Bullock v. Beach
Supreme Court of Vermont
Action of trespass for taking and carrying away six sheep.— Plea, general issue. On the trial at December term, 1829, Williams, J. presiding, it appeared in evidence that in October, 1828, the defendants stated Bulloch had a large flock of sheep, and had stolen one half of them, and that they went, without any notice to him, to his pasture, and took six sheep from his flock, and claimed them as their own property.
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Action of trespass for taking and carrying away six sheep.— Plea, general issue. On the trial at December term, 1829, Williams, J. presiding, it appeared in evidence that in October, 1828, the defendants stated Bulloch had a large flock of sheep, and had stolen one half of them, and that they went, without any notice to him, to his pasture, and took six sheep from his flock, and claimed them as their own property. There' was a great deal of evidence introduced on both sides tending, on the one hand, to prove the plaintiff owned the sheep, and, on the other? that the defendants owned them. The…
1Opinion of the Court
After argument, the opinion of the Court was delivered by
Paddock, J.
The exceptions state that in October, 1828,. Beach & Cloys took from Bulloch's flock six sheep, two of which they claimed as having purchased them of one Church, a year or more before that time. The plaintiff offered to show the disposition of all the sheep which, the defendanispurchased of Church ; hence, none of the sheep in question could be of that purchase and they offered a witness who could testify, that in the fall of 1827, one of the defendants said, they intended to kill this sheep this season, or in the fall. And…
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