St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1889-01-25
The LaW-BpeakerS Who We're
Arraigned in the District
Court Yesterday.
ANumber of Interesting Cases
Which Have Attracted Z
Some Attention.
A List Of the Cases Which
We're Continued for a
Day or Two.
Court Routine--A Number Of
Cases Which Are RecelV-
ing Attention.

The arraignment Of criminals in
dicted by the grand jury began before
Judge LOchren yesterday morning.
Nearly all the persons arIaigned were
young men charged with larceny in all
stages. Frank Orth, charged with
stealing some seventy-five bushels of
wheat from the Union Elevator COM
pany some time ago. pleaded guilty
to the charge against him and was SEN
fenced to two and half years at Still
water. Orth did not appear to fully
realize the full import of the sentence
and smiled at friend as he was led out
by a deputy sheriff.
Louis Yaffey, found guilty of receiv-
ing stolen property from the boys who
went through the Franklin Steele
building and cut out all the lead pipe
some weeks ago, was arraigned for SEN
tence. He had nothing to say, he said,
Lochren imposed a fine of $50, or four
months in the county Jail. Some OF
Yaffey's friends went out and raised the
money and during the afternoon the
prisoner was set free.
Oliver ShambiO, the teamster charged
with receiving the wheat stolen from
the Manitoba road by several boys, came
up with his attorney. He admitted that
he had purchased the wheat, but denied
most emphatically that he knew the
wheat was stolen, or that the boys did
not get it in regular and proper way.
His case was continued until this morn
ing. The case promises to be an inter-
esting one, as it is expected that sensa-
tional testimony will be introduced.
The case against Benjamin Franklin,
charged with illegal liquor selling, Oc-
cupied all the afternoon. The witnesses
for the state sNore that the stuff sold
was whisky. while the defendants wit
nesses testified that they drank from
the bottle from which it was poured and
had no hesitation in saying that it was
not whisky, but ginger ale. The case
went to the jury at O'Clock.
George Baker, charged with stealing
vember, pleaded not guilty and his case
was set for Monday. The case of Johu
Growers, James Ryan, William Com
mers and Thomas Murphy, indicted for
stealing double harness from E. L..
Coe, was set for the same day. John
Aldrich Oswald stole a horse, it is
charged, from George r. Robinson, the
attorney, and will be tried tomorrow.
as will August Hopper, the young man
whom the police captured on the night
of Jan. II wearing three fur overcoats.
Lawrence PetSchell, who stole some
money and hundred cigars from Paul
Schmedeman, was allowed to plead
guilty to petty larceny and given thirty
days in jail. Frank d. Spencer and
James Mccarthy, who assaulted Fred
Mattison, Jan. Is. pleaded not guilty,
and will be tried Monday. One of the
gold. certificate lost by Mrs. S. A. Pen
field was found by James Smith, who
has been indicted for grand larceny in
the first degree. He pleadednOt guilty,
and will be tried Tuesday. William
Patten, John Harrington, r. Elms and
Charles Anderson, charged with larceny,
will be tried the same day. George
Day, who assaulted Jailer Riley week
ago Sunday, was indicted for assault in
guilty. His case was set for Wednes-
day. On Thursday George Wilson and
James O'Brien, who stole nearly $500
worth of shoes from the l.. d. Kill
bourne Boot and Shoe company, will be
tried. Charles BUTLER found two
charges against him. One of selling
liquor to minor and the other of sell
ing liquor without license. He gave
bail for 5000 in each case for his appear
ance Wednesday. Daniel Buck, in
dicted for burglary in the third degree,
pleaded not guilty and his case was set
for Thursday, Four boys, three from
st. Paul. named John Marsh, Edward
Welch, William Brennan and Thomas
Bates, charged with break ng into a
shoe store owned by S. c. Camp, and
stealing thirteen pairs of shoes, pleaded
not guilty. Their cases were set for
JAN 81,