The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1905-11-03
Two Saloon Keepers and Two
Stock Buyers Arraigned.
Geo. A. Piiman Discharged, No
Indictment being Returned.
Motion for Instructed Verdict
in Railroad Case.

From Thursdays Daily.
The federal grand jury completed its
work and was discharged about three
o'clock yesterday afternoon. 1t return
ed six indictments in all.
| At five o'clock, Frank j. Ems, the
Butterfield boy who had been indicted
on the charge of forging two postal
money orders amounting to Sll5, was
brought in for sentence Judge Amidon
said that his youth and good family ap.
pealed to him. 81 could send you to the
penitentiary for a number OF years.
said the court, "but l am going to give
you one more chance to be a good man
1t is the last chance that you will even
have in this world"
The court then sentenced Ems to the
state reformatory at st. Cloud for two
years and six months, and gave him some
good advice about how TO conduct him.
self there and how to change his courst
in life and be good citizen.
| Joseph Smith and Henry T. West o,
lie Suer Center were arraignei upol
an Indictment charging them with hay.
ing sold beer without having destroy
ed the internal revenue stamps on two
of the kegs. They pleaded not guilt,
and their case was continued until tn
next term of court, on motion of As
sistant District Attorney Dickey.
George and Theodore Behrenfeld OF
Heron Lake were arraigned upon an in
dictment charging them with havin,
shipped sheep afflicted with seab to
Chicago. They pleaded not guilty. L
| F. hammers appeared as their attorne.
and desired a continuance, but the cas'
was set for trial at the present term
to follow the other cases on the calen
dar.
No Indictment having been found
against George 4. Pittman of Kilkenny
he was discharged. He had been aceus
ed OF attempting to bride a rural mai
carrier examining board by offering i
$25 for a mail route.
The plaintiff rested late yesterday af
ternoon in the case of Amy Nj. Pom
with as administrators vs.. the Omaha
Railway company, and then the defensf
moved that the court instruct the jur,
to return a verdict for the defendant
This was argued at some length, an
the court took the motion under advise
ment until this morning. a. A. Stone
and Mfr. Olson of st. Peter are the at
torneys for the plaintiff, and James b
Sheenan and Pfau & Pau appear TO
the defendant.
The forenoon sessions of the cour
begin at ten o'clock and close at noof
In the afternoon there are three hour
of work.
This forenoon George and Theodor'
Behrenfeld pleaded guilty to an indict
ment charging them with violating thu
rules and regulations of the bureau o
animal industry. This is less serious
offense than charged in the other indict
ment against them, and they were sen
,, fenced t. pay fine of 5000 each, whicl
they did. On motion of the government
the other indictment against them wa;
then dismissed.
| No indictment was found agains
Henry Bauer of Wabasso, charged wit
using cancelled postal stamp second
, time, and he was discharged.
The criminal business of the term i
completed, and Clerk Spencer, and As
sistant District Attorneys Dickey ans'
Ewert will return to their homes this
evening. Marshal Grimshaw went te
Minneapolis yesterday afternoon, where
Judge Morris is conducting court.
Judge Amidon this forenoon sustain.
ed the motion for directed verdict IL
| the PonWlth case, on the ground ina
the plaintiff had proved that the rail
way company had granted right oi
way across its tracks at a given point
while the deceased was killed while
crossing the tracks ssixty feet away
The court did not consider any othe
point upon which the motion was based
The motion was based on contributor!
negligence of the deceased.
The trial of the suit of the Marion
Manufacturing company of Ohia against
j. d. Drake was taken up. Morgan 4
Neighen of Albert Lea are the attor.
neys for the plaintiff, and Allen &
Ward for the defendant.
There is but one other case for trial
lat the present term, and that is the ac-