Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1915-03-17
MANY CASES
ARE HEARD
Judge Nuessle Holds Session at
McClusky; Resume Of In
portant Cases.

McClusky, March l6.-Judge ~. h.
Nuessle and Court Reporter G. c..
Wattam arrived from Bismarck last
Monday evening, and the regular
spring term of district court for
Sheridan county was opened IN Tues.
day morning. The morning and most
OF the day was devoted to the exami-
nation Of applicants for citizenship.
There were Is applicants and all were
passed but one, who failed to show
UP at the appointed Tins.
The first case on the calendar, that
Of the State of North Dakota VS.. D.!
HERMANN, will be tried next week,
Judge Coffee will hear this CASE as
Judge Nuess!e' was attorney in an
action against Hermann before he
was elected Judge, and is therefore:
not qualified to act in this asc
Common Nuisance.
Tie case of the State VS.. Nettie:
Hargrave, who was charged with
maintaining q ccmmon nuisance, was
dismissed.
The case of the State VS.. VIM. Jurc.
zewsky, adultery, will DC tried during
the April term of court in Burleigh
county. Defendant fled afidavits and
was granted a change Of venue. 81;
The cas- Of the State vs.. Harry HI
Frankel, charged with attempting to
burn the Franllel Clothing Store at
Goodrich, was dismissed, by the court
after hearing the evidence. This case
attracted wide attention, and was bas.
ed wholly on circumstantial1 evidence.
Guilty Of Assault
The state VS.. Robert Midnight, was
tried by jury, and the defendant was
found guilty Of assault and battery.
Mcknight will be sentenced on Sat
urday morning. This case was the
result of a quarrel over the settlem ant
of a threshing labor bill between VIM.
Bickel, Of Goodrich, and the defend
ant. Whiskey was a strong factor.
Mcknight, in the fight, drew a knife
and stabbed iBickel in the breast, and
also struck him over the head. In
this action the defendant was charg-
ed with assault with a dangerous
weapon to do great bodily harm. Nc
knight, who was unable to furnish
bonds at the preliminary hearing last
fall, has been confined in the county
Jail since his arrest.
Several Of the civil actions have
been wound up, and several are yet
to. be heard. Among those settled
are:l$
Farmers Bank of Mercer County VS..
jacob Riedlinger, judgment for plain
tif by default.
III. H. Gray, ct al. F. C. Heitz-
NOM, continued.
The Grand Forks Mercantile Co., VS..
L. Meyer, settled out of court.
Ludwig Sonnenberg VS.. Peter Muel-
Ter. settled out Of court.
Fred Berg VS.. ~Jurszewsky, trans
ferred to Burleigh county.
Joseph T. Schusler VS.. Loretta G..
Reiseker; continued.
State Humane Officer Hall appeared
before the court asking for. charge Of
q child Of Mr.. and Mrs. Peter Heck
enliable. of Goodrich. 1t is claimed
the child's home surroundings were
rot rs they should be. The child
will be placed in the Foudlings' home.
Complaint having been made that
Anton Hertz, who resides in the east.
ern part Of the county, was m%istreating
two of his little girls the state hui.
name officer investigated the matter
Hertz was willing to give the girls in
charge Of the officer, providing the
officer took charge of his other two
daughters, The case is under advise.
ment.