The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1901-08-28
CASES DISMISSED.
John Doe and Other Defendants IN Ball
Cases Dismissed.

John Doe ana Other De1endanfS ID Bali
Cases Dismissed.
The four cases against the Messrs.
John Doe, and the nine eases against
! the nine different ministers and lay
men of the city, for the alleged yio-
llation of the Sunday law, were dis
missed by J Judge Chadderdon last
Wednesday morning and all the de.
Ifendants we're discharged from
court. This was on motion Of
County Attorney Clague, who, after
examining the complaints, pro-
nounced them all defective, particu-
larly these against the Messrs. John
1 Doe.
@ Mr.. Clague came over from Lam
berton last Tuesday evening, and at
once commenced Investigating the
affair. On Wednesday morning,
latter looking over the complaints,
he went into consultation with
Alessrs. Howard and Pierce, the
| former attorney for the Messrs.
| John Doe, and the latter attorney
| for the other nine defendants, and
as a result it was agreed that the
Leases be dismissed, with the under
standing that there was no desire
Ion the part of either side to again
| renew complaints.
His honor, Judge Chadderdon, ar
rived in the court room shortly after
nine. o clock. At that time the
| court room was filled with the de-
lfendants, attorneys and spectators.
4 More or less levity had been going
on among all those present. The
court took a seat and a hush went
lover the room. Mr.. Clague, after
shaking hands with the court, re
marked that it was doing a whole
sale business that morning, to which
His Honor replied in the affirmative
4 Mr. Clague then remarked that3he
i had looked over the four cases
against the Messrs. John Doe, as
j we'll as the complaints against /
1 number Of citizens for attending the
! ball game on Sunday. He was
firmly of the opinion that all of then
were deficient, particularly thosf
against the Messrs. John Doe, TO
the reason that they had been served
8 on Sunday without the proper en-
dorsement on the back. He wa:
s loa5h, as a consequence, to go aheae
with the prosecution of the case!
and place the county at an expens'
Il of several thousand dollars, and Sc
cure nothing but acquittals.
IT therefore move, he continued
q that all Of the cases against TIT
Messrs ] ohm Doe, for playing bal
4. on Sunday, and for the nine citizen:
d for the alleged attending of tb'
* game, be dismissed, for the reason
q that [ do not feel that conviction
could be secured These case
against the John Does. under tn
decisions of our courts, are certain
. " no good. =
Mr.. Pierce, on behalf Of the min
I, citizens, stated that it Was a notori
y Gus fact that his nine clients had at
tended the game simply for the pur
pose OF. preventing the same, and 70
the purpose of obtaining evi
3 Idence that would lead to the arres
and conviction of,the violators. Hi
!. clients, he said, were prepared t
meet the charges brought agains
/. them at any time, and show to th
world that they did not attend t
takeEin the game Of ball, but simpl,,
& to obtain evidence. IDasmuch, h'
Is SAID, as there Was no possibility
. getting a conviction on the com
plants, he wished it stated that hi!
B clients had no desire to take advan
tage Of a mere technicality and hay'
the cases against them dismissed.
Mr., Howard Of Bowers s. Howard
attorney for the four John Does
stated that he was as proud Of his
\ clients as was Mr.. Pierce was Q
his, and he objected to some Of th.
language used by Mr.. Pierce regard
ing his clients. His clients, Mr.
Howard said, were all Well-knoWl
\ citizens Of this town, most Of then
a GROWN lln here. and better known