New Ulm review., 1913-12-24
g, 500 Awarded to Purchaser
Of Schmucker Brg.
Co. Bonds.
Three Criminal Cases Fizzle
Out. Huhn and Roberts
Not Guilty.

With the completion OF the lase jury
case to be tried st this term which
went to the jury shout five O'Clock
Saturday afternoon, the December
term of the District Court Of Brown
County practically came to an end.
The Court re-convened Monday
morning and made formal disposition
Of some Of the court cases that had
not been disposed Of and then took
: recess until the afternoon TO give
CO. Atty. Frederickson an opportunity
to be present at the disposition OF all
the court cases in which he is
Interested.
The last jury case to be tried was'
that OF Mary Scheible vs.. Jos. A..
Eckstein. The Plaintiff sued for
$500 damsges which she clsimed 70
hass sustsined hecauss tho aehmuckeri
Brewing Co. bonds she purchased
turned out to be worthless. After de-
Iiberating 3 hours, the jury brought
in verdict in favor Of the plaintiff in
tho sum Of $500 A stay OF proceed
ings for forty days was taken to en-
able the defendant to prepare his
motion for new trial. If this is
denied, no doubt the Supreme Court
will be called upon to pass upon the
validity of the verdict of the jury.
In the case of Mary Bsssen W. Mic
Metzen which was on trial when the
Review went 70 press last week, the
Jury brought in . verdict IN favor OF
the plaintiff, allowing her damages In
the sum of S25 and determining that
she 10 the owner of and entitled to the
possession of the 10 acres Of land
which the defendant claimed by ad-
verse possession.
The only other civil jury case tried
the latter part of the week was that OF
Jos. ). Sperl vs.. The Minneapolis y
ST. Louis Rwy. Co. In this case
plsintif claimed to be the owner OF
4 the defend ants right of way where the
elev ator, coal sheds etc. are located
basing his right on tax title that
vas issued to him. The jury decided
that the defendant was the owner OF
tho tract in question and allowed it
damages to the extent of Sl.W.
The criminal calendar was moved
Tuesday afternoon and the fret case
"a be tried was that of the State OF
Minnesota against Albert F. Gieseke
indicted by the grand jury for assault
in the first degree. There was no
proof that the revolver which Gleseke
aimed at Nicholas Beckius was loaded
and the jury brought in q Verolct
finding the defendant guilty OF merely
aiming q revolver at the complaining
witness. This constitutes mlsde-
me.nor only and the Judge hned
Gieseke $500 and costs, making a
total of s62.6s which he paid and ne
vas thereupon discharged.
4 In the case against Arthur hunn'
the iurv returned verdict or not
guilty within ten minutes after tne
. ase was given over to their consider
.tion. Huhn was charged with as
.ault and battery on one OF the Sleepy
Eye ball players at the close OF .
game between New Ulm and sleepy
Eye teams during the summer: Among
the fans the verdict meets with genera
approval.
William Roberts of Sleepy Eye
charged with csrnal abuse OF a female
child under the age Of fourteen years
was declared not guilty by a Jury,
This was the last one of the crlmlna al
c..es and thereupon the trial OF the
civil cases was resumed.
Mon day the following dlsposltlon
was made of the court cases which nao