Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1919-11-05
Circuit Court
WOman's Word and Mans Word.


WOman's Word and Mans Word.
The jury in the case of the state
VS. Arthur Lyness, Patch Grove farm
er, found verdict Of guilty. The case
went to trial last Friday morning and
lasted all day the arguments closing
at $3.50. Miss Mildred Foster, age
10, was the complaining witness. H.
e. Carthew appeared for Lyness and
f. c. Meyer prosecuted. 1t was al
legged by the state that Lyness came
to the Foster home near Bloomington
one Sunday evening in October, 1917
and took Miss Foster out buggy rid
ing. In July 1918 she became the
mother of a child Foster and his
wife testified that they saw Lyness'
horse but did not see him. Miss Eos
ter's testimony was positive. Evidence
tending to discredit her character and
yeracity were ruled out by the court
The Lyness family testified by alibi
that young Lyness was at home on
che two evenings when the incident
might have happened according to
Miss Foster. The jury after three
hours of deliberation found a verdict
as stated above. Turnout the trial
the innocent cause of the tangle pratt
tied and cooed in court. He is rosy
checked and handsome child. Lyness
was married in February, 1918, to a
young lady of Dyersville, Iowa. He
resides at Patch Grove.
Smuggling Proves Costly.
The case of John Rheel VS. Leon
Dietzman was tried on Wednesday,
Rheel Lima farmer, alleged that
Dietzman attacked him in January of
this year following meeting of the
Walnut Grove school board. An ar
gument arose indoors between RheeI
and DietZman over the question of a
janitor for the school. AS Rheel went
for his team he claimed that Dietz-
man, 43 years old and weighing 1856
pounds, slugged him. Rheel is 81
and weighs 135 pounds Rheel was
badly beaten up and remained in bed
for ten days and in the house five
weeks. Since then his health has
been poor He asked for 100000 The
jury gave him $79S.O7 for his injuries
and subsequent expense Geo. B.
Clementson and M. Block appeared
for Rheel and Kopp and Brunckhorst
for Dietzman.
Owns Up; Fined.
Norris B. Schulz, a Cuba City young
man, appeared in court Friday with
his attorney, S. e. Smalley and plead
ed guilty to bastardy. Schulz was fined
$500 and the costs which he paid.
No Pay For Mixer.
The case of G. H. Vesperman VS.
Chas Thier was decided for Mr. Thier
by a jury last Thursday. Mr.. Vesper-
man alleged that he sold Mr.. Thier
an Independent Milking machine out
fit in April Of this year which was
still unpaid for. He asked for $49572
and the interest. Mr. Thier claimed
that he took the machine on trial but
found it unsatisfactory in various
ways The jury evidently took his
view of the matter H. E. Carthew ap-
peared for Mr.. Thier while Meyer &
Orchard represented the plaintiff
Garage Bill Cut Down.
The case of w S. Pendleton, Fenni-
more garage man, VS. Floyd Townsend
Montfort farmer, was tried Thursday
Pendleton sued the farmer for $197 so
this being for repairs on a Dodge car
Townsend kicked when the bill was
presented and the bill was cut to
$137. He drove home but found that
the ding blasted" vehicle was still
out of order and in fact would run
only on "low." Another garage job
resulted Townsend then stopped his
check for $137 and the suit resulted
The jury heard the testimony of var
ious garage mechanics and placed
Pendleton's rightful claim at $65.25.
This will hardly pay his legal expens-
es
On Saturday Judge Clementson
granted a divorce to Lisetta Glas-
brenner from Fred Glasbrenner. Ali
mony of $50 will be paid to Louis
Glasbrenner. son of plaintiff The
divorce will not be absolute for one
year.
Court closed Saturday and the jury
was discharged from further duty.
Thus ended lengthy session.