New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1891-06-24
DISTRICT COURT PROCEEDINGS.
John Kruger sues for Two Thousand
=: Dollars for Slander and Gets
One Cent.
Oscar Anderson Indicted for Larcsny and
. Sentenced to Sixty Days at
Saltwater.

Oscar Anderson Indicted for Larceny ano
/ Sentenced to Sixty Days at
Saltwater.
The June term of the Brown county
district court opened on Tuesday o1
last week with Jud ge Webber presiding.
The calendar is an unusually lengthy
one, and it is quite probable that the
term will continue throughout the pres
ent week.
The first case on the calendar, that
of John Stoeokert and others VS.. E. G.
PAIL in which E. H. Huebner appeared
for plaintiffs and Lind & Hagberg for
the defendant, was settled by agree.
ment between the interested parties. The
second. in which NJ. u. Brown with j.
II. Bowers as attorney was plaintiff, and
Frank Schlitz and Lawrence Girg with
Geo. w. Somerville as attorney were
defendants, was also settled and dis.
missed.
Wednesday afternoon the first jury
trial was given hearing. Il was a
case for SANDER or defamation of char
acter and the amount of damages de-
manded was $4,000. John Krueger
was the complaining witness and swore
| that Bernard Bioemke had circulated
| the story that he had set fire to Bloem-
ke's wheat stacks. j. Nj. Thompson
| appeared for the prosecution while Geo.
w. Somervil]e set forth the claims of
| the defense. The case took up all of
Wednesday afternoon, and the jury,
after being out for several hours. re-
| turned verdict of one cent in favor
of the plaintiff
Immediately following the disposal
of the SANDER case, a new jury was Sc
lected to listen to the merits of suit
instituted by Andrew Tauber against
Andrew Zwaschke for the collection of
wages 10 the extent of $2O6. The at
torneys in the case were the same as in
the preceding one, and the matter
went to the jury for settlement in
very short time. The verdict was for
the defendant, and alleged no cause of
action.
All day Friday was taken up in SET
Ting road case in wrich John Prahl
was appellant and the supervisors of the
town of Mul!igan and Adrian were res.
pondents. The supervisors had laid a
road through the centre of Prahl's land
and had only awarded him 81 DAM
ages. The jury affirmed the action of
the board in laying out the road, but
decided that the damages amounted TO
$3.50.
Only two indictments were made by
the grand jury. One of these was
against Carl Oscar Anderson for grand
larceny in the second degree, and the
other against Geo. Dietz for stabbing
Mrs. Sellner of Albin. Anderson at
first pleaded not guilty, but afterwards
changed his plea, and was sentenced by
the judge to sixty days at hard labor in
the Saltwater prison. Dietz pleaded in,
nocence and his trial occupied all of Sat.
urday, Robertson and Somervllle appear
ing for the state and J M. Thompson for
the accused. The jury returned yer.
dict of acquittal in ten minutes.
The case of Joseph Ziegler VS.. Angus,
Fritzke was continued to the next term
as was also that of Anna Ledrach vs.
Anton Gag. In the latter Geo. w.
Somerville is for Miss Ledrach and Jos.
A, Eckstein for the defendant
A SANDER suit tor $4,000 damages,
brought against S. C. Madsen of Sleepy
Eye by Lars P. Jensen of the same
town, was withdrawn, the attorneys for
the parties being L. G. Davis and Som
erville. " ~.
VIM. Radke's suit against the Vino.
ma & St Peter Railroad Co. was settled
and dismissed. That of Amanda j.
Kelly VS.. James j. Kelly is to be settled
by arbitration.
During the session E. st. Julien Cox
argued motion for new trial fol
Fred Rohlf, convicted of bastardy a,
the Nicollet county term, and also ap.
pea!ed from the taxation of costs in the
case of Katie Smith VS.. the City of St
Peter. Ia the first instance A. A. Stone
was the opposing attorney and in the
latter, G r. Davis.
OF the other cases the following dis.
position was made: Otto Greenbeck vs.
Chas. Baumann and Elizabeth Bau
mann, and Elizabeth Pfeferle vs.. Chri.
stan Wieland. TO be tried by the judge
during vacation; G. Il. Hornburg vs.
Louis Palmer, and Theresa Schneide,
Il vs unnrw Grnonho:1 81 ~, -,