The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1909-04-30
UNCLE SAM s COURT
FEDERAL JUSTICE MILL BEGAN
OPERATIONS HERE TODAY.
One Man Fined, Having Pleaded Guilty
to Charge OF Shipping Diseased
Sheep to Chicago; Call of the Cal
endar; Several Jurymen Are Ex-
cused; Normal Class in C!vics Lis
tens to the Proceedings.
From TUESDAYS Ds.'pr

From TUESDAYS Ds"u
United States Court convened this
morning with Judge Purdy presiding.
Barney Thayer, well-known farmer
of Mobiles county, was fined 800, hav-
ing pleaded guilty to the charge of
shipping diseased sheep to Chicago.
Assistant District Attorney Dickey
fled an information against Thayer as
soon as the call of the calendar was
completed, charging him with a viola
ton of the United States laws, and he
waived reading of the document and
pleaded guilty.
H. l.. Schmitt appeared as Thayer's
attorney and addressed the court upon
his behalf, saying that Thayer is a
farmer and has been shipping sheep
for years, and in January last pur-
chased lO4 sheep from a neighbor and
took his word for it that they were
not diseased. He shipped them to Chi
of them at least were diseased. This
was the first charge of the kind ever
made against Thayer, and while he was
technically guilty there was no in
territorial violation of the law on his
part, and he therefore asked the court
to impose the minimum sentence.
Mr.. Thayer is a prominent man il
his section and bears the best kind oil
Il reputation. He would not knowingly
violate the law.
tnfo hat q
case where the court could impose &
fine of not less than 800 or not more
than $1,000, or not more than one
years imprisonment. The defendant
should be very careful in the future
The court imposed a fine of 500
Thayer paid this and departed.
Call of the Calendar
The calendar was called and disposed
of as follows:
John f. Lennon VS.. Richard L. Houl
and others, settled and dismissed
Beecher H. Ward VS.. John d. Youns
Lumber company, for trial.
Jeck Lepper VS.. Chicago, Rock Is
land & Pacific railway company, con
tinued
William Ballinger vs.. Jacob L. School
for trial
Thomas l.. Bastow VS.. c., st. P.
NJ. &. O. railway company, dismissed
on motion of plaintiff.
United States of America VS.. c. NJ
& st. Paul railway company ant
Others, continued until May II at st
Paul
c. W. Hart vs.. Glenn H. Kohorst, con
tinued
The order of St Benedict of New
Jersey VS.. Albert Steinhauser indivi
duaIly and as administrator, etc
passed.
In the matter of Hans Mo, ALLEGED
bankrupt, continued
In the matter of Arnold c. Vol
Hagen, alleged bankrupt, continued.
I In the matter og Otto w. Hagen
continued.
In the matter of George w. Monks
and George A. Mckinley, copartners a
Monks & Mckinley, and Georg
w. Monks individually, alleged bank
IIuplS, lOI UIidl. mere Is QueS
ton whether this a jury or cour
ease.
Dan E. Garlich VS.. C. & N. w. rail
way company, stipulation to remand.
Jurymen Were Called.
The list of the petit jury was called
and thirty-four answered to thei
names. W. d. Washburn, Jr., of Min
neapois was among those excused.
S. X. Fowler and James Griersol
were admitted to citizenship.
The trial of the suit of William Bal
linger vs. Jacob l.. Schoch began tni
fornoon and was expected to last abou
two hours.
DIR. j. S. Young and his norma
school class in civics attended the open
ing of the court