The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1917-01-11
COURT
NOW IN SESSION
TERM OPENED TUESDAY AND
WORK PROGRESSED RAPIDLY
MANY CASES SETTLED
TUESDAYS FEATURE JUDGES LECTURE
His Talk to Boys Should Have Good
Effect on Others-Cases Be-
fore Court

The circuit court opened here Tues
day with Judge Sherwood presiding.
Part of the day was taken up with
reading the calendar and assigning
cases.
Quite a number of civil cases were
settled or continued, and the criminal
docket was cleared without trial in any
case.
In the civil actions ID. Goldblum VS..
G. A.. Stead was passed until chambers
term.
The Thermoid Rubber Co. VS.. o. A.
Brictson, now pending On appeal to
supreme court, was continued.
Gus Wilcox vs.. C. & N. w. Ry. Co, a
damage suit, was continued. as was
also p. S. Wick Co. vs.. j. o. Rude.
The case of Culhane Adjustment Co.
VS.. j. f. Farrand ct al was continued
by consent.
Square Lumber Co. VS.. +. T.. Arnott
was compromised and settled out Of
court.
Theo. Rossman VS.. II. G.. Williams,
Decker & Co, VS.. VIM. Corcoran and
STATE VS.. Geo. Etting were continued.
The case of Frank Raymond VS.. John
Smith was dismissed on motion of
plaintiff.
Sarah Z. Welch VS.. frank Flsmine
ct al was continued as the case is now
pending in the supreme court.
The Independent Harvester Co. VS..
Lewis Walters was continued on
terms.
N. b. Maher VS.. II. w. Snelson was
settled and dismissed.
A'he Maxwell Hardware Co VS.. VIM
Rumple was continued.
In the case of Geo. Schwartz vs.. Ed.
Samis a judgment in favor of the
plaintiff was awarded.
The case Of Morton Wilbur VS.. Geo.
Scholl was tried to a jury Wednesday
afternoon and after hearing the evi-
dence the judge directed a verdict for
the plaintiff. This action was brought
IN a judgment secured in Iowa several
years ago and sought TO renew it in
this state. The verdict does this.
Most of the criminal cases were dis
posed of on the opening day. NJ. w.
Elgie, druggist at Sinai, plead guilty
to selling liquor and two other charges
against him were dismissed. This was
his first offense according to the plea.
In the state of South Dakota VS..
Chas. Davis the peace bond of $500
was continued until the next term Of
court and the same disposition was
made Of the peace bond case against
Chas. Soden.
In the case of South Dakota VS.. the
boys who took the JOY ride, they plead
guilty to malicious mischief and Judge
Sherwood gave them a suspended sen
tence of six months in the county jail
at hard labor, and to pay all damages
to the cars they had out which amount
ed to ST.. The judge took occasion to
give the boys a lecture while %dispOsing
Of their case and spoke to them as fol-
lows:
Young men this court don't look on
this matter as a joke. 1t don't look on
thu matter as a boyish prank. 1t looks
on the matter as a crime, which is
Exactly what it is. Here are three
boys from three Of the best families in
Brookings standing before this court,
one Of 16, one of II, and one of 10, con
fessed criminals. If you had been
brought up somewhere where you did
not have any training, in the slums OF
some city, where you had to steal for
bread you would have been entitled to
a great deal more sympathy than you
are now, The parents of two of you
had cars themselves; n had two. One
of you told me that he had not thought
anything about it. You have not been
truthful to me about that. You have
added falsehood to the rest of your
acts. You are ashamed to tell what
you did think. 1t was such a mean,
sneaking, contemplate trick that you
are ashamed to tell why you did it.
Here are three boys. members of two
of the churches in this city, the pro-
duct OF the Christian civilization Of the
goth century here in court!
Now l Am not disposed for a minute
to make this a trihing thing. There
are extradition papers out in the city
Of WATERFOWL for a leading business