The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1921-06-28
ORANGE COUNTY COURT.
A Few Criminal Cases Were Disposed
of Last Week.


Chelsea, June 2s.--On the opening OF
IOrange county court on Monday after
noon, June 20, a jury was called in the
case of AFRO A. Reed VS.. Benjamin Fl
Adams, a tort action, in which the
plaintiff sought TO recover damages for
the distribution of certain circulars
which were sent out to some extent
last year prior to the primary cleo
tions, and alleging that the defendant
had something to do with relation to
said circulars which the plaintiff fur
Their alleged were defaming to his char
acter. A jury was empanelled, after
which the parties and their counsel
entered into such negotiations that on
the following day the ease was entered
settled and discontinued, as was also
the case Of AFRO A. Reed Va. Edward
w Kent.
Following this case, the case Of State
VIZ. Allie Smith. who had been in jail
since the first of February and against
whom the grand jury returned true
bill charging him with having commit
ted the crime of murder stood NEXT
for trial, and thirty extra jurymen
had been called from which to select a
panel to try this case. Counsel for the
respondent advised Attorney General
Archibald that the respondent would
plead guilty TO the crime of man
slaughter, and this plea being salts
factory to the prosecuting officer, the
respondent was brought into court and
arraigned and entered a plea of man
slaughter, which was accepted by the
court. and he wss sentenced to state
prison for term of not less than
eighteen years nor more than twenty
two years. The respondent was repre-
sented bv J. Ward Carver of Barre
City and March NJ Wilson of Ran
dolph.
The next case which stood ready for
trial was that OF State Va. Rob Al
bott of Randolph against whom an
| information had been filed charging
him with the crime of larceny, and
upon arraignment he entered a plea OF
guilty and was sentenced to the house
of correction for a term of not less
than three months nor more than four
months. States Attorney NJ. c. Taft
prosecuted and the respondent was rep
resented by Attorney Lyle r. Beck
with
This case disposed Of, the divorce
case of Lila Palmer VS. Harry f. Palm
err was heard, the case being unconte.t-
ed and the Ibellant being represented
by Attorney Longmoor of the hrm OF
Porter, Writers & Longmoor of st.
Johnsbury. Final disposition of the
case has not been announced by the
court.
Other court matters occupied the at
tention Of the court, which completed
| its work for the week in the trial by
Jury of the case of Albert +. Henry
and wife vs.. Robert Wilson and wife,
all the parties being from Corinth.
This was an action in tort in which the
plaintiffs sought to recover damages
from the defendants for the value of a
horse owned by the plaintiffs which
they had hired the defendants to pas
ture during the season of 1920. The
evidence tended to show that while
was a wet, muddy pasture and for that
reason they did not consider It a safe
pasture in which to place their horses
and on being told by the defendants
that they had a good pasture and
would be glad to keep the plaintiffs
horses. Upon being thus assured by the
defendants. the plaintiff inquired spe-
officially of the defendants il their pas
ture was free from mud and mud holes
and were further assured that the de-
PENDANTS pasture was dry pasture,
free from mud holes and a safe pas
ture for the plaintiffs horses, where
upon negotiations were entered into
between the parties and the horses
we're later turned into the defendants
pasture and on ths goth day OF June,
lp20. one of the plaintiffs horses was
found in a mud hol. in the defendants
pasture stuck in the mud and dead
The claim Of the plaintiffs that they
being told bv the defendants that this
pasture was free from mud holes, and
knowing that there was mud hole
in il he should have protected the
horses from getting into the same by
building a fence around il. but the
Jury. the me iority of whom were farm
prs. did not feel such was or should be
the law. ana found that the defendants
were not liable for the death Of the
horse DR.. H. A Allen Of Randolph
was the foreman of the panel Attor-
news W. II. Sprsgus and David ; Con
ant appeared for the plaintiffs and At
tornev Lyle r. Beckwith and March
n Wilson for the defendants
sheriff Tracy committed respondents
allie smith and Robert Abbott % the
state prison and house 81 correction
respectively. Frids! afternooa- -