Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1905-07-12
WIIhMAR, MINNESOTA WEDNESDAY, july - 1905 ~

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witness. Mr.. Backlund testified thai
on June q be went 70 tho drug store
owned BY Dr.. Speed, q spicer, and
told tho doctor that he was not feeling
very we'll. After looking the patient
over the doctor q once diagnosed the
eilment % bad case Of the chills,
whereupon he poured out for him .
nice, invigorating and refreshing dram
Of whiskey. Having disposed OF this
Backlund asked for and procured .
whole pint OF the same medicine and
after having duly ''settled the bill''
he loft for the residence of Village
VIM. Olson, where the medi.
cine bottle was marked for identified,
ton. The bottle was produced in
court and both Mr.. Backlund and
Nels Hendrickson, Of spicer, swore
that the contents were whiskey. The
defense did not deny the sale but
claimed that Speed had legal right 10
. physician, to prescribe whiskey but
further examination showed that Speed,
altho being graduate of . medical
college ct Louisville, Kentucky, had
not been granted . license to practice
IN this state, and for this reason the
sale was illegal. The jury brought in
. verdict Of guilty after having been
out only short time. DR.. Speed was
sentenced to psys fine of $50 and
costs, taxed ct S15, and 80 days In
jail. A stay of execution OF the SEN
tence was granted the defendant till
Aug. l6, to enable him to prepare q
case or bill of exception. At that
time Atty. Porter, for the defendant,
will make . motion for q new trial and
in the event of this being denied it 10
said that the case will be appealed.
In the case OF Earl Robbins, who
pleaded guilty to the charge of having
entered : building with the intent to
commit malicious mischief, the Judge
suspended sentence till tho first day OF
next general term of court. The case
of frank Cleary, who pleaded not
guilty to the same charge, was con-
tinued till next term OF court.
A special venire of Jurors was
summoned and appeared in court last
Wednesday. They wore: J ames Sander
son, Kspaiyohi; Charley Ltnderholm,
Fsh1un; Oscar Larson, Atwater: Peter
p. Hovey, Gennessee; Albert Kragen-
bring, Harrison; VIM J. Wheeler,
Harrison; Martin Olson, Atwater; A.
G.. Maisr, Harrison; John Isaacson,
Atwatsr; L. F. Davidson, Atwater;
Frank Hs Toensing, Atwster; Edward
j.. johnson, Gennessee; ]. A. Walen,
Atwster;s Erick swedlund, Atwater; L.
J. Johnaon,. tennessee. . -
Thsatoll6winp = cases on the civil
calend sr*were disposed OF: j 49, z,
+ State OF Minnesota VI. St. P. NJ. &
M. r = Co. TAX proceeding.) At.
torneys, Thos. r. Benton; County At
torney.
Dismissed.
Henry Buurman ". Frank Spaeth
and Chas. Spaeth. Attorneys, N. L.
Ericsson; Charles Johnson.
, To be tried out of term after August
l On eight days notice.
State of Minnesota w. Bertha
Estrem. (Tax prOceedinR.)> Attor.
neys, County Attorney; Samuel Por-
ter.
Settled.
John s. Day VS.. W. Beaupin and
Geo. A. Robinson. Attorneys, N. l..
Ericsson; Morris Evans, Taylor &
Evans.
Continued.
Fred Dunkelman va. VIM c. Car
ney. Attorneys, N. L. Erickson;
Samuel Porter.
This case was appealed from the
justice court and the judgment of that
court WAS reversed.
Upon motion of the county attorney
case number 2 on the criminal calendar,
State Va. A. o. Bryant, for the illegal
sale of liquor, Was continued. This
was the case In which VIM. Goebel was
to be the states witness. Mr.. Goebe]
disappeared and has not yet been
heard from. Cases Nos. l and
against B. F. Miller, and case No.
against A. o. Brya ant, Ill liquor cases,
were dismissed.
In the case OF the demurrer inter-
posed in tho state cases against Sam
uel Osmundson the court ordered that
the demurrer should be allowed and
the cases we're dismissed.
Court adjourned ct noon Saturday
after having been in session about
eight days. =
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