The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1893-12-08
DISTRICT COURT.
A Busy Term Opens, with an Unusu-
ally Full Calendar.
The Grand Jury's Attention Called to
the Charges Regarding Gambling
in This City.

The December term of District
court opened atl1 o'clock Tuesdayfore
noon. with good attendance of law
yers, Jurors and spectators. The
amount of business. both as to tn,
number of cases and the nature ant
gravity of some of them, particular.
i'm the criminal calendar, will maxi
the term a notable one. There ar
ten criminal cases, besides such as ma,
be later placed on the calendar by tn
grand jury's proceedings, and eighty
seven civil cases.
When the grand jury was called al
answered to their names except Geo
Maxfield Jr., who is sick, and Adam
Kimble, of Ceresco, and f. 5. Hem
mingway, of Vernon.
Those who answered to their names
were n Nyquist, of LeRay; Andrew
Tweed, Lake Crystal; w. G. Furman
Sterling; c. Schwartz, Pleasant
Mound: Carl Schmidt, Lime; r. M
Jones, Butternut Valley; VIM. McMa
hill, Rapidan; Frank Warren. Garder
City; G. Van Sickle, Rapidan; G
Schimmele, Mapleton; w. Radtke
Shelby: S. M Keith, Sterling; M
Gainor, Lyra; O. E. Richards, M. j
Cuddy, W. j. Martin, Geo. Albert, S
Billings, Leo. S. Lamm, A. M. Smith
hankato.
The court appointed A. M. Smith,
foreman. And the jury elected VIM.
NcMahill secretary.
In his charge to the jury, Judge
Severance, after giving the usual in
structions, stated that he had no par
ticnlar instructions to give by reason
of any popularity presented in any
case. He would be deaf and blind if
he had not heard and read from the
pulpit and the press during the pre-
ceediDg months that the city is in
tested with gambling dens. He had
no actual knowledge of this other
than what he had heard, but if so,
these denS are detriment to the city
1t won be well to make thorough
investigation, and If such institutions
do exist in defiance of law to take
proper action. While the charges
thus far have been made only in the
pulpit and press, this is enough to
warrant the jury's action.
The jury was then sent out in
charge of Balliff Thos. Fitzsimmons.
The preliminary call of the calendar
was made.
Alexander Dagle and VIM. Sucker, of
AmbOy, separately and jointly, were
noted for trial.
In the case of the state against
Francis Murray the county attorney
gave notice of a motion to dismiss, on
the ground that public justice does
not warrant further proceedings.
The case of the State against Philip
Cornish is for trial
Notice of a demurrer was given in
the cases of John r Lewis, Archibald
McDermid, L. d. Kilbourne and Geo.
L. Harrison, all of Minneapolis, charg-
ed with swindling an Amboy mer-
chant. A. S. Keyes, of Minneapolis,
appeared as their attorney
The following civil cases were dis
posed of:
VIM. Eberhart VS.. B, f. Smith, SET
tied without costs.
Peter Kremer VS.. Town of Danyille,
already disposed Of
Anna r. Johnson, respondent, VS..
G. M. Cole appellant, settled and dis
missed.
L. Patterson & Co. VS.. Merritt
Evans, demurrer sustained.
Fred Kruger, Applt., VS.. Board of
County Commissioners of Blue Earth
County, Respts., settled.
Pauline Brelsford VS.. Daniel Brels-
ford, dismissed by plaintiff.
Josephine e, Brown VS.. Chas. |.
Brown, ct al, dismissed without
costs.
Johanna Mahoney VS.. John Ma
honey, dismissed by stipulation.
August Schultz VS.. Winona & St.
Peter BY Co., probably settled.