St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1890-09-10
THE FALL TERM.
Judge Hicks Addresses the Grand
,Jury...The Criminal Calendar

The grand jury was called together by
Judge Hicks in the criminal court room
promptly at 3 o'clock. After the formalities
OF swearing, etc., Judge Hicks thus charged
them:
II viii first read to you what the statutes of
this state provide for the instruction of grand
Juries.. which embrace from sections 26 to AZ
inclusive" He reviewed very briefly the
statutes on the subject of instructions to the
grand jury, and omitted the usual personal
instructions ordinarily given by the COURT
Owing to the length of the civil calendar
the criminal calendar was waived until this
morning at 10 o'clock, at which time the
grand jury will sit and pass upon the
cases presented to them.
The case of The State VS.. J. Frank Collom
was set for the defendants appearance here
Monday morning upon motion of Assistant
County Attorney Frank NJ. Nye.
The case of The State VS.. Phillip Gorham,
charged with bastardy, was next called.
Sheriff Eye said that he was on his bond,
and that he would have him come ND here
Immediately Judge Hicks gave him instruc-
tons 10 be on hand Monday morning at 10
a. m.,. at which time his case would be set
tor trial.
Mr.. Nye objected to having any cases set
until County Attorney Jamison was present
The criminal cases will not come up in as
rapid succession as formally, owing to the
scarcity Of the judges now sitting.
The case of the state VS.. Walter j. Ballard
November. 1t will be remembered that the
firm Of Ballard g. B0stwick was once in the
collection agency business here, but after
they had been in business for short time
some parties in Philadelphia, for whom they
had been collecting money, claimed that
they had put the money which they had col
lected into their pockets, and at about this
time the firm of Ballard & Bostwick became
insolvent.
The case of the state VS.. Frederick Brus-
haber was dismissed upon motion of Assist
ant County Attorney Nye, it appearing upon
the Indictments fonnd against Brushaber
ana McGowen at the last term, and the SUBJ
sequent acquittal of McGowen, that in that
the evidence against them was so near alike
that the dismissal of the case against Brus
haber would be the proper course.
The case against John Maguson alias
sewing machine from colored woman a
short time ago, was dismissed upon motion
OF the county attorney. 1t appears that the
defendant took the machine under right of
superior title He claims that she did not
own the machine at the time of the alleged
theft.
When the case of Enoch Ray was an
nounced the defendant and his attorney
came forward and presented the formers
ponds Tor appearance to Assistant County
Attorney Nye, ana the court ordered that
MIR. Ray should appear Monday morning ana
from day to day until his case was called
a broad smile came over the faces of Judge
Hicks and Frank Nye when the case of w.
Il. Adamson was called and when Sheriff
Eye called for the notorious Adamson Free
Lane was seen to cast one of those knowing
Chances, spit and look out of the court room
window into the soothing atmosphere.
All the cases on the criminal calender were
called and in most of the cases upon the non
appearance of the defendants the court en-
tered defa ult of the bond.