Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1898-03-18
The Session Adjourns on
Thursday at
Noon.
STEER GETS FIVE YEARS
McCourtney Gets 80 Days
in Jai1---Chas. Johnson
Discharged.

The case OF Bottom Bros. VS.. Geo.
Emerson was placed before the jury
Friday afternoon, and a verdict for
So, vas rendered In the evening.
J':,, case OF Ben Lambert vs.. The
Pine Tree Lumber company came up
Saturday morning. Lambert was
an employe of the concern last year,
and left before the end of the season.
The company refused to pay the
bonus which employees who work to
the end of the season. This was 23
cents day in Lambert e case. Lam
bert claims that he was to get $:} d
day, and that there had been no
agreement to hold any part OF the
amour. back. He also asked for
extra pay for having worked II
hours a dav. On the last matter the
complaint was detective, and Attor-
ney Smith for the plaintiff, was given
twenty days to amend it On condi-
tion that the case go over. The
amount in question is about 500.
On Saturday Judge Baxter ad-
journed district oou t to Monday,
the petit jury being dismissed and in
structe,l to appear Monday at 2
p. m.
Court reconveneI Monday after
noon. with Jud:, e Searle on the bench.
Chas. Johnson, charged with steal
ing ii bicycle from J. B. Armstrong:
last May. was brought into court.
The evidence was not conclusive, and
the Judge dismissed the case. John
son says he got the wheel in Dakota,
where he was working last summer,
and that he is going to find the man
who sold it to him. Mr.. Armstrong
proved possession, and was given
the bicycle.
In the case OF J. H. Rhodes VS..
Octave Plante, to recover on a
promi>sory note, the court instructed
the Jury to bring in a verdict for the
amount named in the complaint,
The Jury did not leave the box and
at once returned the verdict.
NJ. McCourtney, charged with the
theft of Dr.. Mero's bicycle last fall,
Was found guilty Of petit larceny
by the jury Tuesday. Judge Searle
gave the prisoner the alternative OF
$25 fine and costs, or 30 days in jail.
McCourtney went to jail,
On Tuesday afternoon Joseph
Steer pleaded guilty to carnal knowl-
edge of d female between fourteen
and sixteen years OF age, and was
sentenced by Judge Searle to five
years in str,e prison at hard labor.
The following cases were dismissed:
Brooks x CO v>s l.; /, Seibcrt. + " l.;
+ 5 Barnes ~ john Newman ct al, X |.
Penney; l. = x l..
EE Brown W Ed y Flood ct al. + S $;
JHR
LIZ imp co IS |. \asaly. l. b 4 l.; II
JOS knccr vs.. J II Baker.
The following cases were contln-
ued
& Il I5cale Il Co W l. Imp & Nav Co.
TC Il X; l. Is Il |. and Clapp & Mccartney.
VIM I'eaver W JAS nd VIM Ramsey. LIB
b Il l.; II Ware
Curtis Il Lawre1c 5 Dover. c &
IL; l. I5 Il l..
Caroline Diamond W. Ky Co.
NJ Widger VS. Milo You y Richard
son and Adanls LB& IR.
In ewing cases were settled:
81 L .uille VS. LIZ Imp & Nav Co. J
s5B Bal, B Atwater C1app & Nc
~ erstate Milling Co VS. Bank of New
Z .kfOrd.
Smith vs. Trebby.
Theresia Batchard VS. JOS Sch1inger. l.
Z l.; E S S.
, Theresia Batchard vs. JOS Schlinger. l.
B & l.; E S.
Sarah "A Russell VS. L + Impt and Nav
Co ct al. J Fl Il; L B & L.
' The following cases were tried and
Submitted:
G Goulet VS. JOS Dubreuille,
Eva NJ Smith VS. L F Bldg & Loan Assoc.
E S Smith attorney for plaintiff; Lind
i bergll, Blanchard & Lindbergh attorneys
Receivers of Walter A Wood Co VS. Got
1ieb Schlag. l. B & L; F w Lyon.
6 The case of Henry Larson vs. John
!. Foss was decided for the defendant.
Larson sued for value of plans he
drew up for a house. built by Foss.