State v. Lawrence
Supreme Court of Vermont
Indictment for assault with intent to murder. Trial by jury at the December Term, 1897, Windsor County, 7ylerr J., presiding. Verdict, guilty. The respondent excepted. The following is a verbatim copy of the offer referred to in the opinion under point (1): “The Court: Mr. Enright, do you expect to show any facts that have not been testified to by Mrs. Lawrence? Mr.Enright: Only by the boy, Clifton, about that. The Court: We cannot give a divorce in this case.
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Indictment for assault with intent to murder. Trial by jury at the December Term, 1897, Windsor County, 7ylerr J., presiding. Verdict, guilty. The respondent excepted. The following is a verbatim copy of the offer referred to in the opinion under point (1): “The Court: Mr. Enright, do you expect to show any facts that have not been testified to by Mrs. Lawrence? Mr.Enright: Only by the boy, Clifton, about that. The Court: We cannot give a divorce in this case. Assuming all Mrs. Lawrence says to be true, this was not until after she left him. She broke up this family by going away; we do not…
1Opinion of the CourtThompson, J.
The respondent was convicted of an assault, being armed with a dangerous weapon, with intent to murder Thomas 0. Seaver. At the time of the assault, Seaver was the judge of probate for the district of Hartford, and had been such judge for several years prior thereto. In September, 1895, the respondent was adjudged by Judge Seaver as probate court, to be an unsuitable person to have the care and custody of his minor child, Mabel, and one J. C. Enright was appointed her guardian. In January, 1897, Enright, by proceedings in chancery, caused the respondent to be enjoined from interfering with…
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