St. Paul daily globe., 1889-05-25
Jocco Conway, the Terror Of
Toughdom. Evades tho
Laws Clutches.
He and a Pal, Charged With
Burglary, Acquitted
by a Jury. !
Two Young Boys Wrongfully
Accused Of Burglary Set !
at Liberty. .
Selling Liquor to Indians Is
an Expensive Luxury--Su- !,
ppeme Court. :.

DTClu0 VOUILs
-Four judges held down woolsacks IL
district court yesterday. There were no
new cases fled with the clerk, and the
only business that was done was the
cases tried in court. Judge Kelly re-
sumed the hearing of the criminal cal
endar and took up the case of the state
against the notorious Jocco Conway,
who has been the terror of the slum cir
Gle OF the community for the past year.
Conway and Thomas O'Brien, pal,
were both charged with burglary in the
second degree, their cases having been
transferred from the municipal court
and held unGer S1,5O0 boLd. At half
past o'clock in the morning Conway
and O'Brlen were alleged to have en-
tered and robbed boarding house
kept by Andrew Dahlquist, on Sibley
street near Sixth. After trial, which
occupied all day, the jury brought in
verdict of aequittal, and again the no
torious thug goes free. This is about
the tenth time that the criminally in
clined fellow has been up before the
courts. go
MUCH ADO ABOUT NOTHING.
About month ago r. Edwin Ryder
and l.. NJ. Hastings caused the arrest of
james Coyne aud Henry Wilson, charg-
ing them with feloniously and wrong
fully stealing some very valuable and
costly scarf pins from their room. The
young men were held prisoners and
the trial, which Messrs. Ryder and
Hastings attended, it was adduced by
the evidence that the valuable scarf
pins and suspenders alleged to have
been unlawfuliy taken from the apart
ments of the prosecuting pair, were
worth about 81 .S5 in the aggregate. OF
this serious offense, which the verdict
proves was never committed, Ryder and
Hastings failed to convict the young
men, and the jury returned very short
" after it retired, and acquitted the
defendants.
MUST BE CONDEMNED AGAIN.
The three eases of the Chicago, Mill
waukee & St. Paul railroad, appealing
from the assessment made by the board
of public works for the opening and ex-
tension of Carroll, Iglehart and Rondo
streets stree sssseGsv were dsgSed Of by Snags
land, for which it allowed the
railroad company 81 as damages
The CITY abandoned the defensest
and the proceedings of the board o.
public works were declared void. The:
city will now condemn the same prop
erty under the new law.
PROBATE COURT. "a
The will OF Maren FL. Christensen was
filed and will be heard June "a. - -
In the matter of the estate of James,
KavaDaugh, the court has appointed E.
S. BerrisfOrd administrator. /,
The heirs of the estate Of Richard
Regget have filed petition for the ap91'
pointmens of an administrator. The
case will be heard on June "a. Il
The hearing in the will of j. P. Mon1
roe, which was filed for probate yester-l
day, will occur Junes18. -
information of insanity. Delicate health
and a slight mental illness was found to-
be her condition, She was diSchargeda
JUSTICE TEMPERED WITH MERCY.
Fred Kreuger, of Red Lake Falls,
who has been confined in the county
Jail several months awaiting trial on
the charge of selling liquor to Indians,
was brought before Judge K. K. Nelson
and pleaded guilty to the charge. Helm
formed the court that he was about to
quit the liquor business entirely. and
lead different and better life, so he
was mulcted but s25.
LEGAL MISCELLANY.
In the case of James B. Rice against
p. j. Bergsma, an action for services
performed, the jury rendered verdict
of $164 for Rice. :,
against the city of st. Paul, an action to
recover $40, 900 for personal injuries sus-
tained by reason of defective side
walk along the south side of Partridge
street. upon which Mrs. Mcdonald
slipped and fell, dislocating her hip and
suffering bruises and cOntusions on
other parts of the body, is on trial be-
fore Judge Brill.
The case of the state against Thomas
RosinskiIwas yesterday continued to the
next term.
The case of w. ]. Dyer & Bro. against
Celia Haas, with many aliases. an action
in replevin to recover possession OF
piano, was heard before Judge Kerr.
The defendant not appearing. judg-
ment was award to the plaintiffs.
The case of T. II. Drew Glass COM
pany against w. E. Coles q Son, an ac-
ton for goods sold, was on trial before
Judge Kerr Yesterday.
Judge Villas was hearing the case of
John S. Prince against Daniel Mullen,
suit to recover on pr0missOry notes.
The cases of Michael Nickl and
Theresa Doemler against the city, APP
peals from an assessment, were tried
on the 23d and submitted to the court
yesterday.
Judge Kelly will hold special term
in the first court room this morning.
There will be no call of new cases.
Louise McMahan has fled suit for
divorce against her husband, William
McMahan, charging deSertiOn.
SEVERAL PRECEDENTS ESTABLISHED.
Judge Mitchell. of the supreme court,
Yesterday handed down the following
decisions:
A. c. Brown, respondent, VS.. Austin
Corbin ct al, appellants,
Syllabus-General Statutes 1866, chapter
81, section As, as amended Dy Laws 1873,
chapter l3, authorized under the expression
''Or other lawful business the formation OF
corporations for carrying on any kind OF law
full business for pecuniary profit not else e
same kind as any OF those Professionally
enumerated in the section referred to. Want
of jurisdiction of the court to render tax Z.
Judgment NAV be shown by evidence dehors
the record. A, tax judgment held void for
want Of Jurisdiction because no newspaper
had been designated in which to publish the
delinquent List. Where a purchaser at tax
sale, whose title is void, seeks to enforce q
lien on the land for the amount OF taxes paid
urers receipt is only evidence OF the fact OF
PAYMENT but not of the existence of any tax
against the land. Order affirmed.
M. A. Creamer, appellant, VS.. Joseph
Winner ct al, respondents.
Syllabus-Where contract has been taken
by an agent in his own name, although for
the benefit of his principal. he is "a trustee