ as that given Charles Blair and Al
: bert Larabee having been found guilt.
of assault.
Will Bedell, who pleaded guilty O
stealing goods from the Cuthbertsol
e store in Greensboro, was sentenced t
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