Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1908-11-27
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District Court Notes.

j. M. SOlSO for commission in a real
estate deal and trade which was or
trial when the LEADER went to press
last week, was decided in favor Of the
Rosses, the jury giving them $500.
The next case was that Of the Hy-
ronimus brothers of Delaware town
ship, who, were charged with shoot
ing into the home of lime Gerjets, a
neighbor. Arnold Hyronimus was
tried first and found guilty, and his
brothers case was given to the jury
on Saturday morning, and he too was
found guilty. The trouble originated
through Gerjets renting land. 1t
seems from the testimony, which was
translated into English by Deputy
Treasurer Tjaden, that the brothers
had been at Lennox and filled up
with fire water and on their way
home had taken a shot at Gerjets dog.
This enraged the man who owned
the dog and he found shooting back
necessary to protect the dog. This
angered the brothers and they began
using Gerjets house for a target, and
he objected to this manner Of war
fare and had the young men arrested
Judge Jones gave each of them two
months In the county jail as a punish
ment for their indiscretion. States
Attorney Carlson prosecuted and At
torney Mallory of Lennox defended
and he made a splendid plea In behalf
OF the young men, winning high
praise for his work. We believe it
was Mr.. Mallory's first criminal case
In district court and he certainly
made good. Deputy Treasurer
Tjaden, as interpreter, rendered splen-
did service as the testimony was given
In Low Dutch and it was a difficult
proposition, but he is a past master
In handling any kind of German lang
uage.
The next was a shooting case of a
far different character than the one
preceding It..
1t appeared from the evidence that
Miss Gertrude Richter aged l8 and a
companion were riding along the
highway two miles east of Worthing
on September 9Th, when a young fell
low, Gilbert Eccarius, aged II, fired
a shot at the girls, the bullet striking
Gertrude In the back and the bullet
remains In her body yet. The prose-
.ution claims the boy fired at the
girls, the defense claims the boy fired
at the ground and the bullet bounded
upward striking the girl. There was
no dispute as to the boy firing the
gun or that the girl was wounded and
thus the al went to the jury.
The jury found that Eccarius was
not guilty of any breach of the peace
and was discharged. Just how the
arrived at such a verdict is a
p~uzzler. This boy fred the gun, the
girl was wounded and only escaped
death by a narrow margin, yet the
Jury cleared him. Whether the boy
fired at the ground to scare the girls
fired at them he was equally guilty
of q serious %otfense, and merited pun
Ishment of some degree. That boy
needs watching. States Attorney
Carlson was greatly disappointed in
the verdict as about every one else
who heard the case.
The next and last jury case was
tried on Monday. 1t was a dispute
over grain. A farmer named Maise
near Worthing delivered a certain
number of loads OF grain to the S. d.
Grain Co. At the end of the delivery
Masses figures and the elevators fig
lres differed, and they were unable
70 agree or split the difference, so
they brought their dispute to the
court for settlement. A jury heard
evidence and found that the
claim made by Maise was correct.
The Court disposed Of some other
matters and adjourned Tuesday at
noon.
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