The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1899-06-10

Resume Of me Work Done a, the june
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Judge Stone and the outside lawyers
arrived Monday morning and ini-
mediately repaired to the court hnoSe
when the gases werecaEed and assigned
Thc-lirst case for trial was that a the.
people W Willinm Sullivan. The
respondent was charged with breaking
into Krumb's sapount Iron River and
attempting 10 steal jug oi uhislscy-
Prosecuting attorney Byers appeared
for the people and NJ. H. Moriarty for
the dcIendnnt. Twelve good men
listened TO the evidence aud after being
ont about thirty minutes brought in a
verdict Of not guilty.
There WAS another case called upon
the criminal calendar. an appeal ease
from Justice O'Brien's court. at Iron
River. This was the ease ~ the several
peddlcrs who were fined for selling goods
10 our neigllburing village without a.
license and contrary to certain village
ordinance.
The facts in the ease are these The
w h. Purify Co. ~ Wausu, Wiz,
shipped goods To Iron River and those
goods were sold about the village hy
agents Of the company scnt there Tor
that purpose The agents we're arrested
and fined for not securing license aa
provided for by "a village ordinance.
The case was appealed 20 the circuit
court by the attorney for the company,
w II Hurley, OF Iron Mountain. ! w.
Byers appeared Tor the village
la rendering decision Judge Stone
held that thc DEF, nduuls were misioincd,
the village ordinance being contrary 10
the Interstate Commercial law: In
short, that the ordinance Is sufficient
TO stop any citizen Of Michigan from
going into Iron River and selling goods
in the manner in which thc defendants
did, but il does not apply to persons
from other states nor can t prevent
them from selling goods that has been
shipped into the village from another
state
The next case called was that OF
Frank Scadden vs.. DcSoto Iron Com.
pany This case aud tho one that
followed Il grew out of intclcorporate
troubles, the plaintiff suing ia this case,
for snary which he claimed TO be due
him for the year 1896, during The time
the Michigamme river was being turned
aud the Mansfield mine unwatercd +.
| III Abbott appearcd for the pluintiif
and the defendant was represented by
lhsir loenl attorney, a. l.. Flowel!ing
assisted 10y Attorney w III. Burrt Of
lIoushton, and w II Gilbert, of
Chicago Neurly one and one.hali days
were construed with this cnse aud the
Jury was out ten houis, bringing IN a
verdict Tor Mr. Soaddcn for SG75 90,
that amount being little moro than
one-half oI plaintiffs claim. Wcdncs-
day forenoon the case 81 Frank Scaddcn
Va Huron Iron company was taken up.
In this case Mr. Scalden sued for the
ptIce uf a compressor and some Rand
drills delivered 10 deicndaut and the
company claimed damage because Of
the failure ot plaiut'fi 20 deliver the
whole 81 "a certain amount 81 machinery
covered by certain bill 81 sale made
deIendant by tho pluintiif Tho sauo
counsel appeared ou each side as was
present Ia the preceding case and "A
vigorous light WAS made upon each
side The jury retired about five
O'Clock and at seven brought in a YER
dict Of $500 90 for The plaintiff
The celebrated cali case" from Iron
River was taken up Thursday morning
ln this case tho plaintiif John Benz
and defendant, Frank Gficniuger, owned
calves that were so nearly alike that il
wns almost impossible 10 tell then
apart Roth calves stmycd away and
but one came hack Gieinngcr gettns
possession oi the cnli claimcd It as his
own. Benz contested his right Co il
The case was tried IN ins'po count az
Iron River and Greiuinger was given tll
calf The ease was appenlcd to the cir
cult court. l. w Byers appearing for th,
plaintiff and T.. L. Lott Tor defendant
The plaintiff was given tie cali.