New Ulm review., 1917-12-26
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COURT MUST MEET
AGAIN NEXT MONTH
NOT POSSIBLE TO FINISH Up
ALL BUSINESS BEFORE
CHRISTMAS
ADJOURNED TO JANUARY End
TWENTY CIVIL CASES
UNSETTLED

among them ID ditch cases waiting for
trial Judge Olsen late Saturday after
noon ordered a recess until Jan. I'd when
the petit jury will reconvene for the
purpose of disposing of the balance of
the civil and criminal cases still on the
calendar.
Hughes Case Not Ready
When the case of the State Of Mime
sofa against VIM. Hughes was reached
his Attorney ALI. w. Mueller asked the
Court to allow the case go over to the
May term because Of the fact that it was
impossible for him to have some of his
witnesses in court at this time. This
was strenuously opposed by County
Atty. Frederickson and upon the Courts
refusal to grant the continuance, Atty.
Mueller withdrew from the case and the
case was continued until Jan. 2 to give
Hughes opportunity to secure other
counsel.
One of the jurymen, James Jenson of
Prairieville, discharged from further
attendance. The following cases have
been settled since the preliminary call
of the calendar: John P. Galbraith
Trustee Estate of VIM. j. Schmidt VS..
i. G. Romberg and Theo. Luebke VS..
Edw. T. :. Berkner, and in the jury case of
Noel G. Hoffmanr1 VS.. - Nv. LaGow
the attorneys to the suit decided to try
| it before the Court in vacation.
Sharp ..Not Guilty..
| Immediately after the first s ditch
eases had gone to the jury, County Atty.
I Frederickso moved the criminal
FIRST. tried
was that of the State of Minnesota
against =. M. Sharp who was indicted
by the grand jury on a charge Of carnal
knowledge Of female child. All Of
Wednesday was consumed IN the trial
of this case and it went TO the jury late
IN the afternoon and shortly after
o'clock in the evening they reported d
verdict of mot guilty ~ Il and Sharp was
Immediately released and shortly there
after left for his home in Iowa. Sharp
had been bound oversto await the action
l-of the grand jury during the summer
and was out on bail in the sum Of 81 900.
The next case for criminal trial was
that Of the State Of Minnesota against
Anton Schreiner. He was charged with
having on July s made an assault With
loaded shotgun upon his wife on their
farm in the Township of Eden. He
was lodged in the county jail July Is
and has been there every since. This
may have had something to do with
the jury agreeing on a averdict Of mot
guilty. The Jury arrived at this
verdict an hour after they retired under
the charge ofthe bailiff. !.
Friday the attention Of the Court was
taken up with the trial of the case of the
State Of Minnesota against VIM. Kropp
who was indicted by the grand jury for
selling mortgaged property. In this
case also the jury, after celebrating
scS SsSAnAL nuns sak4SCN upOH q SVcIOlCG VI
not guilty" and so reported to the
Court Friday mevening;
On account Of the criminal case against
VIM. Hughes going over to the adjourned
term in January the trial Of the civil
cases was resumed. The first to be
tried was that Of Grin Case VS.. D. s..
Edenburn which was an appeal from a
judgment of the Municipal Court of.
Sleepy Eye wherein the plaintiff was
awarded the sum Of $1,000 in an action
for accounting between the two parties.
This case lasted all day and the jury
after deliberating a very short time
brot in verdict in the favor of the
plaintiff and awarded him the sum of
$1.O0. Mtho the plaintiff won the caseI
he really lost, because the Judgment from
the former trial having been reduced
more than half the defendant has a
right to tax his costs and disbursements.
Ditch Benefit. and Damages.
The IS ditch cases which had been IN