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

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Mcneil. Mary Kedrowski g casss) J,
Charles Conner, Joseph H. Grell, John
Ebertowski. Joseph Gendreau ana
John Lilly. a Ell 3sss
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Judgment Tor prff. for - cents.
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Motley. :.. m, 81
At the second reading Of the
calender on Monday afternoon six
or eight Jury cases were set for each
day this week, and a few for Mon
day next. ss>#'&s
\ The grand jury got to work
promptly, with A. L. Cole, of Motley.
foreman. He is energetic and has
an abundance of good judgment, SO
there was not much time wasted
on unimportant cases. Monday
several indictments were found, and
the defendants were arraigned next
morning, as follows: ~ ~ s.5ss
Oscar Samuelson, the employee in
Newman's livery stable, was indicted
for grand larceny in the second
degree. Tuesday morning he was
granted till Wednesday morning to
plead, and E. s. Smith was ap-
pointed by the court to defend him.
John Makowski and Mike Sob
kowsky We're indicted for assault in
the second degree. This is the result
of the row among some neighbors in
Berg's addition last spring, in which
one Of the participants was badly
pounded. Lyon & Trettle have
charge of'the interests of the defend
ants. @#
John, Thomas and Anthony
Joachim were indicted for assault in
the second degree. Several weeks
ago they pounded Thos. Perriwitz
in a neighborhoOd row in Culdrum
town. -5
Chas. Young was indicted for
larceny in the second degree. He
pleaded not guilty Wednesday,
Lyon & Trettle defend him. He ia
charged with unla wfully appropri-
ating property belonging to some
of his Neighbours in the Gravelville
district. ~
Two Jury cases were on for trial
Tuesday forenoon. H. B. Tuttle & Son
had a suit against the trustees of
st. Stanislaus church in Swan River.
They were trying to recover $73.63
for household goods furnished for the
parsonage in 1891. The defendants
denied all knowledge of the matter,
and it appeared that the trustees Of
that date were not now known, and
that the former occupant OF the par
sonage disposed Of the furniture.
The court concluded that the pres
ent trustees could pay the bill, 50 the
plaintiffs were given judgment for
the amount asked. -
DR.. Lonsdale, president of the vii
lage of Royalton, was next placed
on trial for selling a pint OF liquor
at his drug store Illegally. The
plaintiff was the village ofRoyalton,
and after all the testimony was in
there was no evidence that could be
considered as making out case, so
the motion of the defendant to dis
miss was granted. Court took an
early adjournment till 1:3O.
In the case of W. H. Workman VS..
Haines & Stone the defendants made
an effort to have the Smalley boys
(who were once in charge of the
Herald) made parties to the defense.
P. J. Smalley made an argument
against the motion Monday. and
this morning Judge Baxter denied
the motion. The case will come up
for trial on Monday next.
Oscar Samuelson, who was in
dicted for grand larceny in the
second degree, came before the court
Tuesday, and h plea Of guilty to
petit larceny was accepted by the
court. He was sentenced to 30 days
in the county Jail. He has been con-
fined since July ]. SO the Judge
thought another 30 days in Jail
would make enough punishment.
The case of Fred Boulter vs. Leon
Houde, late sheriff, came up Tues.
day afternoon, and a jury trial was
had. The case was over the title to
some millinery goods that Houde
had levied ON ss sheriff, on a judg-
ment against G. M. Rich. Boulter
sued for the goods or their value.
claiming them as his own property.
Boulter was not here, and the testi-
mony Indicated that the goods were
the property of G. NJ. Rich. The
jury returned a verdict in favor OF
the defendant.
Tuesday evening A. L. Cole, who
had been acting as foreman of the
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