Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1886-04-15
DISTRICT COURT.


! L. X. Church on Monday and Tues
day. Court opened promptly Al
nine o'clock and as soon rs al
organization was affected the Judge
proceeded at once to business.
The first case tried was on {
promisOry note for $40. VIM. J
Morris vs.. VIM. Y. Roberts, verdict
for plaintiff.
Mason & Hamlin Organ Co, VS.
! A. Sherrin, continued by consent
| n. j. Casey VS.. Insurance Co, OF
North America, settled and dis
missed.
VIM. ]. Ryse vs.. /. J. Hanson,
continued
L. J. Duncan VS.. Il. NJ. Plaisted,
motion to continue granted.
The case of L. II. Neff VS.. Geo.
Osborne, settled and dismissed.
Debt Roop VS.. John Luscomb,
judgment for plaintiff for SOC and
costs.
Il. A. Crowl sewed John Norton
on claim for salary, verdict IN ia
vor Of Mr.. Norton.
The case of ID. NJ. Osborn & Co.,
vs.. John McAllen, dismissed.
| VIM. Ingles sewed G. Breed and
r. U. Shumway for the sum of
$40 due on a N>:l dug last Novem-
Der, jury trial, verdict in favor of
plaintiff.
The case of Ottea Peterson against
Sibb Peterson was postponed and
set for hearing at Huron next Sat-
urday.
In the case of Henry Wagner VS..
Alice Good dismissed and judgment
of court below affirmed.
Henry W. Toombs VS.. Fred b.
Russell, Judgment Of court below
reversed.
In the case of G. Auttman 4 Co.,
VS.. Crane, promisOry note for $50,
in which defense sets up note was
only a contract, that the reaper for
which the note was drawn did not
come up to the warrant and setting
up counter claim for damages to
extent of 800. Julian Bennett at
tOrney for defendant, moved to
strike out plaintiffs reply as frivo-
lOus. Motion sustained.
Monday night a jury was impan-
neled i'll the criminal case Of Terri
tory Of Dakota vs.. Daniel Washburn
charged with robbing ono Syverson
last October. Defendant plead mot
guilty" Eddy & Glass, OF Water
town, attorneys, for defense and j.
Alley assisted by Arctanders of Min
neapolis for the prosecution tried
the case on Tuesday. The testimo-
NY in the case was substantially as
noted i'll these columns a; The time Of
the robbery. The case was handled
ably by the prosecution and the tes=
timony was clearly on its side; but
notwithstanding this, after tho
Judge had delivered his charge, and
n very able one, too, the jury retired
and failed to bring in "a verdict
agreed to disagree-and were dis
charged. The result of the trial
was a big feather in Councillor
Eddy's hat, you Gan bot.
The other Indictment by the
grand jury was the case of the Ter
rItory VS.. VIM. Moessig, assault
with Il dangerous weapon with in
tent to do bodily harm. Willinm
plead guilty and was assessed $25
and costs by the court,
This concludes the calender; and
here We desire to remark that Judge
Uhurah IL q mttler, Thoroughly
master of himself as well us OF all
the miracles OF the law, he is at
once sauve, quick, ready-never at
loss in deciding question, and
yet tempering his decision with that
courtesy of demeanor that always
marks the gentleman, and makes
his tirnneSs in holding to his con-
victions add additional dignity to
the court. Ina word, we never
saw a man OH the bench more Gd.
mirably adopted for tho discharge
of its solemn and important duties,
nor one who gave greater dignity,
without approaching to austerity,
to the judicial crming, than does
Judge Church. His excellent husl-
ness qualities were exhibited in the
rapid yet thorough discharge of the
matters in hand. For one we rise
to emphatically remark that we are
thoroughly gratiticd and satisfied
with President Clevelana's appoint
ment of Judge in the 9Th Judicial
district of Dakota-we don't believe
he could have got republican who
could possibly have done any better,
Although the JuGga only reached
thG slGuc OF his laborS on the eth of
January, he has held terms of court
in twelve out of the % counties of
his district and before the hot
weather he will have visited all Of
the 10 places in the district where
court is to be held. If that isn't
lightning on the limb We should
like.to know where you will go to
find 1t.
Our officers WGra prompt and
sfiictent, so much so that the Judge
took occasion to say that he had
not held a term vet where every
thing moved along so smooths ana
where everything Was SO well arran-
ged for facilitating the rapid dis
charge Of business, This we regard
is q decided compliment to our
Sheriff aud his assistants and to our
Clerk of the Courts.
The term brought great many
strangers to our city and served to
make the people acquainted with
the fact that our CITY is ey,a hester
than their faaoy ever pictured it.
I'he following are the names OF
the first grand and petit jury ever
assembled in Day counties;
sRAsBayRl.
christopher Ecker, Foreman.
Con. Regau, Frank Paul,
". III. Met mbcr, J. G. Moore,
Elias Wanger, Chas. Stone,
b. l.. Fish, V. l.. Harris,
Frank Stevens, l.. Sykes,
Hugh Graham. Harrison Butler,
Il. h. belts, ". II. Sharpe,
! The above jury found two bills
one for larceny and one for assault
with intent to commit great bodily
injury.
PETIT JURY.
| Fred Russell, J. y. Hill,
David A. Hart, Fred G.. Moore,