The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1907-02-22
The February Term of Cir
cuit ourt Opens
Tuesday.
The Carney Murder Case
Now Occupying At
tention of Court.

The February term of circuit court
IN and for Roberts county. opened at
the court house Tuesday afternoon,
with Hon. j. H. Mccoy presiding.
The court was confronted with "A
large calendar of causes, and nearl y
all of them were ciued for trial. so
theindlcationS are that there will be
long and very busy term of court.
The most important OF the crlmin-
al cases are: Adolph Lundstrom,
charged with the murder OF Thomas
Ca.ney at Peever, Iver Johnson.
charged with rape, Jacob Jluksa
charged with g.and larceny, aud Gus
S~edlund, charged with manning.
They were all arraigned on Tuesday
and given until Wednesday to plead
al which time they All plead "Not
guilty"
TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 10.
The following cases We're continued
over the term:
State of South Dakota VS. Jud Peter Grand
larceny.
state of South Dakota Joseph White and
Charles White; bona to keep peace
state OF South Dakota VS. Adam Wakanna:
adultery
State of South Dakota Pete Spethman;
disposing of property covered by lien
state of south Dakota VS. Gilbert knudson:
bond 10 keep peace.
state of south Dakota VS. Y j ID Melh nch
embe&zlemeGa.
state of south Dakota VS. Thos Midboe and
Eugene Gilmore, running gambling house.
state of.south Dakota VS. Asa Williams. adul
terry.
Chas. L. Block, Jr, by guardian, Bennic
| schmidt. Fact for jury.
Adolph Aneerson VS. T.. r. Drake. Fact for
Jury.
John lotchevar VS. Titus Jug. Fact for
jury.
Nels olberg VS. A. w. Lindquist Fact for
Jury,
for jury
G. l.. Walker vs. Magnus Christensen ct al.
| Feet for jury
VIC Clark vs. Magnus Chriltrnson ct al.
Fact for jury
John r. Jones VS. sam MaSa Fact for jury
VIM l. keefe VS. II l. story ct al. Fact for
court
The following cases were settled
aud stricken from the calendar:
Jew9tt Bros. vs. W r. Pratt Fact for jury
for Jury.
John Hell vs. A Monne Justice court
appeal
In the case ot
state OF south paIsot;. VS. Flossie poe sallic
ko"an1 Mabel Moe, running house of i'll
fame
Accused PARTIES were under cash
bonds to appear al court AS they
taled to appear, the bonds were de
cared tDttelled by an order of rne
! court.
WEDNESDAY,. FEBRUARY 20
Some time IN the murnlng was
! taken up vain bearing nollVn> and
\ pleadlngs. after when the case Of
4 state Us. Adoiph Lundslr' ~, Tor
ml.rder, was called. l'he entire day
/ was taken upln securing jury on
TINS case. Inc selection was complete
4 "Wednesday evening, whlch was very
quick work for a case OF his nature.
Following are the names of the
| Jurors chosen: Louis krlngor, A.
| Paude1~ou, Peter Dahl. 6laX Ludke,
j. f. Eckert, George aFaver. II. e.
! Eggebrosten. j. A. Jerde, c. p. Olson
| uaken Nelson, Olaf Negaard. Ole NJ.
Ulstad
states Attorney McNulty represents
| the state and j. W. Darlington. #
Sisseton. assisted by Frank Murphy,
OF W heaton, the defense.
FRIDAY, FEBRUARY %
The evidence in the Lunstrom case
| has taken up all of Thursday and tie
greater part OF this forenoon and the
attorneys will probably begin their
Meas this afternoon. The case has
heen very short one o wing to the
fact that although nrmber OF wit
ncsses were examined, there was no
positlve evidence that could he ad-