The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1921-05-19
MANY DIVORCES
GRANTED TODAY
Most of Forenoon Session
Devoted to Announcing
Decisions
FINAL ADJOURNMENT
OF APRIL TERM
Last of Court Officials Leave Newfane
at ? p. m.-Judgment for Fred A. Bet
terIey in Automobile Case Against
Brault and Pingree.

BfalnG ana BlnSfee.
Final adjournment of the April term
of Windham county court at Newfane
was reached today and the last of the
court officers left about o'clock this
afternoon. Most of the session today
was taken up by Judge Fred NJ. Butler
in the announcement of decisions in di-
vorce cases.
Gertrude l.. Hilliard of South London
derry was granted a divorce from Bar
| ton G. HiIliard for desertion, was given
the custody of a minor child and aIiInony
of S12 a month. c. S. Chase counsel for
petitioner.
Eva w. Bracket of Brattleboro was
granted a divorce from Carl NJ. Bracket
| for intOlerable severity. was given the
| custody of a minor child and SIS a month
| alimony. +. L. Barber counsel for the
petitioner.
| Walter 2. Leach, jr., of Westminster
was granted a divorce from Helen Leach
for desertion. \. V. ID. Piper counsel
| for petitioner.
JuIia NIartell of Brattleboro was
granted divorce from George c. Mar
| tell for int0lerable severity, and a petit
tion brought by Mr.. Martell was discon-
| tinucd. c. ;. Chase counsel for Julia
| AIartell.
| \ divorce was granted Grace NJ. Ran
] ney of BrattlebOrO from Edward ID. Ran
| ney for intolerable severity. Prayers in
| respect to alimony were waived by rea-
son of private stipulation between the
| parties. The petition of Mr.. Ranney
| against his wife was discontinued. +.
+. Barber counsel for Mrs. Ranney, and
| y. d. Clawson and +. W. Gibson counsel
for Mr.. Ranney.
\ decree of divorce was given Dorothy
| +. Greene of Brattleboro from Walter
| \. Greene for intoierable severity. The
! mother was given the custody of a minor
| child and $50 a month alimony for its
support. The child is now in Connect
cut where it was taken by its father. +.
| w. Gibson counsel for the petitioner.
Myrtle Truland of Wilmington was
granted a decree from Henry Truland
for intolerahle severity and was given the
right to resume her maiden name of
| Boyd. T. ). Jones counsel for petitioner
/ Daisy +. Williams of Townshend was
given a decree from Rowe c. Williams
for desertion. J. G.. Martin of NewfOne
for the petitioner.
Gertrude May Strickland of Brattle
boTO was given 4 divorce from Charles
Il. Strickland for intoIerable severity. O
Il. Hughes counsel for petitioner.
Burdys Jefts Davidson of Wilmington
was granted a decree from Louie T. Da
wilson for intolerable severity. l.. :
Jones counsel for petitioner.
Viola Dodge Miller of DummerSton was
given n decree from Warner Miller for in.
tolerable severity. She also was giver
alim0ny of 50 a week for five years anG
the custody of minor child. II. G. Bar
ber counsel for the petitioner.
| \ decree was given Amanda Lower OI
Brattleboro from Joseph Lower for in
tolerable severity. She also was giver
the custody of a minor child and ali
mony of $40 a month for five years. II
q. Barber counsel for petitioner.
| The divorce petition of Stella O'Con
nell of BrattlcbOro from John L. O'COn
nell was continued for further evidence
T.. W. Gibson counsel for the petitioner
| The petition of Nellie NJ. Ellison oi
| Westminster against Milton Il. Ellison
was dismissed. George A. Weston coun
sci for the petitioner.
The petition of Phebe r. Tufts of Put
| ney against Jerome W. Tufts of Spring
| field, Vt, was dismissed on motion oi
. Attorney f. W. Gibson for Mr.. Tuft!
for want of jurisdiction because the pc
titioner had not lived in the state yeal
before filing her petition. G. ). Chas'
The divorce petition of Edna DeLonl
of Halifax against George DeLong was
continued and Mr.. DeLOng was ordered
to pay SO suit money and 50 for the sup
= port of a minor child. O. II. Hughes fol
the petitioner and c. $. Chase for the pc
titionee.
, In the petition of Amanda Clark o
: 1 bfdIIlebOfO against james NtdFh OF Dur
lingtOn the injunction order was modified
so that the minor child may be with it
father in Burlington three weeks in June
6 and three weeks in August. T.. w Glib
son counsel for the petitioner and O. Il
, Hughes for the petitionee.
j The court gave judgment for the plain
tiff for S431 As and interest in the case o
Fred a. Betterley of Brattleboro agains
: David Brault and Claude Pingree involv
s ing an automobile trade. Barber, Barbe
!. & Miller for the plaintiff and Il. w Gibson
t and n. ID. Clawson for the defendants.
l. The several cases against the Vernon
/ Farm Machine Co. of Bellows Falls wer
o entered ''vith the cOurt -