The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1897-09-16
COURT HAS FINISHED
The September Term Was Short One
But a Large Amount of Bust
ness Was Transacted.
Charles Got Three Years for Robbery
-Brady-Chadbourne Jury I'M
able to Agree on Verdict.

ness was transacted during the four
days of real activity.
The damage case of Moore VS.. Milaca
which was being considered by the
Jury when the UNION went to press
last week resulted in verdict of 81 900
for plaintiff. Charles Plummer who
had pleaded not guilty changed his
plea to guilty Thursday afternoon and
was sentenced to three years in the
State prison and was taken there Fri
day afternoon by Sheriff Claggett.
The court took up the case of Brady |
VS.. Chadbourne Thursday and was
kept busy with it's tangles until Friday
forenoon. The case created considera-
BILE interest and the court room was
we'll filled during the trial. The case
was formerly decided against Brady
but was sent back for new trial by
the supreme court. The whole case
hinged on an order given Brady by
Fitzgerald on Chadbourne and which
was countermanded before it was paid.
Chadbourne subsequently settled with
Fitzgerald but Brady claimed an as
signment of the claim and sued to re-
cover. The order was put in evidence
and Chadbourne claimed that if the
order shown was the original order it
had been added to since it was pre-
sented to him in 1890. Fitzgerald and
his wife both testified that the order
was not the order given Brady by
them. Fitzgerald had never signed
such document. Brady had testi-
mony to show that it was the original
signed in the presence of others in a
down town Office on March "a, 1890,
while the Fitzgeralds were positive
this was not so because Fitzgerald was
confined to the house at that time and
could not have been down town at the
date mentioned Numerous letters
were put in evidence and warm time
ensued. The grand jury's attention
was called to some of the facts and tes-
timony but the desired indictments
were not obtained. After wrestling
with the case for seven or; eight hours
the jury was no nearer an agreement
than at the beginning and the judge
discharged them.
George M. Bradford's case against
the county resulted in a verdict for
Dx,ol md ho will hC
obliged to pay the bill for road work
twice. Bradford took the contract tC
do some grading and during it's prog
ress the commissioner in charge was
given to understand that it was a
partnership job. When the silent
partner came to claim the money due
it was paid him and Bradford sued the
county. When the case came on ex
Commissioner Barrett could not sweal
positively that Bradford had admitted
the partnership and the judge tool
the case from the jury and ordered 6
verdict for Bradford.
Last summer T. H. Galley sued J. N
Rogers and secured a Judgment in thu
the Justice court, but before a writ O
election was served Rogers appealed
to the district court. After hearing
the evidence the court decided tina
the decision of the justice court wa
l good and dismissed the appeal.
Croswell VS.. Degan was continued
and Judgment by stipulation wa
given the plaintiff in the case of th
State Bank VS.. Erickson. Judgmen
for plaintiff was entered in the case Q
Chadbourne VS.. Dillon. McMillen sc
= cured a Judgment in the case of ORR
Kipp VS.. Lester Exemption, ct al, an
the judgments of justice court were a.
. firmed in the cases of Dan McCuai
4 VS.. John M. Neuman and Ed. Wenz vs.
: jill. Wilbur. Matilda Higgins wa
: granted divorce from Herbert 3
;, Higgins, the decree being filed wit
4 the clerk yesterday.
The grand jury continued in sessio
e until Friday but found no Indictment
! save the one against Plummer whic
i has already been mentioned. Sever;
cases were considered but the jur
r thought there was practically no hor
y to secure a conviction of the parties Q
y the evidence submitted and brought
If mo bills.''
9 The case investigated by the gran
= = Jury in which no bills were found al
as follows: E. Mark, mayhem; job
M. Stowe, robbery; William Frazie
is larceny, a log case; Ellen MayheN
burglary; Joseph Sawyer, burglar
n w. Mclean, larceny; Carlton Cline
e attempted rape.