The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1906-03-02
not GUILTY
the Verdict brought
in by the Jury in the
Norwood Case--oth-
er Cases disposed of
--Court Matters.

The case of the state vs.. c. N. Nor
wood for libel, was given to the jury
last Saturday evening before supper.
The afternoon was occupied by the
arguments of the attorneys and the
charge of the court. In the morning
the defendant took the witness stand
and admitted that he sent out the cir.
cular in question, but denied that he
did so with any intention of injur-
ing Mr.. Tlimble, the complaining
witness. The state gave him severe
cross. examination. The testimony
given by the other witnesses was very
similar to that given by the witnesses
mentioned in last weeks Courant..
The jury deliberated with the case
two hours and half. Five ballots
were taken beforea verdict was reached.
The FIRST ballot stood seven to FIVE for
acqulttal; the second ten to two. the
third and fourth eleven to one; ver-
dict being reached on the fifth ballot.
The defendant was visibly affected by
the verdict and his friends made haste
to congratulate him. The case was
hard fought one and the conrt room
was crowded every day during its pro-
gress. Both Mr.. Trimble, the COM
planning witness, and Mr.. Norwood,
the defendant, are prominent and
highly respected business men of
Westhope and all the witnesses re-
gretted that this trouble had arisen
between them. ~.
| The case of J. E. Guertin vs. the
J. L. Owens Co.. was the next to be
tried. A. Besancon represented the
plaintiff and A. G. Burr appeared for
the defendant. This was an action
brought by the plaintiff for commits
sions on number of tanning mills
he had sold under contract but which
the defendant failed to deliver in time
for the plaintiff to turn them over to
the farmers. The jury found for the
plaintiff and gave him verdict for SIS.
In the case Of D. S. Nelson VS..
Samuel Dunbar the jury found in fav-
or of the defendant. The plaintiff
moved an elevator for the defendant
at Souris last summer and was delayed
in his work on account of Dunbar hav-
| ing failed to secure site for the
elevator on the right of way. The
plaintiff was delayed about two weeks
for which be asked damages. The de-
Tense set up the plea that the plaintiff
knew the conditions when he entered
into the contract. That was the view
the jury took of it, with the result
above stated.
In the case of F.. G. and J. L. Full
ton VS.. Edward Cretian it was found
that Judge Goss was disqualified to
sit, having been consulted by one of
the parties in regard to it before he
was elected to the bench. Another
judge will be called in.
The cases of Guertin VS. O'Neil and
Prill and O'Neill VS.. Guertin were by
stipulation merged into one case. The
case involved the question whether
certain notes had been paid or not.
The case was decided against Guertin.
The case of Geo. Casa vaw VS.. Henry
Schmidt involved the payment of a
commission for the sale of real estate.
A verdict was directed for the defend
ant.
The case of Ben Silver vs.. A. Guth-
rie & Co. involved the question of
damages. Silver was employed by
the defendants, who are railroad con-
tractors, and they were to furnish him
with a railroad pass when they were
through with his services. The plain
til received no pass hence the suit.
The jury gave him verdict for one
dollar. Six similar cases in which
Guthrie & Co. we're defendants were
dismissed without prejudice.
Laura E. Beck was granted a di-
vorce from Peter E. Beck.
The case of Robinson, Strauss & Co.
VS.. Mrs. Helen Romanson was settled
by stipulation.
In the case Of the United States Fi-
delity and Guarantee Co. vs. Van L.
Ross verdict was directed for the
defendant.
Ezra Turner VS.. Thomas Gardner,
sheriff, was made a court case after a
I jury had been drawn. The case in
volved the seizure Of some goods from
Geo. M. Newman. which the plaintiff
claims belonged to him. The court
will render decision next week.
The cases in which w. a. Marin
was plaintiff and r. Altman, j. Kup-
Ter, Peter Hardenburg and Martin