The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1910-02-03
CIRCUIT COURT
is COMPLETED
JANUARY TERM FINISHED UP ON
SATURDAY.
NESSON CASE CONTINUED
AS CHIEF WITNESS REFUSES TO
GIVE HER EVIDENCE.

airy term of circuit court on Saturday,
after it had been in session three
weeks. There were a number of cases
that were not disposed, but the judge
had to open a term Of court IN Deuel.
county this week. Judge Marquis will
be here for chambers court the first
Tuesday in April. The cases left over
from this term and the new ones tina.
in June a lengthy one.
The following cases were continued
over the term: Ten cases brought by
Bookings and Sioux Falls railway
company for failure to pay for stock;
William Coulter VS.. Thee. Gudehus,
w. A. Marin VS.. John WEIGH, DR.. j.
G.. Parsons VS.. Ole Amund3on, Anna
b. Lunden and Peter j. Lundeu VS..
Brookings and Sioux Falls railway
company, County of Brookings VS.. p.
j. Murphy, Jenette Snikerme VS.. Ole
O. Snikerme, G.. L. Seden VS.. John NJ.
Foulke, Florence, infant, VS.. Thos. II.
LAWN, Christina Walters VS.. Lewis
Walters, Horace II. Tyson VS.. Nellie
]. Tyson, p. ID. McGrath VS.. John Mes
ton, c. II. Claussen VS.. John Moston,
Sioux Remedy company VS.. NJ Crouch,
Bank of BroOkings VS.. G.. w. Van Du-
en & company, Bank of Brookings VS..
RI NT,tt II ~ NTacfo% $40 1,,,
Eberline.
The following cases were disposed
of: Geo. Coulter VS.. Theo. Gudehus,
defendant given possession Of disputed
land; A. NJ. Packard Us. w. B. & w .
G. Jordan, suit to recover amount of
note, verdict for plaintiff in sum of
s1,3S0.75 O. w. Rood VS.. Paul Dutch
er, Geo. n. Breed and l.. H. Storgaard,
verdict for defendants on all issues;
w. b. Poole vs.. w. l.. Thompson, suit
for wages, verdict for plaintiff in sum
of $261.94; Mary A. X. Olson VS..
Sophia NJ. Young, suit for care of
child, verdict for plaintiff.
Three cases to quiet title were
heard, as follows: A. B. Dalthorp VS..
Mary c. Paddock, w. H. RENTS VS..
R. B. Billings, ct al, o. w. Fritts VS..
Mary Rusch. The cases of Harry
Rothford VS.. Emile Hazeman and w.
P. Stratton VS.. Chas. Hawkins were
settled out of court.
The following divorce cases were
heard: Harry L. Ney VS.. Blanche
Ney, decree for plaintiff. parties are
from White; f. l.. Pittman vs.. Martha
A. Pittman, Brookings, decree for
plaintiff; Mary Carmedy VS.. Frank
Carmedy. decree for plaintiff.
The following were granted full cit
izenship: Neils B. Jensen, White;
Jens c.. Mortenson, White; John R.
Heksem, Lake Hendricks; Godtfred
Madison, White; Carl G.. Bromander,
Trenton; Soren c. Jensen, White.
Three cases on the criminal calen-
dar were disposed of: In State VS..
P. Gagnon, charged with engaging in
the business of selling intoxicating
liquor without a license, the defendant
plead guilty and was fined 800. The
city of Bookings had a case against
the same party on the same charge
but it was continued by stipulation,
and may be dropped, as Gagnon is no
longer a resident of the city. In the
case of the State VS.. Theodore Kjol-
seth, charged with furnishing intoxi-
eating liquor to a person in the habit
of becoming intoxicated, the jury re-
turned a verdict of not guilty. A sim
liar case against Jack Kelly was
stricken from the calendar, as the de-
PENDANT had died since the charge was
brought.
The case Of the State VS.. Atwood
Nesson, charged with rape, was taken
up Friday morning, and the morning
session was occupied in securing q
jury. After dinner, long before the
hour of opening, the court room was
crowded to the doors n when court
convened Judge Marquis ordered that
no more be admitted. The first wit
ness called was Grace Nesson, the fiji.
teen year old daughter of the defend
ant, who was expected to be the chief
witness for the state. However, she
refused to answer any questions of
the states attorney OH the ground that
it would tend to inCriminate her. The
court ruled that she could lot incrim'
mate herself, but Oh the advice of her
counsel she still refused to answer.
This unlocked for procedure on the
part of the itness e~ectually blocked
the prosecution and States Attorney
Eden was aged 10 ask for a con-
tinuance of ,ne case. Judge Marquis
hold the witnoea RI he In c.yntemDt of