New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1879-05-14
spring Terna Of .Csurt.


The spring session of the District
Court was opened on the 9th day of
May, Judge Cox presiding.
The first case that was tried was
Isaac Brown VS.. Winona & st. Peter
r. R. Co. Pierce, Webber and Thomp.
son appeared for plaintiff and Wilson
and Gale for defendant. After three
days had been spent in examining
witnesses, the jury retired and returned
verdict of $4,000 for the plaintiff.
Judge Cox returned home Friday
morning and Judge Dickinson from
Mankato took the chair to try some
cases in which Judge Cox had acted
as attorney.
The case of S. L. Sheldon vs.. Ole
Nilsson and liver Knudson was taken
up and1 the court ordered verdict for
the plaintiff.
The next case was that of John Jo-
hannes VS.. Town of Linden. The
plaintiff claimed damages to the amount
of $500 resulting from "a road laid
through his land. Thejury returned
verdict of $3.50 for the plaintiff.
The case of Lee & Manderfeld vs..
John Manderfeld, and Lee & Mander-
field VS.. Luther C. Ives were tried to-
gether, as they were of the same ma
ture. S. L. Pierce & Newhart ap-
peared for the, plaintiffs and Weber
and Thompson for defendants.
The subject of litigation in the above
case were old hayfork notes.
The plaintiffs owned by endorsement
the notes Of the defendants, but the
defendants denied the making of the
notes. The jury returned a verdict
for the defendants, being satisfied by
the evidence that the notes were a for
gerry.
Judge Dickinson returned home Sat.
urday evening, and court adjourned to
Monday morning at 10 o'clock.
Promptly upon the assembling of
court the Grand Jury was sworn in
and they at once retired and commence
ed work, with Ed. j. Collins as fore
man. The discharge from custody of the
young manDrew, charged of shooting
Henry Welcome, son of DR.. J. w. B.
Welcome, of Lorenzo, indicates that
the Grand Jury considered the proof
entirely insufficient, even if uncon.
tradicted, to convict the accused be:
fore any jury.
It appears, from what TRANSFERRED in
Court, that the. Grand Jury after in.
vestigating the liquor license business,
found pretty large ''Niger sin the
fence.'' Saloon keepers violating the
Jaw requiring county license, would
save themselves trouble and expense
by complying with its requirements
at once. "a word to the wise &C.,
G. B. Trowbridge, now in Jail.
charged with forgery, was indicted
for the same; also for selling forged
notes.
In addition to the foregoing we I'M.
derstand five other indictments were
found against different parties for vic.
lationsof law. The Grand Jury, hav-
ing transacted all the business before
it, was discharged Saturday after
noon.
Court again convened Monday fore
noon, Judge Cox in the chair. The
first case taken up was that of G. H.&
L. J. Mccormick VS.. Conrad Kohlhase
John Lind appeared for plaintiffs and
JIM. Thompson for defendant. The jury
rendered verdict for defendant. The
Baptist Karl yesterday case was next
tried. B. F. Weber appeared on be-
half of the State of Minnesota and Da
Wis and Baasen for defendant. The
case was given to the jury yesterday
noon but no verdict had been agreed
upon up to the time we went to press.
It was understood that so soon as
the jury rendered verdict in the Karl
case the court would adjourn to June
18th, at which time special term will
be held, when Trowbridge and other
cases hat go over, will be tried.