The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1891-08-15
The Circuit Court.

Court. Judge Marshall presiding, with
friend Woolpert III the report ers
chair, commenced business last Tpes-
day. The Calander is by far the
largest eyer docketed in this county,
containing 30 cases. All of the fore
noon was spent in calling cases, hear
ing motions. etc, preliminary to get
ting down to business
William f. Pickering of Iowa, and
F. f. Anively late Of Michigan, were
admitted to practice in the courts of
. Wisconsin,
! Oscar Isackson, Abram kearn ana
/ Jacob Davidson, FinlanderS, took out
/ their first papers of citizenship.
! The fOllOginw eases We're settled by
contestants: Douglas county vs.. Nln-
cent Cournoyer, Frank y. Flower vs..
| Brooks & Smith, Geo. L. Shelton vs..
ID. G.. Morrison, and Hiram Wilhie VS..
! W. j. Morrison, Andrew Wildcrman
VS. Lambom and Hi.
! The following cases were dismissed
from the calandar: Charles Stahl vs..
! Eastern Minnesota Railway company,
I Charles Gordon vs.. y. Dunlap, Edward
L. Miller VS. Northwestern Adamant
I company.
I Nineteen eases were put over until
/ next term, as il was evident that .hey
( could not be heard 1t this term for
want Of time.
During Wednesday, the second
day of court, the following business
/ was transacted:
Two criminal eases were disposed of
and several other matters settled The
jury in The case Of Alex Beaton, clIarg-
ed with matchmaking, brought III Il
verdict of guilty Beaton's story as
] told Oh the stand, is that the letter
1 which caused all the trouble was writ
! ten by Il man named Wayne, to whom
he had communicated the facts OF the
! case and, although Beaton admitted
he gave the letter TO Miller to be de-
1 liyercd TO Mel .ean, he disclalmed any
! knowledge of its contents. When on
/ the stand Btlton wept and WAS very
III ttillAlit tcO!ilt ICiti liisit IIC ID iiiStiiN
and that a plea of insanity should have
been entered.
The case Of the state against Charles
| Kelley, charged with breaking into q
freight car at the Union depot and
stealing a can OF lard and other things
was next brought up. kelIcys attor-
ney brought evidence to show that
Kelley was i'll the county Jail at the
time the car WAS broken into, ana
claimed an alibi. The jury after be-
ing out about three hours brought i'll
Il verdict of &cquittal.
Wesley Matthews, Of the Pioneer
hotel, was next brought before the
court on the charge Of selling liquor
without Il license. Matthews, it is
claimed, sold liquor i'll the interval
between the granting of his license by
the council and the issuing of the same
by the city clerk. Witnesses were
called to testify to the purchasing Of
Liquor at the saloon during the time III
question.
The jury III the Hanson case, tried
Tues day, after staying out several
hours TO The general surprise Of every
body, brought in Il verdict of acquitt;I
and Hanson goes free.
y demurrer to the complaint in the
case Of the C., st. i ". 4 O. Railway
company against Douglas county was
sustained. III the case OF Cunningham
vs.. Miller, q demurrer to tie county
claim WAS oyerrGieI. y motion to
have the demurrer III the case Of p.
H. kellet Ct al. vs.. James :. Stack
stricken out was sustained and Judge
ment for costs given to the defendant.
First citizens pspcrs We're given to
Matte Gustason, 4 native of Finland.
IIeaer McIIugh was admitted to the
bar on certificate from the highest
court Of North Dakota.
Some OF the cases OF the stand We'd
nesd&y afternoon occupied the court
during the forenoon of Thursday.
Thursday after dinner the case of
Carrie Bangs, charged with stealing
articles of merchandise from DaWkins
store While employed there, was called.
This case occupied the rest Of the day
and is still Oh as we 90 to press Friday,
and Is being warmly contested by both
sides.