The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1909-04-28
COURT CASES
DISPOSED OF
Fred. Powers Indicted by the
G. Jury, Pleads Guilty,
Gets Two Years.
Petit Jury Busy Until Satur-
day = Lot of Cases -
Threshed Out.

The April term of district court
came to an end yesterday, the grand
jury having been dismissed after
two days service and the petit jurors
relieved and paid off last Saturday,
all of the jury cases on the calendar
having been either continued or
otherwise disposed of by that time.
The record is about as follows:
The railroad tax cases were con-
tinued as usual, the T. G. Roberts
tax case being submitted to the
court and the Nelson tax case was
dismissed. Sixteen other tax and
ditch cases were continued.
The damage case Of Geo. Rouney
VS.. st. Louis railroad company was
dismissed for lack of evidence and
the case of Gallery VS.. Woods was
settled by the parties out of court.
In the case of Ella Hook VS.. Geo.
Jones, there was no prosecution and
the case was dropped.
The first jury trial was that of
Lines VS.. Lauterbach, the defendants
having attempted to collect long,
standing account from Shed. Shining
by getting possession of horse sold
by Shining, which animal was mort
gagged to w. D Lines though the
latter was alleged to have given his
consent to Shining to sell the horse.
The Jury found for Lines, whose at
torney was A. C. Dolliff, with How
ard for the Lauterbachs.
Another jury trial was that OF
Geiser Manufacturing Co. VS.. w. H.
Root of Morgan. Mr.. Roots attor-
ney, Judge Laudon, convinced the
jury that the Geiser company had
substituted different engine from
the one defendant had ordered. and
the machine people were called upon
by the verdict of the jury to return
to Mr.. Root S1O915 for the engine
which he had turned in on the trade.
The trial of the horse trading case
of Miller Jensen VS.. Joseph Krieger
seemed to furnish about as much
amusement for the court room au-
dience as any on the calendar. Jen-
sen claimed that he was the victim
of misplaced confidence whereby his
team had been sacrificed for little
or no compensation, Jensen relying
on Krieger's turning over to him the
team which he had authorized
Krieger to buy back after a foolish
trade, alleging that the understand
ing was that Krieger should turn
back the horse to Jensen after the
latter had paid all expenses. The
turning point of the trial was some
what humorous. Krieger was on
the witness stand and was thrown
off his guard somewhat by Attorney
Owens asking him, after getting
Krieger's story of the transaction,
if it took him three days to "skin'
plaintiff Jensen. The witness in
dignantly denied the accusation and
intimated that it didn't take him
half an hour to do the business.
This raised a litter in the court
room and discredited Krieger' S case,
regardless of its real merits, the jury
ultimately bringing in a verdict for
Jensen, with damages assessed at
S132.46 and costs.
In the case of Henry Berger VS..
Huske and Chas. Laube, Attorney
Funk asked that the case as against
Huske be dismissed.
The action brought by the Farm
ers and Merchants Bank of Morgan
against H. C. Rasmussen resulted in
an order by the court for judgment
in favor of the plaintiff in the
amount of 81, 482.61, in default of
any defense being made in the case.
A. C. Dolliff represented the bank.
The trial in the case of Oscar Stark
disclosed somewhat unsavory state