Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1911-03-17
TO WIND UP NEXT WEEK
Several Criminal Cases Dis
posed Of in District
Court This Week.

The end of next week will see the
completion of the calendar of cases
before the present term of court.
Judge Nye will again preside at the
bench, commencing next Monday, and
on the 9th he will be at Detroit,
to open term of court there.
Sophia Lindgren, as administrator of
the estate of her deceased husband.
August LindgreD, was granted $4,000
damages against the Northern Pacific
Railway company py the jury last Fri
day morning at about IL O'Clock,
after deIiberating on the case for
nearly eighteen hours. thomas
Hooker the engineer of the train
which killed August Lindgren. and
who was made co-defendant with the
railroad company. was at the same
time absolved from blame.
Negligence on the part of the COM
pany was alleged by plaintiff, who
sued for s., 900 damages on this score
for the death of her husband.
1t is most likely that the case will be
appealed.
Emil Busse and Frank Lutzke were
given verdict by the jury for $94 so
against the town Of Ripley Sa aturday
morning for road work which plain
titfs had done by contract Defen-
dant claimed that the WORK bad not
been properly done, and refused to
pay 1t. The case was taken up last
Friday morning ana was completed that
afternoon.
A stay OF sixty days was granted.
Peter Nyman of Rail Prairie was
found guilty Of bastardy by the jury
Saturday morning.
The jury brought In verdict Of
guilty in the case of state VS.. Roy
Henderson, who was charged with
| bastardy, and $A damages and the costs
of the case were assessed against him.
| The court also ruled that he shall pay 81
! per month toward the support OF the
child until it is 16 years OF age His
bonds were set at $500.
Jacob Duscber Of Pierz was found
guilty of manslaughter in the third
degree according to the verdict
brought in at 1920 O'Clock Tuesday
night by the jury after being out
about six and half hours. Duscher, 1t
Will be remembered, figured in a cut
ting atfray on September 10Th of last
year, when in an alteration with
Thomas and John Lepinski of Platte
town over stage fare from Little Falls
to Pierz, he stabbed the latter, but
fortunately Lepinskl s wound was not
very dangerous and he soon recovered.
Duscher received good pounding at
the hands of another in the fracas.
Defendant will be sentenced next
| Tuesday, fine of $1OO or 80 days in
jail being tha maximum penalty that
can be imposed on him for this
! Ohense.
Judge William Watts of Crookston,
fourteenth judicial district, has pre-.
sided at the bench during the past few
days, having taken the place of Judg e
latter going to Warren, where he has
been trying case for Judge
Claude Wait was found guilty OF
desertipg his two children, by the
jury Wednesday might. The case hau
occupied the attention of the district
court throughout the day.
Yesterday afternoon Wait was taken
before the court and was released upon
q suspended sentence, after agreeing
to pay $40 per month to Mrs. Wait
until the next term Of court.
Peter Fussy of Two Rivers was
granted naturalization papers Wednes-
day.
The case of State of Minnesota vs.
Frank Doschka. John ThOmalla COM
| planning witness, was taken mp by the
district court yesterday morning.
Defendant is charged with ma]lciously
speaking defama,oriIy of Helen
Smeiia, aged IL years, at Bowlus
saloon on November 18th last. He
had been given hearing before
Justice Wilson at RoyaIton and bound
over to the district court A large
number OF witnesses were present
yesterday to testify in this case.
The case was completed and given to
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