Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1894-10-04
COURT
A Lively Time During the Week for
Many Cu|prits and Clients.
4 Charivari> Party Contributes 500 to
the County Exchequcr.

circuit court Tor Union county, with
Judge +. p. Smith presiding, opened
a week ago last Tuesday. 1t is and
has been the most important term of
court held for several years. The
calender vas an unusual large one,
consisting of eighteen criminal actions
and twenty-eight of Il civil character.
The grand jury acted upon Il large
number Of complaints and returned
Il large number Of indictments, more
by far than has w been returned
ut one session in Union county.
THE TRIED.
The first action to come up for
settlement ut this term was the suit of
Mrs. Basic Rcmillarl VS.. David Rem
lizard. Mrs II. asked for divorce.
The evidence i, the ease WAS phenomenal IN
The me of divorce actions. The couple left The
court room together. rode IN the sam wagon
to their farm home. slept in the same room, ate
breakfast together and returned to town IN the
same Wagon. they have kept this up ever
since the commencement OF the action aud We
understand are still living in the same way
sil,ce the termination Of the suit. il generally
l~ing understood that a decree VIII be- granted.
The evidence disclosed that the couple have
btCH Fdti'S IL Cit itHt uhS ne anu kHUt Ittl
are exceedingly rroiaIe and short of nothing
III that tine when they become alig"r-d. they
have eleven children living been married since
1877. The husband is So years old, white Ii,.
vile is ten years Younger. To patch up peace.
four years ago the homestead. 1853 acres, was
decided by the husband to the wife.
The second case for trial was that
Of the National Bank of Canton vs.. A.
d. Keller.
rlls suit. or rather The question involved. has
been hanging fire for hive years, The ba,k
asked Judgment for SS4r On Il mole dated in 1891.
Along with the note WAS :: contract which Mi.
Keller denied WAS the one Which he lat 'nl"d
signing. The contest WAS over the contract.
MIR. Keller claimed he was not to be held liable
for The note. wi'ch had been given for The is
mi>Sal of certain >i,iis on notes which, he had
endorsed. ilr Jury rave \ verdict for MIR kri-
facts with reference to the note.
The third case tried was an injunc-
ton action-the state Of South Da-
kota VS.. John &. Wallace and q. W.
Nash.
This suit WAS brought to make "A Temporary
injunction permanent. restraining NASH from
selling int ~x'cating liquors IN AlcrSirr and
against J"l,n g. Wallace. rs landlord. from
leasing his building for such purposes. The
jury returned u verdict for the state.
H CHARIvARI CASE.
A charivari party in Sphinx township
has made itself famous and last Mon
day eight of the members were lam
gushing in the county bastilc in cor
sequence Of their acts. The young
mel We're Captain Theodore Olson,
Charles Carlson, Albert Hans, Ben
B~undiXon, Ole Larson, Hans Peter
son and Lars Larson-all young lads
and IL handsome lot at that. They have
been indicted by the grand jury for
assault with deadly weapons with in
tent to do bodily injury. The circum-
stances Of the assault with which they
are charged OF making are rs follows:
On Saturday night, September ~,
after the marriage of Mr.. Lars Bum
and Miss banda Stubhen, the charivari
party repaired to the home Of Mr..
Buum's father, where the bridal
couple were stopping. Each member
OF the charivarites wore Il white hand
kerchief on the right arm, and after
knocking at the door and raising
plenty OF noise the groom came out.
The minute he got out of doors he
was knocked Gown, he alleges, with a
gun, resulting in breaking the bridge
OF his ose us we'll as seriously injur-
ing the left eye, the sight of which he
may lose. The party continued in its
fusilade against the house and other
wise raising Ned. The injured groom
was carried into the house by his rela-
tives and when the grand jury opened
up for business he appeared before
them and asked for the indictment OF
the charivari party, which was done.
The young men pleaded guilty to
the charge OF assault OH Tuesday
morning. The judge fined each SIS
and costs, making the total fine and
costs for the eight 5000. This sum
vas Immediately paid in and the young
mel released.
EX-BANKER AMEs.
Three indictments were found
against A. j. Ames by the grand jury
and on last Monday he was arrested in
this city, he having made his appear
!, ance for the distinct purpose OF answer
ing any charge brought against him.
The indictments are OF similar charac-
ter, each being for receiving de-
posts for the bank Of Beresford, "un-
lawfully, fraudulently," when he knew
the bank was %insolvent. The three
deposits named are those received
from I. l.. Torgeson, B. Schmidt,
and J. N. Wass. The witnesses ex-
amined by the grand jury were Oscar
Holmes, }. Il. st. Clair, Il. Compton,
Il. z. Bennett, ID. &. Shull, f. Nj. Gill
more and Nj. Branson. Judge Smith
fixed the bail in each indictment ut
4, 900 making the total Tail to be fur
nished 81, 900.
1t will be remembered that Ames
was indicted ut the last term OF court
! on the charge OF ENHANCEMENT, but
this was set aside on application OF the
defendants attorneys, and the tactics
of the county attorney have been
changed to the charge OF receiving
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