The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1891-05-22
From Tuesdays Dsilyl.
DISTRICT COURT.
Opening of the May term-Call of the
Calendar.

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convened at ten O'Clock this forenoon
with the usual attendance Of jurors
attorneys and court officers.
Henry Robel, Frank Severance and
Fred Mclean, of Lake Crystal, are the
bailiffs, the latter being especially
for the grand jury. w. H. Shepard
is the deputy clerk of court.
The call of the roll Of the grand
jury showed the following present:
Andrew Anderson, Charles Huntz,
Swan johnson, Daniel Edwards, G. M.
Bradley, Horace Cummins, Edward
Wigley, f. Fairchild, c. p. Williams,
John Weiner, Fred Boegen, A. Algun
A. Van Aerman and p. 0. Hough.
The fifteenth, A. Folsom, afterwards
appeared.
G. 2. Williams was excused, being a
member of the fire department. John
Weiner was excused on his statement
that he does not sufficiently under
stand the English language. G. M.
Bradley was excused, being over six
ty years of age. A special venire for
three to take their places was issued,
and r. B. Coughlin, John Mahowald
and G.. L. King were secured.
The charge was given to the jury
and it was sent out to its work at
noon. Horace Cummins was appoint
ed foreman
The preliminary call of the calen-
dar was made. The case of.the State
of Minnesota VS., Anton Studulska
will not be pressed, the boy remaining
at his home at Mapleton and behav-
ing himself, so far as the county at
tOrney knew. He is the lad who was
charged with stealing tickets from the
Mapleton depot.
In the case of the State of Minneso-
ia VS.. Wendlin Casper, an appealed
assault case, on motion of the county
attorney, the Judgment of the lower
court was reversed and Casper was
discharged. Mr.. Hughes thought the
CJSO vi I'LL pOl w wal
rant the cost of the trial in the Dis
trict Court.
The suits against the Omaha road
were passed, except those brought by
StephenLamm and VIM. Hoerr, which
will come on for trial among the first.
The Waite-Frisbie will cases will
be tried tomorrow before Judge
Buckham, of Faribault, in chambers.
The trial will occur in Judge Sever
ances rear office, so that spectators
will not have an opportunity to salts
fly their curiosity.
The suit of Ferdinand Beyersdorff
VS.. the supervisor of the town of Nc
Pherson has been settled.
In the suits of Thomas Bowe, Hen
ny Foster and IsaacAntrey, appellants,
against the county commissioners the
motion to dismiss was this afternoon
renewed and argued.
A stipulation of dismissal has been
filed by the appellant in the suit of
Frank S. Tyron, respt,, VS.. I. B.
Scott Lumber Co. and J. R. Norton,
garnishee, applet.
The case of Mary Cain, respt., VS..
the Board of County Commissioners
of Blue Earth Co., appelts., has been
settled.
The case of w. H. Tenny VS.. Henry
Minks was dismissed without costs.
In the case of John TeviS VS.. Frank
F. Cross, the defendant moved to dis
miss. A demurrer has been entered to
the reply, and motion made to strike
out the demurrer as frivolus was ar
gued at two o'clock this afternoon.
In the case of Gaylord Lamb VS..
Eric Oleson, motion for judgment
has been made, and no answer pre-
sented.
In the matter of the claim of Net
tie E. Hickman against the estate of
Mary E. Booth, deceased. Nettie E.
Hickman, appelt., VS.. G. j. lockwood,
administrator of the estate of Mary
E. Booth, deceased, respdt., a stipula-
tion for dismissing the appeal has been
filed
The suits of Nancy Heisler, VS.. c..
Aultman & Co. and w. r. Geddes,
John n. Hall VS.. w. M. Hawkins, and
John Mahoney VS.. w. r. Geddes and
and Margaret G. Mahoney have been
tried.
The other cases were either passed.
continued or will be tried.
In his charge to the jury, Judge
Severance referred to the fact that
there is no prisoner in the county jail
awaiting the action of the grand
jury. He congratulated the people
of the county, through the jury, upon
this satisfactory state of affairs. He
called the jury's particular attention
to the fact that several persons will
be brought before it on the charge of
grand larceny in the second degree,
an offence known under the old
code as embezzlement, and read the
law in such cases.
Court took a recess until two o'clock