Adams v. Cook
Supreme Court of Vermont
Tort. . -Plea the general issue. Trial by jury before the municipal court for the Windsor probate district. Verdict for the plaintiff. Exceptions by defendants. The defendant Clyde E. Cook was the minor son of the defendant, Walter M. Cook. The opinion states the case. There was a presumption of innocence in favor of the defendant, which is evidence in his favor.
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Tort. . -Plea the general issue. Trial by jury before the municipal court for the Windsor probate district. Verdict for the plaintiff. Exceptions by defendants. The defendant Clyde E. Cook was the minor son of the defendant, Walter M. Cook. The opinion states the case. There was a presumption of innocence in favor of the defendant, which is evidence in his favor. Ctwrier v. Richardson, 63 Vt. 617. The judgment having been rendered jointly against both defendants, if it is shown to be error, as to one of them, the whole judgment must be set aside. Somers v. Rogers, 26 Vt. 585. Defendant Clyde…
1Opinion of the CourtPowers, J.
This is an action of tort for shooting two hound *284dogs, and comes here from the municipal court of the Windsor probate district. The defendants are father and son, and there was evidence tending to show that the son, by direction of the father, shot these dogs — which were properly licensed and collared — -while they were swimming Black Biver in pursuit of a deer.
The trial began in the forenoon of Saturday, March 4, 1916, and continued throughout the day and evening. At eleven o’clock, the ease was submitted to the jury, and shortly after midnight, they reported a plaintiff’s verdict, which…
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