New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1912-01-10
Court Adjourns Friday After Mos
AcquittaI on Both Charges.

The jury impanelled to try the cri-
minal action against Hans Mo for
grand larceny in the first degree who
was charged in the Indictment as an
accessory after the fact IN the Golden
State Bank defalcations did not have
an opportunity to debate upon the
guilt or innocence of the defendant.
Objections we're raised by the defense
to the insufficiency OF the Indictment
when County Attorney Erickson out
lined to the jury what evidence he
expected to introduce to sustain the
charge. The point at issue was
argued at length by counsel for the
defense and prosecution. The motion
of Mos attorneys to have the indict
ment declared insufficient was denied
by the Court and the trial proceeded.
After both the State and defense had
rested on Thursday afternoon, the
Judge granted the motion of the
defense for a directed verdict and
without leaving their seats the jury
returned verdict of mot guilty" in
compliance with the orders of the
Court.
IL granting the motion for direct
ed verdict, Judge Pau stated that he
would have preferred very much to
divide the responsibility of the case
and throw upon the shoulders OF the
jury the matter of determining the
question at issue, but that, in his
opinion, the entire evidence introduced
by the state, giving it full evidence,
did not state or prove q crime and
that in such cases the question of fact
which is ordinarily within the province
of the jury becomes q question of law
and is up to the Court for decision.
He stated further that he felt it his
duty in justice to the defend ant and
also to the State to direct . verdict in
favor of the defendant and in doing
so he assumed the entire responsible
lity. This left for trial only the
second case against Hans Mo, where
in he was charged with the crime of
suppressing evidence. A jury was
secured in . very short time and when
the County Attorney offered to intro
duce evidence, the defense objected to
it on the ground that the facts stated
In the Indictment were insufficient to
constitute public offense and on the
further ground that the language was
not clear, definite and concise enough.
The point at issue was argued by both
sides and on Friday morning Judge
Pau rendered his opinion sustaining
the objections of the defense. This
practically decided the case and the
County Attorneys motion to dismiss
the case was granted by the Court.
In speaking about the matter after
wards Judge Pau made the remark
that the statute defining the crimes
Hans Mo was charged with, was 80
loosely drawn and so indefinite that
it was next to impossible to draw an
indictment which would stand. This
completed all the work the jury had
been re.convened for and at ten
O'Clock the Court was ready to ad-
journ.
Rollin M. West who received an
indeterminate sentence on the second
of January was taken to Saltwater
yesterday morning by Sheriff VIM.
J.. Julius and F. G. Schnobrich. Mrs.
West and Vests brother called on
him Sunday and paid him . farewell
visit. Besides that, q great number
of people from New Ulm felt q desire
to see West once more and the Sheriff
was very busy man Sunday.