Omaha daily bee., 1885-02-20
COURT CALENDAR.
News of the District JudiciAries-
Brief Items of Legal News.

Before Judge Neville the case of Mer.
Ger VS.. Culver Is still on Trial,
In acc ordaucs with the desire Of Dis.
trlct Attorney Estslle the sr'aignment OF
prisoners took place yesterday. All of
them plead not guilty to the charges pre-.
ferred against them as follows:
wylie D. Clepg, embez2lement, two
indictments. Not guilty.
Chas. Ellington, grand larceny. Not
guilty.
John L. Thompson and Lizzie How
arj, murder in the first degree. Not
guilty.
Frank A. Gardner, grand larceny. Not
guilty.
John Mcclellan, two indictments, bur.
| glary and robbery. Not guilty.
Albert E. LemRe and Ludwig Green.
valid, attempted arson. Not guilty.
Charles Muller, grand larceny. Not
guilty.
Chris Roberts, two indictments, grand
larceny. MOI guilty.
Chs. Westergard, horse stealing. Not
guilty.
Albert johnson, burglary and grand
lar eny. Not guilty.
Frank Grabne, murder in the first de-
gree. Not guilty.
Mrs. Klusa, who was indicted with
Giabnc, was not a%rraiSnsd, there being
no interpreter present who could speak
her native tongue, Polish.
f. Harris, altering q railroad ticket.
Not guilty.
Jerusha A. Yale files q petition for a
decros IF divorce from her husband
| james NJ. Yale. The grounds alleged
are Abandonment. Mr. and Mrs. Yale
have tcen martted for fifteen years, and
during the last few years Mr.. \. has
bsen ind tferent to the needs and desires
of his wife, and has thrown upon her the
support of q small child. He is now To-
Gated somewhere In Arizona.
COUNTY COURT.
In the county court yesterday an i'm.
portant case was on trial in the suit Of
Slbelik VS.. Spilenek, for 81, 1000 damages
alleged to have been sustained ty plain
tiff In a shooting scrape. On the night
# October l, 1884, Stbelek was going T.
his home, in a partially intoxicated con.
dition, as he claims, wnen he wand cred
accidentally into the yard CT Splenek
Ths latter, hearing a slight disturbance,
came to the door and asked Sibelek whst
he wanted. The latter did not
answer, and Spilsnek, it is alleged, after
a few mcrs words of parley,
drew a revolver and fired a,
plaintiff, hitting him in the breast, and
lnhicting en- injury from which he has
never fully recovered. The defendant IL
bis petite n, does not deny the fact Of
the shoe ting, but sets up in defense that hi
thought he was firing at a burglar whc
was coming to rob him of a large sum o
money which he happened 10 have In TIL
house that night. Judge McCulloch ha
heard all arguments In the case ard re
serves decision.
BRIEFS.
In Judge Selden's court yesterday, W
E. Jones was fined So and coats for com
uniting assault and battery upon the per
sen of John Briden. He will, appeal t
the District Court.
Sohpia Beck for herself and Woman
Lutheran Association sues tho trustse, o
the Swedish Lutheran church for $52, a.
legged to havd been loaned by the Assoc
alton and not Ielaid, tince the churc
went into financial and spiritual banl
ruptcy. Decision reserved.
In Judge Anderson's cur, McCore
Brady & Co. were granted an attachmer
warrant upon certain goods of T.. "
:, Hobson, the merchant of Lyonr, Neb'
who had made o fictitious assignmen
and then SUR ,ptiou,ly shipped bis good
away to Wahoo.