Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1905-07-12
!. |. CLOSING ! SESSIONS
lll rs. Week Y Of District Court Occu.
pied Mostly With i Criminal &.
+. Cases. y.

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district court re-convened Wednes-
dsy forenoon after On adjournment OF
three days. The first case TO be tried
We that OF the State W. Isaac Emer-
s.on, indicted by the grand jury on the
charge of larceny in the second de-
kree:N It was charged that on the 23rd
day Of January last Mr.. Emerson had
broken into the warehouse Of A. B.
Hanscom on Benson avenue and that
he had removed from there . quantity
Of cigars, snuffs and smoking tobac.
COS ageregattng In value the sum of
$50. The prosecution relied wholly
upon circumstantial evidence in con-
Meeting the defend ant with the crime
but this evidence proved both strong
and convincing. The story told by
70 defendant on the witness stand
WA both Improbable and at times in
coherent and this fact materially
strengthened the states case. Atty.
Charles Johnson appeared for the de-
fendant and it IL only doing justice to
him to say that he conducted the de-
tense in an able and-efficient manner.
1.-The jury brought in verdict of gull
Ity after four. hours deliberations.
Emerson was brought before Judge
Qvale Saturday forenoon to receive
bio sen'ence. In response to inquiries
regarding himself he stated that he
vas born IN Maine As years ago and
that he had made this city his home
for = number OF years past. He has
been married twice and has. seven
children. He has not been living with
bis second wife Tor some time past.
BE was employed as fireman on the
tireat Northern from '86 to 90 but
Esince that time he has not had any
stead y employment and as he never
learned any trade he has been depend.
Ing upon odd jobs for his livelihood.
After stating that he had nothing to
say why, sentence should not be pae sed
upon him more than that he did not
think he had received fair trial) the
court sentenced, him to IA months at
hard labor In the state penitentiary
st Saltwater. He was taken to that
place Sunday morning in charge Of
Sheriff Lundquist. = -.
The next case to he called was State
p, = N tnnesota ": James Hackerson,
indicted by the grand jury on the
charge of illegal sale of liquor. The
sale WAS made on May 7th to Ford
Marshall and consisted of . pint Of
whiskey for which Fordie paid him
the sum of SO cents. Hackerson took
the stand in his own behalf and he
tried long and hard to explain away
the sale. He admitted that he had re-
ceived the money from Fordie but
stated that the purchase had been
made by one of his "chums," = man
whose first name he thought was Jack
but whose last name he was unable to
recollect. When questioned more
closely in regard to the home, man.
ners and habits Ct this "chum" Jim
became sadly mixed and excited ana
it finally developed that he knew moth
ing about his ''friend from Chicago"
as he chose to call the chum in ques-
zion. Jim appeared flushed and ner-
vous while on the stand and he seemed
much relieved when the cross examin-
alton was over. 1t will be remembered
that he was bound over to await the
action af the grand jury, about two
months ago and not being able to fur
nish the bail required he was confined
in jail. About elk weeks ago he was
taken sick and since that time his con-
dttion has gradually been growing
worse In spite of the fact that he has
received the best of care. The attend
ing physician has diagnosed the case
a. tumor of the liver, q most danger
Gus disease, and the patients condi.
ton ct present is very bad.
The jury returned verdict OF "guil-
ty" after only few minutes deliber-
alton. Mr.. Hackerson was sentenced
Saturday forenoon. The court In
passing sentence said that he was in
clined to be lenient with him on &C..
count Of his ply steal condition and
he accordingly sentenced him to .
fine OF 800 and 30 days.
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