Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1911-11-22
DOINGS or The COURT
Effort Being Made to Clear the
Docket as Much rs
Possible.
CRIMINAL CASES DISPOSED OF.
jury Excused Friday Afternoon and
Judge Fellows Went Home on
Saturday, ReOpening Court
Monday.

The mills of justice have been
| grinding steadily at the court house
during the past ten days, Judge Eel
! lows beng determined to complete
as much of tie work before him as
possible during this term. Since the
orening Of court q week ago Mon
day, quite a volume OF business has
been done, and the jury is still here,
with several cases still on the calen-
dar to be sposed of. Judge Eel
lows permitted the jurors to return
home on Friday, and adjourned
court Saturday morning so as to
enable him to spend Sunday at his
home in Lansing, returning again
on Monday and reopening court, the
jurors also being on hand at that
time. Court will continue through
the week, or until the cases ready
for trial are disposed of.
1t was expected that the Vessel
mann case for damages against the
c., NJ. & st. p. Ry. would be the
principal case before the court this
term, but the attorneys for the COM
pany, which is corporation outside
the jurisdiction of tile state, asked
to have the Gaze transferred to the
federal court, which was done. 1t
VIII be remembered that on Memor-
ial Day Of this year tie Wesselmann
family we're driving from Calmar to
Fort Atkinson. when they were
struck by Milwaukee train at
crossing near Fort Atkinson, killing
one son and one daughter, and in
iuring MIR. and Mrs. Wesselmann
and one son. Dam ages to 5ce amount
of s42,325 are asked from the com
pany. and the outcome of the case
will be awaited with interest by our
pec~le.
The case OF Job Perry VS.. Moses
Perry was withdrawn by plaintiff,
after jury had been secured and
the trial started.
Criminal matters are receiving
more attention at this term than for
some time. The case OF the State
of Iowa VS.. Carl l.. Hanson was dis
missed upon motion Of the county
attorney, there being no evidence
against him. "a
Ole Tweeten pleaded guilty to Civ
ing liquor to an inebriate, and was
fined 500 and costs, or jail sentence
in default of payment.
Mrs. Slime Austin was charged
with keeping a house of Ill fame
at Calmar, and the jury returned a
verdict of guilty. She will be SEN
fenced on the last day of the term.
In the case of Annie Evans vs.. A.
Peterson ct al the plaintiff con-
sented to the attachment being dis
solved and garnishees discharged.
The following cases were dismiss
ed by the plaintiffs:
Catherine Rogers VS.. Lizzie Halpin.
Catherine Rogers VS.. Maggie Burns.
Z. A. Miller VS.. Ed. Rossley.
r. A. Miller VS.. Albert Hammersness.
X. A. Miller VS.. A. j. Wells.
Martha Brandt VS.. Theodore j.
Brandt.
John Heath VS. Anna Heath.
The F. p. Gluck Co. VS.. 0. G. Gleis-
ner.
The Otto +. Lange Co VS.. Otto
Gleisner.
Sales of property were ordered in
the cases of:
Ole H. Gullickson VS.. Aasne Gullick-
son.
Florence Halsey VS.. J. w. Halsey.
The following eases were settled
as per stipulations:
John ID. Mullauey VS.. G. NJ. & St.
p. Ry.
j. II. Steele VS.. S. NJ. Cox ct al.
The following were withdrawn:
ID. G.. Malloy as Guardian VS.. John
p. Bachelor ct al.
Pleasant Ridge Telephone Co. vs..
Nelson Schoonmaker ct al.
Mary Dawley VS.. Ash Dawley.
Defaults We're entered in the fol-
lowing:
Nellie Leonard VS.. Raymond f..
Leonard.
Theodore Fle'scher VS.. Caleb f..
Brooks ct al, judgment.
Hannah l.. Robinson VS.. Edgar c..
Wilson ct al, Judgment.
Isabel Lee VS.. David Lee.
Fred Carlson VS.. George Steyer,
judgment for $3.50.
Torger T. Hove VS.. Ole G. Moe, de-
cree as prayed.
Elmina Haug Us. Wells x Christie
ct al, decree as prayed.
j. ID. Becker VS.. Andrew NJ. Haines ct
al, decree as prayed.
Ole ii. Seim VS.. John Hogdon eft al,
decree as prayed.
Grace II. Worth VS.. Roland d..
Worth.
lngvoldstad & Co. VS.. Bard Shetioe,
Judgment for $5i3.79.
Isabelle Lee was granted divorce
from pavld Lee, and property as ali
mony ~