The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1871-02-18
Circuit Court.

This court has been in session two weeks
The first week was devoted to chsnoery cases
and setting causes for trial.
WIN. Haynes, the young man who was charg
ed with having stolen Frank Buttrisk's meer
schaum pipe, was tried, Dewey for tho defense
and acquitted
Joseph Snyder for stealing buffalo robe from
Oscar ], Dennison, was found guilty and senten.
ced to Jail for GO days.
Fred. Iost, an old man aged 70 years, wa.
found guilty on two counts Of keeping disor.
derby drinking house at Troy Grove.
The Haas murder trial has been cot for the
2Sth of February. 1t will be remembered Haas
was tried at the last term of this court for the
killing of young man at Mendoza. ono Sunday
evening, coming from beer garden, and the
jury failed to agree.
The Penn murder trial has been continued till
next term
For the convenience of parties living in the
west end of the county the following cases are
set to be called, commencing with the end of the
Haas murder trial. Feb. 28th. in the order
below:
AdamsSn VS.. MeCaleb; Town Of Lestant Va.
sapp; Riley vs. Gerahty; McCann vs. Chamber.
lain; Etna ms. Co. vs.. Byrne; O. Neal w.
Young; Ward vs.. Fitzgerald; Bruner vs.. Hoff.
man; Holton Vs. Powers Brewster W. Psrrott :;
Spencer VS.. c. B. x @. r. r.; Colson vs. G. B. &
Q. r. r.; sackett vs. Aldrich; Buck W. Canal
Boat Jefferson; Lyon VS.. Fyffe; Mckinney Va.
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Wallace vs.. Mcdowell; Cummings vs. Lehman
Reynolds vs.. kornisky; Stevenson va Kns usr /;
Brennan vs.. jenkins Alcott vs.. G. B. q @. R. r.;
Hoffman VS.. Yost; West vs. Wost, divorce;
Samuel A. Simmerson vs. Theodore Emperus
NJ. A, Howell, Jr., has 40 cases on tho docket
against different insurance companiea for the re.
covery OF $4,000 insurance on his wall paper
stainery, burned at Marseilles
hen the stainery was burned the popular pre-.
Judice was so great there was no difficulty in
indicting him, with Morris D. Smith and Felix
Zigler and though the two latter swore that thew
had conspired with and that by his assistance
Algler fired the building, such testimony was
introduced as cleared him from all completely in
the matter, and they were discharged. The in.
suranoe companies now ask the court for o change
OF venue on the ground that the prejudice of the
community is 50 strong that they cannot have an
impartial trial hore and they also allepe that
Howell is a resident of this state There il
law of congress, known as the carpet bsgpers
law, enabling parties, living in another state
than that in which suit is brought, to take the
suit, by change OF venue, to the Uulted States
court The insurance companies take advantage
OF this law, and ask to have these cases transfer
red to the United States court at Chicago, they.
Of the ono case reached, being residents Of Con.
necticut, and Howell of Illinois. The oourt
heard the argument for the change Of venue By
Messrs. Dickey u Boyle, and for Howell. by Bird
Bickford Rice and stipp The ohsAas Of venue
WAS granted, as the law of Congress ovsrr,des the
state courts.
Pete Graham was tried on Thur,day for steal.
ing suit Of clothes from boarding heuss q La
Sale. Bowen q Boyle for the presence.
They set up insanity for the dsasass. The
lawyers have joke about this; tAat Mr. Blaa.