Jamestown weekly alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1882-1925, 1890-05-15
OUR may TERM OF COURT.
1t Opens This Morning With
Judge Rose Oh the
Bench.
The Calendar is Light and
the Term Will be Il
Short one.
An old man, "UpySartls OfSixty,'
Asks for and gets IL
Divorce.
District Court.

District Court.
The May term of the district court
opened Tuesday morning. The calendar
shows Al continued cases and Is new
ones--all civil causes. There are num-
ber of cases among these of considerable
Importance. The calendar, however, is
much lighter than usual, and jury cases
less numerous. The term is not expect
ed TO continue longer than ten days.
There are no criminal cases on the calen-
dar, and there being no occasion for o
grand jury, none was called. This is in
accordance With one OF the laws of the
recent legislature which provides for dis
pensing with a grand jury IN such cases.
Court opened this morning with Dep
uty Sheriff McGregor's ''Oh, yes! oh, yes!
oh, yes!' The roll of the petit jurors
was called and the following answered to
their names:
ia Noel, H J Maston, Geo Porter,
VIM Buckwalter, A Nj Halstead, Peter
Haas. VIM Jones. w w Morgan, J E
johnson, 9 E McElroy, Win Bennett, G
A Tucker, F S Dowd, S G Guilford, J B
Default, ? McNnl:y, Harry LeFranz, j
J Roper, Fl B Calkins and Peter Hauser.
Messrs. Jones, McElroy, Tucker, Gull
ford, McNulty and Calkins we're excused.
The preliminary call of the calendar
was gone through with and about half
of the cases disposed of either by being
stricken of the calendar, continued, re-
ferred or set for trial.
The jury was excused until 8 a. m. to-
morrow.
The case of Daniel Rockwell vs. Jane
L. Rockwell, being an application for di-
vorce, was heard. The defendant failed
to appear and divorce was granted upon
the plaintiff making out his case. Rock
we'll has been living on claim near
Adrian for five years and a half.
He was married to the defen-
dant, June %, 1856, and in response to
an interrogatory as to his age he replied
that he was upwards of g." Danl de-
poses that he first tumbled to the fact
that there was something wrong in bis
domestic affairs about seven and one
half years ago. At that time he and his
wife and family were living in Pennsyl-
vania. His business was such as to call
him away from home frequently and dur
lrg these visits Ed. Chalmers, the william
of this drama in real life, robbed Rock.
we'll of his wife's affection. Indeed
Dan'l played very insignificant second
fiddle, his wife absolutely refusing to
nave anything to do with him. delaring-
ing she no longer loved him. Thus affairs
remained for year or more, when the
tigurehead of the Rockwell family con-
cluded that a change Of climate ami To-
cality might prove beneficial. He de-
termined to remove to Dakota. His
wife refused to come west with him and
has since obstinately persisted IN living
apart from him. On these grounds he
asked for divorce and Judge Rose
granted 1t. Jno. S. Watson appeared as
Rockwell's attorney.
Little if anything was accomplished in
district court either Tuesday afternoon
or Wednesday. None of the jury cases
were ready for trial and the jury was
again dismissed this morning for the day.
Judge Rose read the attorneys lecture
on their dilatoriness. He said he did
not propose to hold the jury at the pub
lie expense to await the convenience of
the attorneys He said that if some jury
case is not ready in the morning he will
DISMISS the jury. He also gave notice
that hereafter on the FIRST day of the
term the calendar will be called.
and if there is no jury case ready for
trial the jury will be promptly dismissed
for the term.