St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1885-03-13
DISTRICT COURT BRIEFS.
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In the application of the board of park
commissioners for confirmation of the as
sessment of the cost of Central park man
date from the supreme court was yesterday
filed with the clerk of the district court,
which sets aside the confirmation OF the as
sessment as to the lands of Sarah B Minick.
the relater, and grants new trial.
The suit brought by Peter Quinn against
J.B. Moffitt and Hans johnson, for in
iuries to his son George Fl. Quinn, a minor,
by the falling of building for $500 dam
ages, has been settled by the payment Of
5000 to the plaintiff.
CRIMINAL CASES.
Larry Flanagan, who stole an overcoat
from Attorney White, changed his plea to
guilty and was sentenced to one year and six
months in the penitentiary.
Sentence has been suspended upon II.
Eiddelman, convicted of receiving stolen
goods, and his counsel will ask for a new
trial
Charles Calamore was tried and found
guilty Of stealing watch from Louis NJ
Shigley, and was sent over the road for
eighteen months.
The motion for new trial in the Cantieny
murder case will be made Saturday.
Harvey Henning, the hired man employed
by George Newcomb, at Eden Prairie,
who fired the shotgun at the party Of peace
fol ~ residents of that quiet locality, was
found not guilty and was discharged, much
to the edification of the spectators.
Mitchell Bonner was the colored janitor Of
a dance hall on Twenty sixth street south.
Some railroad men threw him ont of the
building and afterwards tackled him on the
street. The result was that man named
Kinney got shot in the mouth, the ball pass
ing out through the side of the fsce. They
had Bonner arrested, the trial took place yes
terday and the jury acquitted him.
THE WEST HOTEL DAMAGE SUIT.
The suit of William H. Berry VS.. John T.
West to recover $50, 900, which has been be-
fore jury in Judge Lochren's court for the
past three days, was given to the jury about
3 o'clock yesterday afternoon, and after an
hours deliberation a verdict for the defend
ant was obtained. This is the second time
this case has been tried. the jury failing to
agree at the previous trial, which was held at
the last term of court. The plaintiff was a
mason employed on the West hotel when the
structure was in process of erection, and by
the falling Of q stone sidewalk into
the area below was terribly injured.
There can hardly be any question
as to his right to damages, but the problem
was presented as to whether Col. West or
the contractors to whom he had let the work
Of building the hotel, were responsible, and
in the opinion of the jury the plaintiff has
been suing the wrong party. stay of pro-
ceedngs for sixty days was granted the
plaintiff
THE BIG LIBEL SUIT.
The libel suit of w. T. Thompson against
the Pioneer Press to recover $4,000 dam
ages, actual and exemplary, was commenced
in Judge Young's court yesterday afternoon
before a struck jury. Considerable difficulty
was experienced in obtaining a jury, and it
was O'Clock before the twelfth man was
sworn in. Attorney Brewer of the legal firm
of Hart d Brewer made the statement Of the
plaintiff side of the case, first reading the
alleged libelous article, which is long edi-
torial, in which Thompson is denounced in
scathing language as u thief, would DE
safe-blower, betrayer of sacred trust, etc.
He then read the amended answer, in which
the defendants admit the publication of the
article, but claim that the charges therein con-
shA1' - 0AS u uC, A'S' IAab lhOiipoOu was uiiIl
of larceny and embeZzlemert from Farm ham
& Lovejoy, a specific statement of which
alleged crimes is appended. The article, it
was claimed by the plaintiff, was not pub
lished as news, but for the purpose of ma
liciously injuring Thompson and turning
public opinion against him. Also, that the
editorial was printed at the instigation of
Farnham IL LovejOv. He then went on to
state the presumptiOns of law in the case
etc, and at the conclusion of his address the
court adjourned until this morning, when
the trial will be resumed.