The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1906-11-16
November Term of the Dis
trict Court
ACTIONS ARE TO BE TRIED
Several Criminal CASES For the Grand
Jury And Many Civil Suits;
Damages Are Sought
From Wednesdays Daily.

From Wednesdays daily.
court of Blue Earth county convened at
the court house at ten o'clock this morn
ing with Hon. Lorin Gray as the pre-
siding judge. A civil calendar of fifty
eight cases was called Immediately af-
ter the opening of court. The grand
jury was subpoened for ten O'Clock to-
day and the petit jury will report at two
O'Clock tomorrow.
Judge Cray charged the grand jury at
eleven o'clock and he gave them the
usual charge and advised them to in
vestigate the criminal cases very care
fully Frederick Kron of this city was
appointed foreman and Sheriff Williams
appointed Griffith o. Jones of Lake
Crystal bailiff, and the jury is now de-
liberating.
Sheriff Wl..,ams appointed Theodore
Schultz of Lime town and Isaac Roberts
of Mankato bailins for the petit jury.
A. c. Barnes was not summoned as a
grand juror and was excused. Henry
McAllister, also of this city was eX
cused
The criminal calendar consists prin
cipally of larceny cases, but the grand
jury might bring in indictments for
other crimes against persons not, now
under arrest. The case of the State
against Otto Peterson of Amboy, in
dicted for grand larceny, will be tried
again, the jury at the last term having
failed to reach an agreement. G. M.
Henderson is awaiting the decision of the
grand jury having been bound over in
the municipal court on charge assault
in the second degree, preferred by Judge
Comstock.
The following prisoners were bound
! over to this session of the grand jury:
Dell Fuller, charged with grand larceny
! in the second degree, it being alleged
that he stole a gold headed umbrella in
the station waiting room of the Omaha
road at Lake Crystal. Gearge Devins
is charged with grand larceny in the
first degree, being accused of taking
money from the person of Peter Ulman
when they were riding in lumber wa
con some months ago. Emil Sherer,
grand larceny in the second degree, ac-
cused of stealing a number of razors
from Nelson Weeds drug store some
time ago. Robert Taubert, assault in
the second degree, admits that he was
the man who attempted a holdup in
Polchow's saloon last spring and Carl
Jensen, the youth who stole suit Of
/ clothes from a neighbor and was bound
over to the district court.
| The divorce case Of Livingstone Bean
VS.. Caroline D. Bean was the first case
! that came up for trial before Judge
! Cray in the district court this afternoon.
Plymat & Plymat were attorneys for
the plaintiff. The case in the matter of
the application of John Neary and wife
for leave to adopt Lillian Thersia Sui
Ivan was also heard by the judge this
afternoon.
! In the case of the Village of Madison
Lake VS.. Charles Reinsberg, Attorney w.
R. Geddes this afternoon made a mo-
ton before Judge Cray to dismiss the
appeal in the above case. The Judge
/ took the matter under consideration.
/ The case of F. Forkumbach VS.. Min
nesota Mutual Fire Insurance company,
was set for trial, Monday, Nov. 10 at
two o'clock. The next case to be tried
i, will be that of Joseph Boeisad VS.. Chi
cago Great Western. Then comes the
case of T. M. Keogan VS.. Chicago, Mil
waukee & st. Paul Railway company
and then the FL. w. Kingston case
against the Free Press Printing com.
pany.
The following actions were dismissed
by consent:
Charles w. Marks, as receiver VS..
Bank of Amboy, and Robert Peterson,
ct al. Law and fact.
Thomas McArdle VS.. Michael McArdle
Law and fact.
Mankato Sidewalk company and w.
G. Hoerr VS.. f. Glasgow. Law and fact.
There are quite a number of cases for
the jury.