Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1886-12-10
district Court Proceedings.

Court rln,,n,I Oh MunddN al fhl>
,y..L Hon John +. H"vt. Judge. pre-
siding. y. :. Porter. Prosecuting At
tnrnrv inr the Territory. W. il. White.
l. :. distinct Attorney. j. +. Munda.,
hi, Assistant. Il. q. oB'i"n. Clerk.
and a iull compliment "t the local tar
bv M'->r-. James Ne
Nau.ht, IL. q. Struvr and j. X. Lewis:
irum seattle, and !. 7. Jud,"n and
Elw,nh Evan, from Tacoma.
+. y. Ford was appointed Court
Crirr ior the term. and somewhat more
than the usual number 81 halllif> were
designated.
\ Grand Jury was impannrl"d ON
thu, part "i the Territory and all" one
nn the part III the United states, anu
they rrnccrlrd L. the investigation al
CAUSES, viii n resulted i'll the ignoring
OF all ml,laint> resented on the lari
ui the Territory. The defendants held
tn answer on such charges (tw" III the
iaii and one, Mr.. Mizc, on haiD were
thrrc,lp"n discharged.
The Grand Jury, on the part OF the
l nlIttl NldtfS. ll'NiSIt III "i' '''''N
mcnt against Simon Peters Tor selling
liuuur to Indians. Defendant was ar
raiynrd and plead not guilty and
cause. Is now on trial.
The petit jury came i'll on Wednts-
dav as usual, and the first cause tor
trial being that of Kirkland W. q.
Ruscnthal, a verdict was returned III
favor Of plaintiff for the amount pre-
viull>lv rendered. On motion "i de
PENDANT. Judgment w..s ordered IN favor
ri defendant for costs. Thus the
plaintiff had the iun "f the litigation at
his own expense.
In the case Of Crane, Hastings X
Co. W. VIM. Billings ct al, the plain
titfS' witnesses could not he found
when wanted, and they were com
PEELED To- submit to Il n"n->ult, with
leave to move to set the same aside on
or before the first day OF the next reg
ular term of this Court.
Territory ". Lake, indicted for
criminal assault, continued from last
term, came up. On motion of the
Prosecuting Attorney, plea OF not
guilty withdrawn and plea OF guilty OF
simple assault entered. Defendant
waS sentenced to pay Il fine "f fifty
dollars and the costs "f prosecution.
and To stand committed until such
fin" and costs We're paid
Territory ". Burns, for assault with
deadly weapon without rr"v"cati"n.
upon Mrs. Coninc; verdict oi guilty
returned. Fined 800 and costs.
Robert Frost vs.. j. A. Silshy. trial
10y jury and verdict for plaintiff for
$50, same as Judgment appealed from.
Pincus Il Packschrr W. Hartman
Bros, Tacoma Mill Company ". Me
Elroy, Ill OF the Olympia water cases,
Hutchinson 4 Mann ". Kraft X Be-
MGR, Gardner Bros. ". Sh"ccrait,
WhitSon & Company vs.. shelton. Lis
ter, Houghton & Company W. Olym-
pia Manufacturing Company, United
States W. McRcavy, John NJ. Hopkins
vs.. W. L. Book. L. :. W. Cushman.
Harrington & Smith W. Snidcr, Me-
Into>h vs.. Tacoma Mill Company, q.
+. Thorn vs.. II. Prescott and Wash
ington Mill Company ". \. b. Burt
were all continued for the term.
| There seems to be IL general disposition
on the part of the lawyers to let causes
slide over till next term maybe on
account of the nearness of the holidays,
the January term of the Supreme, or
the idcs of January. Which?
U. :. vs.. Ford, Sylvester and others
on official bond. Plaintiff allowed to
file amended complaint and bring in
as parties defendant the heirs of sgd
ney Ford, deceased.
Strickland vs.. Armstrong; judy
mcnt for plaintiff.
Gibson vs.. Wash and Billings; re-
fcrrcd to NJ. A. Root.
l.. $. vs.. n. =. X. X. Company
Simpson Bros. and Hoquium Mill
Company. Demurrer to the answer
of the n. =. r. K. Company raised the
whole question of the validity of the y
p. r. r. land grant and was argued II,
great length and with ability on the
part of the United States by w. II
White, Esq, and on the part of the n
p. II. X. Company by James Me.
Naught, Esq. Defendant allowed t'
file amended answer and cause then
to bc submitted on such arguments
Commissioner Sparks action on tn,
land grant question WAS severely crit
cizcd by Mr. Mcknight and boldly de
Tended by Mr.. White.
J. McCarrogher vs.. J. X. Robbins
default and judgment for plaintiff.
A. X JOY vs.. Giles and Giles, or
dcrcd that plaintiff furnish security fol
costs. Bond filed by plaintiff will
Catherine Frazier and James Frazier
as principals. Ordered that plaintiff
make the complaint herein more def
mite and certain.
X. Rawson w. J. III. Munson; mo
ton to make complaint more dciinit,
and certain denied
Petit jury on part OF Territory dis
CHARGED