Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1879-09-11
Doings In Court.

In Court last week the case of the State Us
Enoch Adkins was concluded Saturday morn
ing, having been begun Tuesday. The de-
PENDANT had an exhaustive Il ial Mr.. Beebe,
with the aid of the best legal and inquistive
talent he could command did all he could to
ferret out evidence and prove guilt. The de-
PENDANTS attorneys on the other hand very
ably defended him. After only about an
hours examination of the case in the jury
room the jury came out with an acquittal.-
And 80 Enoch Adkins now stands free from
.ne bonds or dangers Of the law on the charge
of burning Woodman
Another case in which there was consider,
able public interest was that of the State u.s.
II. Thiele for unawfuly selling liquor in
Plattevile. 1t was an appeal from the VIII
lage court. These whisky cases have so uni-
versally failed in the circuit court that this
was expected to go like the rest. But Mr.
Beebe in the course Of pretty lively exam
nation drew out all the secrets of Blind
Robin from Mr.. Thiele himself as witness
and the jury very readily found him guilty
The two cases against Chas. Waring for
unlawfully selling liquor in Clifton are dis
posed of. One case the defendant settled
on the basis of the verdict OF the Justice
court, and the other was dismissed The
evidence in the latter was in a bad mix and
a trial would have resulted in failure
VIM. Bresees case for horse-stealing came
up Monday. He was defended by Mcssrs.
Brooks & butcher. There was some ugly
testimony against him and the spectators
thought he could not escape. But criminal
law runs often on fine points. This happened
TO be case in which Bresee may have taken
the horse and yet not be horse. thief That
fine point was drawn and the jury acquitted
the defendent
J. Cavanaugh was tried for taking poek-
et-book with one hundred and ninety odd
dollars in it from VIM. Waters, in Platteville
Messrs. A. w. Bell and Geo. Clementson took
charge of the prosecution and Messrs W. f.
Carter and 7. l.. Cleary defended In NAV,
last year, Mr.. Cavanaugh, as village Marshal.
arrested Mr. Waters for drunkenness and
with difficulty and the assistance of several
persons by carrying, rulling' and dragging, the
prisoner was taken TO the caleboosc Some
+ where in the scrape the poe textbook was lost
aud Waters charged Cavanaugh with taking
IT, The jury, however found him not guilty.
Il. +. Bartlett. enlarged with stealing Bar
slows horse, plead guilty, snd was sentenced
to two years in State prison
! JamesRobinson, who married Miss Nancy
Day when he had wife in Iowa. plead gui!
ty Of bigaray on being confronted by his for
mer red'headed better half Poor Nancy /!
Who win be her next man.
Henry Schinsner is the name of the dirty
fellow who stole Mr.. P. H Parsons's colt. He
had a short trial and the jury shortly brought
him in guilty..
The three boys who broke into Mr.. Ram
sey's house in Glen Haven were brought into
court. The two named Summers plead MOI,
guilty. The one named Berg plead guilty.
/ Their cases are not vet disposed Of.
The ferry case against L. Lyons and II.
Brags, the resisting officer case against Cas-
per Fritz. the Martha Wilkinson case and the
Ed Cronin case we're all dismissed without
trial.
Thomas Rands, charged with helping to
kindle the fires that burned Pakers store
and the depot at Wooiman, was tried yester-
day. The testimony in his case was not very
direct in fixing an Incendiary act upsn him
but taking it as given in this court and a, the
examining court it ought to have sent up
several of the witnesses even Il it failed on
him. Ths jury only took long enough to vote
TO acquii him.
There are IS cases on he criminal calendar
not yet disposed Of.
No important cases on the civil calendar
are yet tried