The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1890-05-17
COURT NEWS.
The County Court Convenes for the May
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The County Court Copvenes for the May
Term-NO,es.
The May term of the County Court
was convened at 100 o'clock Monday
afternoon by Judge Snyder
Jacob Knowalski plead guilty TO an
indictment for selling liquor 10
minor and was fined $40 and costs: lie
also plead guilty to one count OF an
indictment for assault with lntent 10
do bodily injury and was fined Slo ana
costs.
VIM. S. Mccormick was given
Judgment for $5l9 against Jos. vance.
The suit was brought on note Tor
s475, given May 10, 1880.
States Attorney Blake filed infOrma-
tiOn for larceny against George Henry
Unthank Friday last. He Is charged
with stealing six dollars from his
father, John Unthank, of Streator.
Otto Borchsenius was arraigned for
trial on three indictments for violating
the liuuOr laws last Tuesday morning.
After jury had been empanelled
States Attorney Blake entered nolle.
Thos. Nelson, Henry johnson
and Peter TOtland were subpG-
naed to appear as witnesses in this
case, but they failed to put in an APP
pearance and writ was issued for
their arrest for contempt of court.
John Hunt plead guilty to twenty
counts of an Indictment for selling
LIQUOR withOuta license, and was tlned
$500.
Thos. Doolan plead guilty to ten
counts for selling liquor to minor
and was fined 800.
Louis Gaegel plead guilty to, one
count for selling to minor and was
fined $40 and costs. He was also fined
800 for keeping open tipping house
on Sunday. ,,
Thecases pending against the Will
hanson boys of Norway, were stricken
from the docket, but the states attor-
ney reserved the privilege to reinstate
There are seven indictments in all.
Marcus Kleiber was given a Judg-
ment for 1874 against christopher
Lingenfelder.
Otto Borchsenius, of Norway. son
of the late Charles j. Borchsenlus,
Zone of the wealthest men in La Sale
county was tried in the County Court
Wednesday on an indictment for keep
ing disorderly house. Otto is a COM
paratively young man and has been
engaged in the liquor traffic OF and ON
for the past flVe years.
About two dozen witnesses were
called and testified as to the bad rep
utatiOn of the house conducted by
Borchsenius. The young men of the
village gathered there at all hours of
the day and night and made merry.
They went in sober and came out
drunk. This sort of thing got to be a
nuisance and the people kicked.
Carey & Trainor represented defend
ant and Hale Fowler assisted States
Attorney Blake.
An effort was made to have the in
dictment quaShed but 1T was unSuc-
successful. Thomas Nelson, Peter
Totland and Henry Johnson, the
three men who failed to appear when
subpenaed, had to pay costs amount
ing to $40. Johnson came into the
court room in a drunken condition
and Judge Snyder ordered that he be
taken to Jail.
At least a dozen drunken men APP
reared in the court room during the
day and Deputy Sheriff Reed was kept
busy huStling them down stairs. They
were all NOrweigans subppnaed as
witnesses, but were too drunk to tes-
tify.
for defendant have asked for new
trial.
Circuit Court.
Judge Blanchard adjourned court
on Friday for a vacation of two weeks,
or until May %. when the special term
will convene for work on pending
chancery causes.
Circuit Clerk johnson has posted the
following notice to attorneys: Hear
ing notices in chancery causes for May
special term and June term must be
fled on or be,C'e the 18th Of the pres
ent month.
A decree was entered in the foreclO-
sure case of Graham v. Haskins ct al.
Friday. There is balance of $945. SO
due complainant.
All objections to receivers final re-
port in the case of Mcneil & Higgi ms
'. Cowles ct al, must be filed by
Nay 26.
Sarah Brunng was given divorce
from Fritz Bruning on the ground Of
desertion.
The motion to retaX costs in Weeks
v. Kendig ct al, was decided yester-
day. The court allowed Ira Nelson
81 as witness fees.
The conditional judgments recently
recovered from ThOs. Sicily and Ter
renee Keenan, by w. G. DOane. were
made absolute yesterday.
The demurrer to the declaration in
case of Peace v. Illinois Valley Paper
company, was sustained by Judge
Blanchard. Leave was given COM
plainant's to amend bill.
In January, 1887, the First National
bank of Peru got a judgment for
sl,11S.S0 against Josephus II. Corbus
and VIM. +. Corbus. A writ Of scire
fncids was issued and returned unsat
isfed. A suit was commenced Friday
70 recover the judgment. The plain
tiff states that Corbus owns consider
able real estate and other property,
and asks that a receiver be appointed
and the property sold and judgment
satisfied.
Patrick German has begun suit to
recover 81 ,290 damages from John
Fahler. The parties live at Mendoza.
It is alleged Fahler cut down trees
belonging to German without his per-
mission. +. S. Browne is attorney for
In; nonf