Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1895-02-14
CIRCUIT COURT.

dar and II II was not tcr the importance
al some Of the ca~es 10 come, ore might
suppose the term nearly through. There
are q lew thai viii. in all probabil-
ity. b. stubboruIy contested from start
to snish by both ssd~z-
The damage suits OF Sophia Sererson
against g. ID. Peterson and III. A. Pea
body, wherein the plaintiff sues for
1900 damages in each ease. viii BE-
watched with mgeh interest, both for the
resSon Of the proEnin@ncs Of the parties
ssd the NATURE Of the alleged damage
Arnvng the eases dispo~~d OF were l..
w. scripture We. Empirs Elevator 90. in
voiVing the title TO some wheat and
which resulted in a verdict for Mr.. Scrip
ture, 5000
Alfred Shrimpton & Sons Va. John Nor
ton resulted in . verdict for the former.
This was q coatroyesy an 20 an order Tor
hooks and eyes amounting to 1856. The
quantity was three v GROSS Of
csrds, each card containing two dozen
% books and eyes. Mr.. Norton claimed
the order had ben stuffed and that tbs
words "cardS was inserted subsequent
to the signing Of the order. The verdict
was in favor Of the plaintiff for the full
Hnouu 81 the claim. The probabilities,
however. are that the matter viii b.
carried up and IL necessary 10 the court
OT Last resort.
Several eaS~s were settled, some dis
mi-@~d ard ONE passed over the term,
Saturday, tbe Dew trial Of the publish
ers 0f this paper wac called Hp and dis
missed Tor the want 81 evidence by the
state. This trial WA on the same old
Indictment Tor criminal libel procured by
she ex-sheriH, wherein we were charged
with maIieiously Iih-lliHg the official
character 81 Sheriff S~arenson BY am article
printed IN the REPORTER. reirctIng on
his official actions. The first trial came
OPP a year ago and resulted IN "a verdict Of
guilty. but this was not satisfactory and
steps were taken for a new trial, which
was granted.
Very little business was transacted
Saturday, an early adjournment being
taken to- enable the Court and jury TO 90
home over Sunday.
Monday morning, the criminal ealen.
dar wa taken up and the first case
was State against DDS Makins, who VA
charged with malicious misunderstood
ing a horse, the property of 4. J. Mills, 4
neighbor. The jury were still out wheI
court adjourned for the day but at 1876
sent for the Judge and informed him they
could not agrea, so were discharged.
The next case called up wa State VI.
X. Yiolette, OF Andoyer. This was a
liquor case that was passed over from
last term by a timely sickness OF the de-
PENDANT. When the case a called up,
violette was without counsel and told
the Court he was not ready for trial, but
the matter could not b. put OF and the
Court gave him "A few minutes To secure
an attorney. In a short time, Yioirtta
returned to the court room aud plead
guilty, asking To be- sentenced at onhe
Judge Campbell Immediately accommo,
dated him with so days in the county
Jail and 800 fine.
The next cases to be disposed of were
the larceny cases Of Adolph Bloch and
Mike Lemke. These are the two who
were caught stealing clothing from
Mayor Norton the night OF the fir
When the Indictment was read last week,
they entered a plea OF Not guilty" but
this time the plea was changed to Gull,
ty" OF the larceny oil 1926 worth OF clio.
thing. The time set Tor their sentence
was Wednesday afternoon.
Gust Sauer plead guilty to the chargt
OF petit larceny and Conrad Sauer "a
grand larceny and their time set for their
sentence was a. the other.
The next case was that OF State Va. III
e.. Serenson, ex-sherif, ON the charge o
embezzlement and up TO the time OF ad
iournment eight jurors had been secured
Frank Sears, who questioned the jury
for the defence, was u real inquisitor and
Erwin would do well to get a steno
graphic report Of the questions and an,
swers. One OF the ~pecnlarities brough,
out by Mr.. Sears was the great number
OF the iurymen who had read newspaper
accounts OF the troubles OF the defendant,
Serenson. Nearly every iuryman had
read Of the case and this goe~ to show
the qualities of the REPORTER as an ad,
yertising medium as no other paper has
published a word in regard to il.
Tuesday morning the work Of securing
a jury was resumed aud resulted in the
following namrd gentlemen bring selec.
ted: VIM Petrausct, Fred DeCoster,
Albert Dolney, Peter Behres, John +.
Ray, l.. w. Ackerson, Lewis Dell, j. y.
Tice, John Aasyed, ". +. Bates, Mike
Meier and Ole GonsdalL
Up to this time Frank Sears, Ex State