Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1920-04-16
COURT IN SESSION
FIRST JURY CASE FINISHED YES.
THREE DIVORCES
GRANTED

now, with Judge j. A. Roeser Of St..
Cloud on the bench and Arthur M.
German as court reporter. Court con-
vened Monday afternoon at 2 o'clock
and the grand jury was Immediately
charged, whereupon the preliminary
call Of the calendar was held and cases
set for trial
There were but two cases before the
grand jury and they finished work
Tuesday afternoon and submitted their
report.
On Tuesday applications for nat
uralization were considered, represen-
tatives of the state department being
present to examine applicants. The ap-
plications of Stephen 'Bastek, Herman
Retzlaff and Johan Mohr were con-
tinued and Neils Klausen was ad-
mitted to citizenship. Two applica-
tions of ex-soldiers, Christian Jasper
son and Walter Swaser, were admitted.
Wednesday evening the court was in
session for several hours for the pur-
pose of disposing of number of court
cases. The first was that of Leon
Clouse vs.. G. I. Kimball, an action for
collection of an account. This was list
ed as jury case but this was waived
and the case was tried by the court, re-
sulting in judgment for the plaintiff.
Three divorce cases were heard the
same evening. Florence Growt was
granted a divorce from Earl Growdt;
Clara Stumpf vs.. Rinehart Stumpf;
Josephine Frank vs.. William Frank.
Frank Gohl, transient, charged with
grand larceny in the first degree for
theft of hides from a freight car near
Randall, was arraigned Wednesday eve
ming and given until last evening to
enter his plea. He was not to appear
until late last night and particulars
were not available before press time.
So many petit jurors have been ex'
cused for various reasons that it was
necessary Wednesday to draw special
venire Of thirteen, as follows:
Conrad Stangl, Pierz.
Ole Kjelshus, City.
Ed. Reynolds, Royalton.
John Billstein, City.
John Vierzba, City.
j. K. Ausland, Rail Prairie.
Carl Kapsner, Pierz.
Ed. Hughes, City.
Geo. Gerritz Jr., City.
Fred Muske, City.
John Minchow, Flensburg.
Peter Kliber, Two Rivers.
Charles Owens, City.
The grand jury, in it's report to the
court, recommended that a concrete
foundation be placed under the west
side of the Jail building in order to pre-
vent further settling; also that the
woodwork on the outside of the Jail
building be painted. In this connec-
ton the grand jury stated that the
work done by Robert K. Tidd, an in
mate of the jail, while such inmate, was
very satisfactorily done and adds to the
appearance of the Jail part of the
building. The jury also recommended
the repairing and redecorating of the
county superintendent office and the
repair of leaky places in the court house
roof. The county officials we're praised,
the following resolution being included
in the report: "The grand jury takes
pleasure in stating that the work of all
public officials seem to be Of very
high standard, but it takes particular
pleasure in recommending the. work OF
the county attorney, clerk Of the district
court and sheriff, as being Of the very
highest order. and we feel that these
officials are painstaking and careful in
safeguarding the interests OF the
county, The grand jury also ex-
pressed its appreciation Of the courtesy
extended it BY the presiding Judge, J. A.
Roeser.
A verdict was returned early yester-
day afternoon by the jury in the case
of the Hamm Excelso company vs.: T.
F. O'Connor, the first case to be tried.
Plaintiff was awarded judgment for
$l25 for fixtures which were in the
building purchased from the company
by Mr.. O'Connor.
The case of William Stein vs.. Sol
Shapiro was dismissed by the court on
motion by attorney for defendant, for
non-appearance of plaintiff or attorney.
Yesterday afternoon the court took
up the case Of George S. Patnaude VS..
Charles O'Brien, which was not fin
ished at press time. This is an appeal
case from justice court, plaintiff suing
for money said to be due for boarding
Mr.. O'Brien.
The next case to be tried is that Of
Henry Broberg VS.. John Locks, ST., al
so an appeal from justice court. This
is a dispute over possession of certain
property which plaintiff holds was in
cluded in a deal.
MARRIAGE LICENSES
Marriage licenses have been issued
this week to Mike F. Smieja and Mary
Kotzer; Edgar A. Randall Of Chicka-