Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1894-05-25
COURT oosvEsEs.
Eighty-Thres Civil Gases. No. Of Them
to be Tried BY Jury.

80
Court convened at 10 O'Clock Mon day
morning very quietly. and with nc attorneys
from abroad except F. M. Brown of Rapid
City.
There having been no cour. calendar
printed. the old ones we're hunted up and
by writing in we're made to do duty. The
docket was gone over and e%ighty-three civil
cases appear on the calendar of which all
but a few will be for trial. A large mum
Der of them are jury cases and will be for
trial. so that there will be a rather long
term If all are tried. The attorneys are
nearer ready for trial than at any former
term of court. and there is very little fool
ishness displayed.
The grand jury appeared before the
court Tuesday morning and were regularly
sworn in to attend to their duties. Ed
mund Petty was chosen foreman. The
judges charge was not as full and compre-
hensive as it had been on former occasions.
He told them they had been called to-
gether primarily to deal with the matters
that had to be dealt with. viz: The con-
sideration of the offenses charged against
the prisoners now in Jail: and had not
these men been in confinement under these
charges he would not have called them to-
gether. He did not amt them to under
stand. however. that they we're disbarred
from investigating any fragrant violation of
law: The jury retired and commenced
their deliberations at once and on
Wednesday they brought in two in
dictments. one against Israel Calkins. for
petit larceny. charging him with stealing
a calf. and one against George Trainor for
grand larceny. charging him with stealing
some clothing and other articles. Three
transcripts we're returned. against which
no bills were found. one of whom is
Smoky Hatch" the former cook at the
home. who has lain in Jail SO long. Judge
Frye was appointed by the to defend
Calkins. and E. d. Norton to defend Geo.
Trainor. The following civil cases have
been disposed of as follows:
IL. John A. Osborn VS. Rasmus F.
keifenstine. Dismissed.
IS. o. b. Meade VS. H. o. Austed.
Continued to Wednesday.
90. New England Furniture Co. VS.
Orlando Ferguson ct al. Verdict for the
plaintiff for ST. 600 and interest.
81. Field & Carter VS. Francis Dornan.
Verdict for plaintiff for full amount
claimed. and costs.
81. Chas. Shiverick & Co. VS. Geo. A..
Eastman. Judgment for plaintiff by con-
sent.
70. j. NJ. Metcalf VS. Hermosa Ice Co.;
court case. Held under advisement pend
ing argument.
II. S. c. Fargo & Son VS. Orlando Fer
guson. Verdict for plaintiff for 5000
and interest.
II. A. A. Powell VS. r. F. Conner.
ct al. Continued until next term.
60. Andrew Hagen VS. Wesch & Oaks.
Verdict for plaintiff for full amount of
claim and costs.
- .. y. Fargo q OOH VS. SamueI
Davis. Verdict for defendant.
&c. ST. Paul Harvesting Co. VS. VIM.
Shonebaum. Judgment for plaintiff for
full amount of claim and costs. by default.
II. Alva H. Herring VS. John Bradie.
Verdict for plaintiff.
70. John Evans VS. Frank Hesnard.
Dismissed without prejudice.
IS. Anderson & Anderson VS. I. l..
Hungerford. ct al. Judgement by consent
for plaintiffs.
3a. Hibbard. Spencer. Bartlett & Co.
VS. S. c. Fargo & Son. Judgement by con-
sent for plaintiff.
AZ. Edwin S. 'Ames VS.. G. L. & w. C.
railroad. Placed on call for 2oth.
10. II. D. Jennings. administrator; VS.
S. c. Fargo & Son. Verdict for defendant.
81. Ner M. Seebold VS. Seth Clifford.
On trial.
Grand jury returned two more indict-
ments. dismissed one case and retired for
further business Thursday.