The daily Minnesota pioneer. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1854-1855, 1855-05-14
U. 5. District Court, second District,
= May FERN.
HONORABLE MOSES sHERBURNE, PRESIDING.

HONORABLE MOSES SHERBURNE, PRESIDING.
The case of Fish & Barton agst Louis
Robert, was argued, and the case submitted
to the jury j. Daniels & NJ. E. Ames for
pltft's; Murray & Brisbin for deft's.
No. 81. James M. Ivinslord agst. Fl.
X. Terrill. Dismissed with costs to defend
ant. Cooley for pltff; and Brisbin for deft.
No Sc. Hugo Petxold agst H. CPL
lows. Dismissed with costs to deft
No. Co. c. P. v Lull agst. steamboat
lola. Continued by consent. Masterson
& Simons for pltff; Ames & Van Etten for
deft
No. 76. We'll & Bro vs.. V. K. Routt.
Dismissed
No. H. E. McLagan & Co. agst.Alex
Wilkin. Dismissed. M. E. Ames for de-
PENDANT.
No. IS. S. HSergent agst. S. F. Brott.
Continued by consent.
No. II. S. II. Sergent & Wife agst.
Geo. Brott Continued by consent. Ames
& Van Etten for pltffs; Rice, Hollinshead
& Becker for deft
No. 80 Alex d. Martin agst. f. S.
Goodrich. Suit for wages. Case argued
by counsel and submitted, a jury trial being
waived Wilkinson, Babcock & Brisbin for
pltif; Ames Il Van Etten for deft
No. 81. Certeorari Ohio Kossube agst
John NJ. Cashier Pltff in error. Argued
for defence by Mr.. Babcock. Judgment
rendered and proceedings dismissed, with
$40 and taxable costs to the defendant.
No. rs. Wiloughby & Powers, Pitts
in error, agst. Geo. d. Bowman Certeor-
ari. Argued by Mr.. Brisbin. Judgment
reversed and $40 and taxable costs for de-
PENDANT.
The Petit Jury was dismissed until to-day
at 10 o'clock, A. NJ
The Grand Jury came into Court and
made sundry presentments- among them
the follOwing:-
"Thc District Court for the county of
Ramsey, and Territory of Minnesota:
"T'he Grand Jury of the county of Ram
sey aforesaid, do hereby present the County
Jail of said county as a common public nui-
sance
"That they present said jail because the
same is situated on the Court House square,
in the centre Of the city of st. Paul, in said
county, within few rods of the Court
House, and is in the immediate vicinity of
q thickly inhabited part of said city, and
that said Jail is frequently filled with pris-
oners, and is kept in such an unclean and
filthy manner that it is likely to engender
an: produce disease among such prisoners,
to the great danger Of the health and to the
annoyance of the inhabitants in said vicin-
ity. ' "
''That said Jail is not constructed and
prepared with suitable cells, and necessary
accommodations for the large number of
prisoners therein frequently confined. That
in combining prisoners therein, owing to the
want Of such cells and accommodations, a
proper regard cannot be had for the differ
encc III sex, age and condition of such pris-
Oners
''That from thorough examination of
said Jail, this Grand Jury is convinced that
the same is entirely unsafe and insecure as
Il prison, and that it's weakness and insecu.
rity is but an invitation to all who may be
imprisoned therein to make an easy and GER
tain escape therefrom.
"And that the misery and suffering un-
necessarily endured by all persons who may
be confined therein in consequence of its
filthy, unhealthy and uncomfortable condi-
ton, is "a reflection upon the morals of said
city, while its insecurity and unfitness, as
prison, makes criminal justice, as enforced
by imprisonment in said Jail, but frightful
farce and mockery in said county.
therefore this Grand Jury present said
Jail as common public nuisance to this
Honorable Court, aud respectfully represent
that the various considerations hereinbefore
stated, require that said Jail should, by the
proper authorities, be Immediately abated,
and that Il more substantial and cOmmOdi-
GUS Jail for the use of said county should be
erected instead thereof
G. w. HARRINGTON,
~at Foreman Grand Jury"