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Addison County Court. Upon the opening of the afternoon session of court last week Thursday, Edward Moriarty of Warren came into court and pleaded guilty to an information charging him with illegal fishing in waters closed by the State commissioners at Granville two years ago this month. Moriarty was fined the statutory amount of $50 and costs, and he paid up. He had no counsel. An information against George Moriarty charging a similar offense was then nol prossed on attorney. the recommendation of the State's State vs. William Blackburn, charged with petit larceny, was next called The offense appeared to have been up. hardly more than technical. Mr. Donoway stated to the court that the respondent had already paid a fine of $50 and costs for running a slot machine, out of which case the present one grew, and that the young man is now attending the Albany Business college. He therefore recommended that the case be nol prossed, and after full consideration this course was taken by the court. A number of the remaining criminal cases on the docket were then called up and briefly considered, but none of them were finally disposed of. After getting these matters out of the way the taking of testimony for the defense in the case of State vs. Don A. Bisbee was resumed and work on the case was continued until 5.25 o'clock, at which time the evidence for the respondent and the rebuttal testimony for the prosecution had all been gotten in, and a recess was then taken to Friday morning, the jurors not engaged on the case having all been excused until 2 o'clock p. m. on Monday. Dr. Bisbee did not S take half. the witness stand in his own beCourt came in at 8 o'clock Friday morning and the arguments to the jury in the Bisbee case were at once begun. it A. W. Dickens opened for the State and talked half an hour. W. W. Rider y followed for the defense and used up S another half hour. Frank L. Fish on the same side spoke for only 20 minutes, r and State's Attorney Donoway wound f up the plea for the prosecution in a 15minute address. Judge Munson's charge IS was a brief one. He stated to the jury in that the only question for them to consider was whether or not on the eviis dence before them they were convinced beyond any reasonable doubt that Dr. Bisbee was guilty of adultery on the occasion alleged by the State. The jury got the case at 10.10 o'clock. They were is in their seats when the court came in for the afternoon session at 2 o'clock and in r answer to the formal question of Clerk of Wainwright, their foreman said they agreed. The verdict was "guilty." The d respondent was remanded into the cusn tody of the sheriff and further proceedings Monday. in the case were deferred until 3 When the Bisbee case had been got off the stage the court resolved itself into a court of chancery for the purpose of n considering the affairs of the defunct W Vermont Investment and Guarantee company of Orwell, which went under S, in 1892. The matter came before the d court by way of a hearing on the final are report of the receiver, ex-Gor. E. J. Ormsbee of Brandon, with a view to an r. early winding up of the affairs of that extinct institution. Gov. Ormsbee was he not in town and not much was done ast until his arrival on the 11:25 train which was quite late as usual. There er was a considerable array of solicitors y. from abroad representing various cred ro, itors of the company,-corporations, he banks, estates, trusts and individual creditors. These were Frank L. Fish of nd Vergennes, solicitor for Receiver Ormsist bee, J. E. Cushman of Burlington, State ne tax commissioner, W. E. Johnson Woodstock, Edward Dana of Rutland of ay) Stephen Brown of Glens Falls, N. and James S. Davey of New York Y. the New York State solicitors being city N's accorded permission by Chancellor Mun son to appear for their clients. During the remainder of the forenoon ng. bes session after the arrival of Receiver se. Ormsbee and throughout most of the ee, afternoon session there was a general and at times spirited discussion over the situation of affairs, but no orders were issued by the court, neither will any be made until Chancellor Múnson has had time to go carefully over all the matters involved. Tax Commissioner Cush man's errand here was to put in and have allowed, if he could, a little bill of $245 in favor of the State for annual license taxes which he claimed to be due and unpaid. It appeared from the receiver's report that at the time of the failure 12 ago there were outstanding debenture years bonds of the company amounting to $1,100,000, on which there is a defi ciency of $143,000. There were $87,000 of these debenture bonds whose holder have never proven their claims, and or these the deficiency is upwards $10,000. Aside from the debenture O $125 there are 25 and direct indirect claims amounting