The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1895-09-12
.FAC-END OF COURT
Saturday Saw the End of the
September Term of the
District Court.
Page Bros. Secured a Favorable
Verdict-Fred Young SEN
fenced to Saltwater.

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cases Saturday afternoon in time to
take the Eastern for home and the
court house, which was the center of
interest last week, now wears a decid-
edly forsaken air. The case of the
Mississippi and Rum River Logging
against Page Bros, which
was on trial when the UNION went to
press last week, was decided Thursday
evening, the plaintiffs securing YER
dict. The result, however, was really
a victory for the Anoka lumbermen,
the amount of the verdict being just
what they offered the company for the
logs when the trespass action was
threatened.
Fred Young, charged with assault in
the first degree, was found guilty by
the jury of second degree assault and
sentenced to two years in the State
prison at hard labor. He was taken
to Saltwater yesterday and immedi-
ately begun to serve his sentence. D.
w. Bruckart appeared for Young and
Henry Johns, St. Paul, assisted the
county attorney. G. L. Anderson, in
dicted for the third degree assault was
more fortunate, being found not
guilty and discharged from custody.
NJ. S. Cone, whose bull trade stirred
up the neighborhood to the extent that
complaint was made and an Indictment
found against him, had his case con-
tinued over the term.
The cases of the State against
Marion Brumbaugh, for assault and
battery and Fred Bradshaw, for grand
larceny in the first degree were dis
missed, and the case of A. J. Osborne,
for selling mortgaged property was
continued. The now celebrated case
of Martin Brumbaugh and Fred Brum-
baugh, for stealing hay is settled.
The jury found them guilty and the
Judge fined them $50 and $25 respec-
lively which they planked down and
are again free men.
The case of James Carus charged
with burglary was dismissed on motion
of the county attorney, the only evil
dence available being that of an &C
complete, which is not sufficient to
convict. Dickey appeared for the de-
PENDANT. The trespass cases of Zies.
mier and Herut were both disposed of.
the jury clearing them of wilful tres.
pass. Herbert Raymond was charged
with grand larceny in the second de-
gree and will be obliged to appear al
the next term of court.
Benjamin Stanley tries to be a bet
ter citizen of this great commonwealth
than one would suppose from the court
record. With an acute sense of justice
he. was able to discover measures
which threatened to Cypress the poor
down-trodden residents of Mile Laos
county and to do all in his power t(
prevent the passage of these measures
he exercised his right of suffrage ir
; the towns of Bogus and Princeton or
the same day. The grand jury wa:
heartily against monopolies and, fear
ing that the willy Ben would monopo
lie the voting in this county, they in
dicted him. He will have chance tC
explain it all at the next term of court
The suit of J. L. Brady against c.
H. Chadbourne resulted favorably tx
! the defendant, and the cases of j. c.
Young VS.. the Great Northern were
continued. The judicial road, known
| as the Langrell road, was taken w
and the report Of the commission ap
pointed to lay out the road was re
ceived and filed and an order confirm
ing the same made by the court.
During the last term of court there
was considerable talk about securing
two terms of court for this county eacl
year. The expenses would not exceed
those incurred now and would great,
facilitate the transaction of legal bust
ness. At present if in a civil case ;
continuance is secured it works a grea
hardship on one of the parties to tn
suit and in many cases it virtually kill
the case. In criminal actions wher'
the defendant is imprisoned the ex
pense devolving on the county is YER.
great, lasting for an entire year
Then, too, on some cases witnesses ar
subpoenaed year after year on contin
ued cases which is needless expense
would be a smaller number of applica
lions for continuances. It is alto
gether probable that the next legisla
ture will be asked to remedy this evil