Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1890-04-25
THE COURTS.
Judges Caldwell and Thomas Occu'
pied the Bench Yesterday and
the Legal Mill Grinds.
The Grand Jury Find Twenty-Five
Indictments for Various
Offenses.
The Suits Against the Northern Pa
cific for Personal Injuries,
Amount to $4,000.
U. 8, Circuit and District Courts.
from Tuesday's Daily.]

Z. s. Circuit and District Courts.
From Tuesdays Daily.]
Court opened yesterday forenoon with
Circuit Judge II. G. Caldwell and District
Judge A. D. Thomas on the bench. The
roll of petit jury was called and twenty.
six jurymen, answered to their names.
After their formal examination as to quail
fication to sit as jurors by Judge Caldwell,
8 w. j. Anderson of Grand Forks, who holds
the Office of county auditor, was excused.
Hon. A. F. Appleton, member of the late
state senate, who appeared as a juryman
on a luminous served Saturday, IN .de a
statement to the court relative to the ILL
ness of his family which might necessitate
his retnrn home at any time, and the judge
assuring him that such al emergency
would be respected, he remained in the
PANEL.
Judge Caldwell, briefly and to the point,
judicial and practical, as became a peer
addressing other peers, reminded the jury
of the high responsibility of their functions
as a part of the court. AS a "charge" it
was terse and complete in a few words
we'll chosen.
Geo. W. Newton, on motion of Attorney
Dodge, was admitted to practice in the U.
S. district and circuit courts.
In the case OF Peterson and Larson VS..
the st. Paul, Minneapolis & Manitoba rail-
road, Mr.. Dodge, attorney for the defend
ant, moved judgment for costs, the plain
tiff having filed notice of dismissal of the
case and the order Of the court was in &C
cOrdance Herewith.
The court took a recess until 2 O'Clock
p. m.
In the afternoon the case of w. J..
Everett VS.: tire Northern PACIFIC ra sidr nod
company, it being an action for $4,000
damages for personal injuries received in
coupling cars at Jamestown last fall, was
taken up. 81. Glaspell appear ed asattor-
ney for the plaintiff and John s. Watson
for the railroad.
try the case: "a. Ii. Grover, Fred Falley,
A. f. Appleton, Horace Hance, o. r.
Barnes, W. j. Hawk, L. V. Wood, Ezra
Turner, w. S. Moorhouse, Edward Fitz.
gerald, Stuart Carnecross, j. +. Dickey and
The plaintiff was first examined as a wit
ness. followed by Matilda Everett, sister of
the plaintiff, W. s.. Bingham and the
dispositions of Michael Tay, Jane Everett,
mother of the plaintiff, Henry J. Porter
Elmer Merrill inc G. H. Kow. Drs.
Kendrick and Frazer as expert witnesses
w IL SS0Au w viz PAOoClu SOIlu
ton of the plaintiffs eyes and the probable
effects of the injury on his eye sight in the
future. With this testimony the plaintiffs
attorney rested his case, and the court
adjourned until 8 o'clock in the evening a,
which time the grand jury made its report
The grand jury reported at 8 o'clock
finding t~wenty-three indictments for va.
riOus Offenses. Twenty cases of cutting
timber on government land were dis
missed. The members Of the jury were
dismissed from further service, the most OF
them returning to their respective homes
last night.
Claims for Damages Aggregating $75 900
jamestown Alert: Among the most in.
teresting and important of the cases which
will be heard at the present term of the
United States district court at Bismarck
are five personal injury cases from this
county. These cases are all suits for dam.
ages brought against the Northern Pacific
railroad by employees, or their relatives
for injuries sustained through alleged
neglect or carelessness on the part of the
company or its employees. S. l.. Glaspe
appear as attorney for the claimant anC
John S. Watson for the railroad in all thu
cases. In the case of Hambly, the com.
pany is sued for Sill, 900. He was work
ing on the section west of here anG
had his arm broken in a collision Of No..
and a handcar. Will Everett wants $50,
900. He had his head badly smashed ii
making a coupling by a timber, which pro
truded from a lumber car. Bingham, 6
freight brakeman, who claims that a tele
graph pole near Windsor was so close tc
the track as to sweep him off the train, de-
mauds $4,000 damages alleged to have
been sustained thereby. E. Z. Collins, q
fireman, lost an eye by the explosion Of
water gauge about three years ago and
makes certain allegations Whereabouts
which form the basis of his claim fol
$4,000. Then the father Of the mar Austin
who was killed in the yards a year ago ir
making a coupling, holds the company re
sponsible and puts in a claim Of $4,000
The claims for damages in these five suits
aggregate $4,000.