The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1920-12-10
ADJOURNMENT OF
COURT INDEFINITE:
DOCKET LONG ONE
ELECTION CONTEST CASE HAS
NOT YET BEEN HEARD, BUT
WILL PROBABLY COME UT
REFORE ADJOURNMENT

The term of district court which
convened under Judge Anderson
last week is still in session. and the
trial of cases in we'll under way
The first day was taken up with \
the calling of the list of jurors
There being several who We're |
found to be absent, the court ord
cred a special venire of seven jurors.
The next was the call of the civil
calender. There were fifty-seven
cases on the printed calendar and
four additional cases were ordered
placed upon the calender, making
4 total of sixty-one civil cases. Sew
eral cases were either continued or
passed or settled or dismissed. Al
terward, and on December 2, there
was peremptOry assignment OIL
civil cases made from which IT ap-
peared that there were some thirty
five cases that would be ready Tor
trial, the great majority of which
were jury cases. The balance of the
first day of the term was occupied
with the naturalization of persons
who had applied for their final cit
izenship papers, the following per-
sons being accepted:
Ole Kjelland, Hagen Raadahl,
Carl Albin Anderson, Herman Hoek-
man, Lanritz Wilhelm Larson, Peter
Nelson, Gjert John Birekness and
Martha Cravdahl. Besides these,
there were six applicants whose ap-
olications were held and continued
until the next term of court.
On the second day of the term,
the .rial OF criminal cases was taken
up. and the trial of these cases oc-
eupied the entire time and atten-
tion of the court until the afternoon
of Tuesday the 9TH. Among the
criminal cases disposed of, was the
case of the state against Leon Barber
for violation of the liquor law in
which verdict of guilty was rem
dered, and that of the state against
. George Harris for burglary OF
store at Peever which resulted in
verdict of guilty; and that OF the
state against Ed. Williams for fruad
in disposal of personal property IN
which verdict of guilty was rem
dered; and also the state against
Ernest Houde for malicious des-
truction of electric light wires
where a verdict Of guilty was rem
dered. In the cases of Isaac Quinn
for adultery and for passing checks
upon bank in which he did not
have sufficient funds, verdict Of
not guilty was rendered.; and in the
case of the state against John j..
Akre in failure to provide. for his
divorced wife and minor children,
q verdict of not guilty was rendered.
In the case of the state against
James Keeble and Moses Keeb!e
charged with grand larceny, pleas
OF guilty were entered by the defend
ants. The last criminal case to be
tried was that of the state against
Christ Christianson and Nels G. Nell
son who were charged with grand
larceny growing out of their taking
from the possession of Ed. Howell
q team of horses belonging to Mel
son and upon which Howell claimed
lien for the keeping of the horses.
The state put in It's evidence and at
the close of its evidence, the court
directed the Jury to return q ver-
dict Of not guilty.
After this and during Tuesday
afternoon the court commenced the
trial of civil jury cases, the first to
be tried being that of James Harris
against Gust Polnau in which ver-
dict was rendered in favor of the
plantiff for some hay upon which
the jury placed a valuation of sixty
dollars. The case of Beito against
the Peoples State Bank of New Ef-
angton was then taken up.
The usual number of cases were
continued.
Judge Anderson Of Webster is pre-.
CONTINUED on page 81