Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1922-03-22
COUNTY COURT

Friday evening about $3.50 o'clock
following deliberation of two hours
and half, the jury returned a ver-
dict of not guilty in the case of the
State versus John Mcleod. The case
came up for trial Friday morning and
the jury drawn were: w. f. Dali
|ey, Derby; John A. Dutton, Crafts
bury; w. A. Elliott, Coventry; r.
M. Gilmour, Barton; George w. Gray,
Morgan; w. H. Hopkinson, Derby;
H. M. Hunt, Troy; E. j. Rowell, AL
bany; George w. Russell, Irasburg;
A. j. Wilcox, Newport town; C. A.
Wood, Newport city and w. L. White,
Barton. The respondent was charged
of the larceny of a Dodge touring
car on Dec. 19 at Rock Island, the
property of Ernest Collins of New
port. Mr.. Collins conducts a public
auto and on this night took a party
to Rock Island leaving his Dodge car
near the hotel. Soon after he en-
tered the hotel, he heard the car
start and on investigation saw his
car leaving in the distance. An at
tempt was made over the phone to
have the car and driver held up at
Derby Line but the auto had gone
by, when the message was received.
Deputy Sheriff Charles u. Ladd of
Derby was notified, but failed to
stop the auto which was proceeding
at high rate of speed. The auto
was later found abandoned at the top
of the hill beyond the covered bridge
after the car had skidded, turned
around and became stuck in the ditch.
1t was claimed at the time that the
operator went to the garage at Der
by to secure help and was there when
Cn1lIV1- cfnnra.1 r Fol
"a haSty exit. 1t was also claimed
at the time of the incident that A. nj.
Bowen of Newport was at Rock Is
land and stranger who was around
the hotel had requested a ride to New
port with Mr.. Bowen, and for a time
occupied seat in the Bowen car, and
Mr.. Bowen saw him when he left with
the Collins auto. Later John McLeUu
was arrested on the charge of being
the person who took the car. At the
hearing testimony was introduced
tending to show that he was the man.
who was responsible for taking the
car. The respondent when on the
stand, claimed that at the time. he
was employed by Mr.. Hayward at
Derby, and that he walked to Rock
Island during the afternoon and
drank heavily after arriving at the
hotel He admitted talking with Mr..
Bowen and riding to Derby Line in
the Bowen car. He claimed he saw
car leaving the hotel and he climb
into the rear seat, that his memory
was dazed by his heavy drinking. He
testified that he thought there were
two men on the front seat and that
one Of them aroused him when the
car became ditched at Derby Center
and wanted him to secure help to get
the car back to the road He did not
remember anything further as to the
transaction until the next morning at
Mr.. Haywood's. How he got back
there he could not tell.
Another case disposed of on Thurs
day was that of James Carr of Hol-
land. Carr was charged with the
larceny of a horse, harness, wagon,
rifle, and fur coat the property of
John Lebeau of Bloomington. Mr..
Lebeau engaged Carr to work on
his farm and left him in charge a
week last fall while he visited rela-
tives in Massachusetts,. During Mr..
Lebeau's absence deer season opened,
and on his return found Carr missing
also above named property. On
search Carr was located at the home
of Sheldon Carr in Holland as also
WetS OAAS AliAoSAAASo PLOpCIIJ hI.SdII Was
placed under arrest by Sheriff E. j.
Hill and charged with the theft of
the goods. The case went to the jury
at 4:30 p. m. and following an hours
deliberation their verdict was not
guilty. The jury were excused Fri
day until Tuesday morning at
o'clock.
The case up for trial which is ex-
pected to occupy the attention of the
court the greater part of this week is
Archelac Blais VS.. A. T. Petry. The
Plaintiff seeks to recover damages on
a farm sale. The ylaintiff is repre-
sented by F. D. Thompson and Wal
ter H. Cleary appears for the de-
fendant.
The last civil case to be tried at
this term is 3641, Daniel Davio VS..
a farm sale. The Plaintiff is repre-
seeks to recover auto damage. AL
bert Farman will appear for the
plaintiff and James B. Campbell Of
st. Johnsbury will represent Mr. Wal
ker 1t is not expected that the jury
cases will be completed this week, as
one State case is booked for trial.