The Mankato free press., 1921-12-16
BURT SENT TO CELL
fine OF $3.50 ALSO
Found Guilty BY Jury Of
Selling Liquor
CLAIMS HE IS FRAMED
Marcus Osmandson Arr angedi
Before The District Court;
Tribunal Matters

Gilbert Burt of this city was found
guilty by a jury yesterday afternoon
In the district court on q charge or IL
legally selling intoxicating liquor and
was sentenced to a month IN the corl-
ty Jail, fined $l5e with the provision
by the court that he be confined In the
county Jail for period not exceeding
three months in case the fine Y not
paid. Hard labor was an addttiooA4
provision to the time sentence
When asked By the court II he hA4
anything to say in lis own behalf bes
fore hearing judgment, Burt sAi6s
Nothing In particular. except mat
this is dirty deal" 4 hAd been the
contention OF the defease that there
had been q frame UP to cafeA Bnst
making q sale which Bari mads %
in the alley in the rear et the San
don theatre
The jury des1berated IN hor and
thirty five minutes be4ore bringing IN
q verdict
Ninth Man Arrested
Marcus Osfnandson, aged foEty-three'
and single, the ninth man to be e.
rested and charged with the same Of
tense against the same girl was g.
district court for pleading on charge
of cearnally knowing and abusing one
Ruth Hainka, female child under tbs
age of eighteen years. The o69nSe u
charged under an Indictment OF tn1
grand jury and is alleged 20 have tax
en- place in MapletOn township.
Osmandson was arrested yegterday
in Faritault county by Deputy Sheriff
f,li Klugherz and returned to this city.
After arraignment the prisoner was
released from custody when h0 furn-
ished bond in the sum Of $50ee. 10
has retained G. ]. LAurtseh and @. q.
Daley as counsel.
May Take An Appeal
The appeal of Regan Il Groe1n, at
torneys for Frank Wittrock, tor forty
days stay was granted by Judge w. l.
Comstock Of the district coart yestsr-
day afternoon. and according 10 NJ.
Regan there VIII be a motion nor
new trial presented to the oourt.
A Jury in the case OF Wttrock
against the Northwestern railroad
found for the defendant who was suing
for $4,000 damages alleged to have
been incurred in a collision on the
Washington street crossing IN this
city last March
fs.Snh Rasnh neefSs Rector or q Mspieton was
found not guilty OF charge OF earn
ally knowing and abusing one Ruth
Hainka, female child under the age
of eighteen years by q jury in the dis.
trfct court this morning. Rector was
indicted by a grand jury Indictment
and was brought to trial yesterday. :.
The defense, which was conducted
by G. 7; Laurisch ana ca yonnsonrHI s1sfa
The defendant Is q man carrier ct Ma
pleton, working between the railroad
station and the post office. It was the
contention Of the defence that on the
evening of August 18 when the 0ffeneo
was alleged to have taken place, the
defendant was engaged m has Dus1-
ness of earring mail and that at all
other times during the evening sno
home. The Rectors have one child and
Mrs. Rector was Ia eoort during the
jury deliberations this morning
took up only a little moro tnAn On
Charles Abdo On Trial
District court adjourned this Noon
until Tuesday morning at ten o'elocE
Of Minnesota against Charley Aldo.
charged with unlawfuIly selling in-l
toxicating liquor had been drawn
Jurors who will sit in the case are j.
j. Quinn, Charles Brewer. How1r1;
Shook, g. Neal, W. g. Costley, q. -.
Nichols, William D1evit3, WnIla1n4
RaihIe, Walter Meredith, Loren A.,
Swenson, Fred Glamm and Owen
Evans.
On account of the mineral of Wall
ter Plymatt, former member Of M
Blue Earth County Bar association,
no court was held this afternoon and
on account Of a special term Monday
at ST. James over which Judge Com.
stock presides there win be no ccEe
hare Monday-~