The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1897-04-23

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district and circuit court convened il
this city at 10 o'clock Tuesdayforenoon
Judge Lochren presiding, The othe,
court officers present were Clerl
Spencer, of the circuit court; Clerl
Lang, of the district court, Chief Dep
uty Marshal Sheehan, Deputy Red
ding, U, S, District Attorney Stringer,
Assistant District Attorney ]. F.
Dickey, Stenographer Horn and Criel
Conway. Detective Walsh, of The
United States secret service, was pres,
ent, as were also Attorneys B. F. Vor,
els and DeForest Ward, of Fairmont,
Brown, of Winona, and a number of
other attorneys, including 0many from
this city. A large number of jurors,
witnesses, and others having business
before the court were also present.
The roll of the petit jury was called,
and the following answered to their
names:
w. j. Ives, Hutchinson; D. Craft,
Wabasha; Charles Clough, Aitkin Peter
T. Newhouse, Mabel; Cornelius O'Con
nor, Cedar Lake; George j. Gillespie,
Anoka; William Flint, Tower; John
Jonson, st. Paul; Alfred McCallum,
Duluth; Lewis Fletcher, Madison Lake;
Edward Rood, Nicollet; E. r. Cobb,
Duluth; w S Glynn, Mankato; G NJ
Henton, Luverne; S.HHall, Winnebago
City; rs Hays, Vernon; John Pack
ingham, st Paul. Byron Wilcox, Whea-
ton; E G. Hanle, st Paul; Edwin w
Davies, Pipestone; 0 M Laraway,
Minneapolis; Fl B Cady, Buffalo; Fred
Nicholes, Melodies; John Boreen, Still
water; Alpheus Wells, Litchfeld;
Charles harrington, LIE Sueur Center;
Eli w Dewey, Fergus Falls; E B Law
ell, Aitkin; Richard j Griffith, Roch-
ester; George M Ross, Fergus Falls;
Isaac HI Taylor, Amboy; Frank w
Terry, st Paul.
Peter Speltz, H Borth, J L Lynch,
Winona; J P Sparks, Anoka; Frederick
A Ryno, ST Paul; F N Chadwick,
Minneapolis. VIM R Cook, Merriam
Park; Pleasant Elliott, Hastings.
Mr.. Davies was excused by court, for
reasons which he had presented.
The civil calendar was called, and the
following disposition made of the cases:
No 10 The First National bank of
Milwaukee VS. the board of county |
commissioners of Sibley county. No
appearance.
Ne "a John Frederickson VS. Hast
ings & Dakota railway company. No
appearance.
No "a J I Case Threshing Machine
Co VS. Jon Brzezinski ct al. Ready for
hearing on briefs.
No SO VIM A Lynch, receiver, VS.
Samuel Mather, ct al, No appearance,
No 90 VIM Long VI c., st P, NJ &
Q. railway Co, personal injury. Ready
for trial.
No SO B ] Sheridan VS. C & N w
railway Co, personal injury, Ready
for trial.
No 81 John Butler ct al VS. J G Ives
ct al. To be continued.
No 62 Amos Thompson VS. C. S, P,
M & o railway Co, personal injury.
To be dismissed.
No So Napoleon B Van Slyke VS.
Guilford G Huntley, ct al. No appear
ance.
Nc. GA. julius A. Kiester VS., c., M.
& st. P. railway company, a personal
injury suit. A motion for continu-
ance by the plaintiffs attorney, De
Forest Ward. B. F. Voreis, attorney
for the defendant, stated that he was
ready for the trial to proceed and
would resist the motion.
District Attorney Stringer said that
the criminal case of the United States
against Joseph Sorg was ready for
trial. Byron Hughes Stated that the
defendant was in court and ready for
trial.
The court %enquired whether any
motions were to be offered, and Lorin
Cray arose and moved that Clifford L.
Benedict and DeForest Ward be ad-
mitted to practice in the United
States court. This wasugranted, and J
the oath was administered to the two
by Clerk Lang.
A jury was then empaneled for the
of Joseph Sorg on an Indictment
charging him with having in his pos
session at Madison Lake, Dec. 18th,
1894, moulds for making counterfeit {
dollars, and .haying in his. pos |
session counterfeit coins. |
The following jury was secured: ]
McCallom, Eli w. Dewey, S
Peter t. Newhouse, E. R. Cobb, Ed I
ward Rood, Gee. j. Gillespie, Geo. M. /
Ross, j. L. Lynch, Cornelius O'Con- I
nor, Byron Wilcox, E. G. Hanie, 81. /
r
Cnas Clough, not having taken out t
mis- second.papers, was objected to and 4
excused. 1
District Attorney Stringer opened U
,he case for the United States. He b
'ead the Indictment and spoke of the
Importance of the law against counter +
and of the necessity of sup a
the stability of our coinage,i in I
which the consumers and small mer- "
,hants had an especial interest. He
aid that the possession of moulds a