Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1897-02-18
GRANT 60. CIRCUIT COURT.
List OF Civil And Criminal Gases To Be Tried
At Feb Term, 1897.


formality. Judge Clementson is pre-
siding The list Of cases which i:
given below numbers in all seventy
one, Of which thirty-three are court
eases, that is, cases not requiring a
jury
In the civil list the suits that are
among the most important are the
six against j. s. Block of Platteville
growing out Of his business failure.
and the suit for Personal Damages by
Michael Cummings against VIM. Pow
ers and wife
There is a criminal trial on the call
endar against VIM and Bridget Pow
ers for the same acts that gave rise to
the suit for damages against them.
Both cases have been on the calendar
for the last two terms but have been
continued each time
The cases against Block are court
cases and not more than one or two
Of them will probably be tried as the
findings in one win practically settle
others.
There are seven divorce cases, in
every one Of which the wife sues for
the divorce.
The criminal calendar is short but
important. There are twelve cases,
among them two murder cases, two
arson cases and one for horse steal
ing. Ed. Day is charged with muir
dering his brother in Potosi last fall,
Duggan is charged with killing man
in saloon near East Dubuque last
summer. Geo. Bishop with burning
Metropolis hall in North Andover last
July, and Duncan with stealing horses
from Lewis Breithaupt and others.
The burglary cases against Kelly
and G. Day are not likely to be tried
They are the fellows who broke jail
some months ago.
The literary feller,n Geo. King,
will have to meet the accusation of
assisting prisoners to escape"
Following is the calendar:
ISSUES OF FACT FOR JURY.
Charles Byrne as adm &c VS. John P
Bryne. L L Cleary and Bushnell &
Watkins for pitt, Murphy 4 Gardner
and w Z Carter for deft.
Scharfenstein VS. Frank Tebo ct
al Brown Il Goodsell for pitt, and
Lowry Il Clementson for delft
Loretta Turner VS. the town of Po-
tosi. Lowry q Clementson for pltf,
aud Cleary & Cleary for deft. Dana
ges.
Hannah Kelly rs Mary Enright.
W G Palmer for pitt and Wilson &
Meyer for deft.
Michael Cummings VS. VIM Powers
ct al John ID Wilson and w j Bren
nan for pitt and Webster & Long and
Bushnell Watkins & Moses for deft.
Personal damages.
Dorcus f Comstock VS. f C Bryan ct
al. Wilson 4 Meyer for pltf ana w G
Palmer and w Z Howe for deft Dam
ages.
Miles Ray ct al vs. Peter McQuigan.
Wilson & Meyer for pitt and W Z
Howe for deft.
Hiram Comstock VS. the city of Bos-
eobel Cleary u Cleary fer pitt and
W g Palmer and r d Blanchard for
deft.
Matthias Petry vs. Alderman. Bush
nell Watkins & Moses for pitt and
Lowry x Clementson for deft.
James Deneen VS. John Galway. d
Needham and Ed NJ Lowry for pitt
and Bushnell Watkins & Moses for
deft.
Amanda Duncan VS. VIM Pitzer ct
al Thomas 4 Fuller for pitt and
Bushnell Watkins & Moses for delft
John Steinhoff ct al VS. VIM Trenary.
w II Beebe for pitt and ClearY &
Cleary for deft,
Sarah Emily Allen Us Eleazer D
Peake. f Z Burns for pitt and W j
Brennan Tor delft Eiectment.
Geo A Dyer vs. a X Walker. Lowry
x Clementson for pitt and Clark "
TAYLOR for deft.
John Lewis as adm &c VS. NJ w
Hope Bushnell, Watkins Il Moses
for plft and Brown Il Goodsell for deft.
Ejectment
Rider Wallis CO, a corporation IS
Galloway, Walker & Miller defts-
Will II Pittman, Garnishee " G
Palmer for pitt and Wilson \ Never
for delft.
Dubuque Rubber and Betting Co vs.
Galloway. Walker X Miller W &
Palmer for pltf and Wilson \ Meyer
| for dett
II NJ Gribble as adm &c vs. Mary
Long and Jacob Long. d j Gardner
] for nltf ana Claary n Cleary for deft