The true northerner., 1900-09-28
Circuit Court

Winfield S. Faith VS. Levi DeHaven;
verdict and judgment for plaintiff, $50
and costs. Order entered giving 60 days
in which to settle bill of exceptions.
LeGrand II. Anderson VS.. Leo b. Swift
zer; assumpsit. Plea withdrawn; judg-
ment for plaintiff, S379.02 and costs.
The people vs.. Matthew Kinney; viola
tion of local option law. The respondent
in this case was tried at the last
November term and convicted of the
offense of selling cider. He removed
his case to the supreme court, where the
conviction was affirmed. The court inn
posed a fine of $50 and costs taxed at
S3490, which was paid
The people VS.. John Martin: burglary.
The respondent in this case was SEN
fenced to lonia for the term of two years.
George NJ Nelson ct al. vs.. Herbert
Pomeroy: capias. In this case the de
fendant was charged with the conversion
ofcertain promissory notes, the property
of the plaintiff. The jury returned "a
verdict of S1460S in favor OF the plaintiff.
Kate Kelly vs. Lorenzo Kelly; divorce.
Decree granted on the ground of deser-
tion.
Rhett Gould vs.. Albert f. Gregory;
case. This was an action for false i'm
prisonment, and was begun in Decem-
ber last. The plaintiff in his declaration
alleged that on the I'd day of November
1899, the defendant made complaint be
fore Justice Moon of Dowagiac that he
the plaintiff, on the day previous, had
broken and entered the defendants barn
in the township of Silver Creek, Cass
county, with intent to steal horse and
grain basket, and that on such com.
plant a warrant was issued and that he
was arrested aud imprisoned in Cass
county Jail, where, his testimony showed
he was kept for space of five days
when he was discharged without further
prosecution, the charge against him hav
ing been wholly abandoned. Gould
claimed that his arrest and imprison
ment were maliciously procured by Greg
ory and laid his damages at the sum oil
S20000 The trial of the case was be-
gun Monday and concluded Wednesday
The evidence showed that Gould hao
been tenant of Gregory and that there
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The jury, after being absent for about
two hours, returned into court and ren
dered verdict in favor of the plaintiff
for the sum of $1,000 damages. An or
der was entered giving 20 days in which
to move for new trial and GO days addi
tional in which to settle bill of excep
tions in case a new trial shall be denied
Gould is a resident of Dowagiac and
Gregory is wealthy farmer of Keeler
township.
Leo Switzer VS.. LeGrand r. Anderson;
on trial. This is an action for alleged
slanderous words claimed to have been
spoken by the defendant concerning the
plaintiff, who was tenant on one of de-
fendants farms. There are several
counts in the plaintiffs declaration,
alleging, among other things that the
defendant imputed to the plaintiff the
crime Of larceny, that he was dishonest
and contracted fraudulent Indebtedness,
that he was indolent, improvident and
worthless, mean and undesirable ten
ant, that be was ignorant concerning his
occupation and incompetent to learn,
that he had given sham mortgages for
the purpose of defrauding his creditors,
and with fraudulently disposing of mort
gagged property. The plaintiff claims
damages in the sum of $4,000.