Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1897-10-01

I Verutct IN favor u the ueIcnOAnC.
! After recess since Sa aturduy noon
! the district court resumed its session
at 8 O'Clock Monday with Judge
l.. l.. Baxter presiding.
Stanislaus Zak. joi Swan River
charged with selling liquor without
license. was arraixned. He pleaded
guilty and the court sentenced him
to pay a fine OF $EO and thirty days
In the county jail. In default Of the
payment Of the fine he will serve
thirty more days in jsil.
William McCourtney, the man held
MS the accom- plice oi Walter Greer in
the theft of t wo bicycles, was brought
before the juoge. The county at
torney sta ted to the court that an
Indictment had been found against
Martin McCuurlney, and as William
McGourtney was not charged with a
crime he asked that he might be dis
charged. McCuurtney was dis
charged, and evidently with desire
to stren2 then the courts belief In his
innocence stated that he WOn)d bet
$l:.0OO or $1OO. 900 that he was not
The man who stole the bicycles. The
Judge good ma ture,lly replied that II
the court had any Intentions of ac-
cepting the wager, it would be nee
essary to give him u little time to
secure the amount as he did not
carry that amount on his person.
Some thought it strange that Nc
Courtney could wager $4,000 or
100000 only few minutes after
making an affidavit that lie had IL"
money to employ an attorney.
Others argued that he was surely
innocent for no man with $4,000 or
100000 would stoop to the theft of
a. secondhand bicycle.
Cases No. y and 20. being actions
brought by F. Z. Wilson against the
Mutual Fire Insurance company of
Minneapolis, and against the South
ern Minnesota Mutual f ire Insurance
to recover ON INSURANCE
notices were settled without coming
to trial. ..'s
At the conclusion sof the above
caaes the cDurt ann onnssell that a r.
cess would be taken until 2 O'Clock
In the afternoon.
!. At the opening Of the after
noon session the case OF
I. A. Morrison against Curtis &
Lawrence. was called. This case. at
the request Of the attorney for the
was referred. VIM. Rus
sell being appointed referee.
The case of Amos w. Slbley
against the Mutual Fire Insurance
of Minnesota, which was
begun in the district court Monday
noon was given to the jury about
! p. IN Tuesday. SibIey sued to re-
cover the amount of the insurance
policy issued by tnat company ON
Ms household goods destroyed nv
ire last spring. The defendants had
nanv witnesses sworn to prove
that the value Of the property de-
,troyed was less than the amount Of
the policy. The jury was not long
n returning it's verdict which was
n favor of Plaintiff Sibley in the full
amount o: the policy, $500.
The action brought by John and
Mary Meyers against }. d. Boyd and
z. W. Bouck for damages. were up
IN motion of uefenuants' attorney
The case Of Joseph Paquin, OF
Belle Prairie, against the Mississippi
Rum River Boom Company was
IN trial Wednesday. This is an
action brought by Paquin to re-
.0ver damages for timber cut on his
and in Belle Prairie. Paquin own
several acres of bottom land and tho
nigh water overfiowed it and left
many of the companv's logs on it.
When the company went to haul
the logs off the land they cut u large
number Of trees down in order to
ret the logs to the river. The de-
endants claim that Paquin gave
them permission for q consideration
to get the logs of the land the best
way they could.
After the testimony was al! In the
parties on both sides agreed to al
ow the jury to Inspect the land to
estimate the damage done, so livery
rigs were hired just before noon and
he Jury was taken up to look over
the land.
After the jury left to inspect the
land of Joseph PaQuin, the case OF
r. V. Gibson against A. w. Zarus
was called. This action was brought
by Gibson to- !recover for dental
work done by DR.. Gibson on Mrs.
Zarus' teeth. The evidence was all
ln,. the arguments and the case given