The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1886-06-26
THE COURTS
CIrcnii court.

As rreyiously annouctd, the criminal cal
.udar was taken up on Monday, with Judge
blanchard presiding. After excusing mum
r. Of Jurors and filing up the panel from
,be specta,ors States Attorney Moloney an.
nonnced that he was ready to enter upon the
trial of the case of
The Peop,e, Sc, q, Burton Meador',
Indicted for burglary and larceny at
streator. Meadows was on hand with his
counsel, Mr.. Nicholas Cummings who had
previously been appointed by the Court to
defend him. A jury was at once impahel'
ed and, after the opening addresses oil
counsel, the evidence was heard, which prov
ed conclusively that Meadows, who Is abou;
10 wears old, was guilty Of the crime charg-
ed. The jury remained out but very few
minutes and returned verdict of guilty, hx'
ing his Imprisonment at Joliet for a term oil
Eve years. Meadows has heretofore served
a term at Joliet and two terms at the Pom
fac reform school for the commission OF
similar otlenses.
The People Z. DIcid 7WHeH
in licted for burglary and larceny. On
Tuesday morning Mealaws' partner in crime,
David Furncy, was tried, Mr.. George Bel.
ford, of sreator, appearing as his counsel.
the evidence against Turney was not strong
enough to convict him, the jury disagreeng
after being out from 10 0 clock "Wednesday
morning until 0 o'clock Wednesday evening.
Il is understood that the jury stood for
conviction ani for acquiijaL
THE Prople, &c., D. Dard La}m"s'Q,
indicted for Larceny. David Labenstein, an
OLD man, was arrested in Peru in May last,
charged with the crime Of larceny. The lar'
ceny consisted in taking an overcoat anu
other property of an engineer at the Rock
Island round.house. On Wednesday, after
the Jury in the Turney case had retired the
oase of Iabeustein was taken up, Mr.. Sum
ner Cullen, of cullen & Hit, defending, un-
de- an order of the Court After hearing
rhc evidence the jury retired, and having de.
liberated an hour and a half, returned a yer
die of guilty, fixing the value Of the pro
perty at $3.50, thus reducing the crime to
county Jail ofense The Court Immediately
sentenced the prisoner TO Imprisonment in
the county jail for twenty days.
The Peopse, &c, u. J0hR Doyte,
Indictment for the larceny of watch at
Creator. The defense made by Doyle was
that he took the watch as joke, and his
case was very forcibly presented by Mr..
Geo W. W, Blake, who was appointed to de-
fend him. The jury retired at clock
Thursday and at ten 0 clock in the evening
returned sealed verdict, finding the de-
PENDANT not guilty.
The Peopte &C., u refer LaHsoH, dfGS PetT
Larson
Yesterday the case oil Peter Larson, in
dl..ll for an assault to kill Swan Nelson,
al La Sale, in May last, was taken up, with
Mr.. Clarence Griggs and 7. c. Trenary de
fenAing, under order of the Court and de-
PENDANT found guilty. llo was sent to Joliet
for year.
The People, &c v. William Patterson, in
dicted for the larceny of horse, was on
trial in the circuit Court yesterday, Inc de-
tense was insanity lie was found insane.
onASoERY
"A number Of chancery cases were disposed
granted divorce from Oscar Griese because
Of desertioa and cruelty Louisa pickerman
W. sl,o relieved of her husband Charles
Dis,crman because he deserted her. Eliza
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