Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1895-09-20

the court viii strictly order that the
board Of county commissions shall,
as soon al possible, make repairs 70
the county Jail AS follows, tO-wit:
To build a brick wall one foot thick
between the corridor and residence
part OF said jail from basement to
roof, and furthermore, that q steel
door De put In the north wall be-
tween the corridor and the outside,
as an exit in case ut fire. and the
cells he rppainted. The water
closets are in bad condition and need
looking over and put in good work
Ing order. 8.,l s5 %
Il Steve Adams and Andrew Solak
each had case against the county
over county roads, and it developed
that the preliminary proceedings on
the laying out OF the road had been
Irregular. SO the plaintiffs won with
out going to trial. }
The case of II. j. Murphy VS..
Charles Backer was tried before a
jury Wednesday morning. Murphy
had given Backer, the Motley banker.
a note and chattel mortgage on his
law library, and the books werescld
under the mortgage, and bought ny
Lawyer Cooke, of Staples. Murphy
claims the note and mortgage was
illegal, as he was to pay 3 per cent
per month for the money. He now
wants to recover from Backer the
value of the books sold to satisfy
the illegal note.
u Wednesday afternoon the Jury
figured out that Backer owed the
plaintiff $3.50. and gave verdict for
that amount.
NJ All of the cases in which G. w.
Stewart, of st. Cloud, was attorney
have been continued till next term.
His children have been very sick
with scarlet fever, and re had given
them his constant attention for sew
ernl days before court opened, and
they still need his care. so he could
not proceed with the trials.
T. Among the cases continued We're
those of N. p. Clarke va. several cit
liens of Little Falls, and $. Trebby
against the Transcript Publishing
company.
IN Judge Searle arrived from st.
Cloud Wednesday noon, and will as
sist the rest OF the week. There are
some cases Judge Baxter would pre-
fer to have Judge Searle try, and 1t
IL possible that work will become
crowded, then two cases can be
tried at the same time.
The petit jury will not be dis
charged until tho first of next week,
as a few cases are set for Monday.
The term promises to be a very
cheap one for the county. as there
are no important criminal cases, and
the grand jury sent for few wit
nesses. ~, "
'#4s COURT NOTES.
George LaFohd is acting as
deputy clerk of court in the court
room.
George Tanner is deputy sheriff in
charge Of the grand jury.
Capt. Oscar Taylor, OF st. Cloud,
was on hand rs usual at the open
ing of court to look after the inter-
ests OF his clients.
s. Trebby was in the front row,
as becomes necessary element in
district court proceedings.
Among the attorneys attending
court from outside the county are:
B. +. Hartshorn, Staples, j. A. Sem,
Sank Rapids, &. F. Dullane, Mime
apolis, and Capt. Oscar Taylor, st.
Cloud.
It is noticed that outside lawyers
have very few cases before the Nor
rison county district court. A few
years ago st. Cloud attorneys were
in nearly every case that came before
the courts of neighboring counties,
but these communities have grown
so that lawyers of the best ability
can afford to locate in them.