The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1921-05-06

sinners who pleaded guilty to an in
formation charging possession of
moonshine. He was taxed 500 by
the court.
Frank E. Babcock. another resi-
dent of Murray county entered a
plea of guilty to the charge of hav.
ing in his possession liquor contain
ing more than one half OF one per-
cent of alcohol, and he was required
to pay a fine of 500. "
Paul STENCIL, a Murray county
resident, entered a plea OF guilty to
the charge of having mash and fin.
ished product known as moonshine
wniskey in his possession in viola
ton of the national prohibition laws.
Ole H. Llekness of Cameron,
Murray county, was fined 800 for
the manufacture Of moonshine whis-
key
Wife Was Making Jelly ..
William Kruse of Sharon township,
LIE Sueur county, charged with the
manufacture of intoxicating liquor
stated to the court that his wife
had been making jelly and had left
Don't put the blame on your wife"
remarked Judge Booth You are
sentenced to pay fine of $780,"
and then every one smiled. a
Gust Plaman of New Sweden, Me
ollet county, was fined 500 for the
manufacture Of liquor He was rep
resented before the court by At
torney S. B. Wilson of this city
Louis Haase of New Sweden drew
Plaman for the manufacture of
booze. His pocket is now 500
| lighter.
W. T. Powell, an ex- soldier who
| fought overseas and was gassed,
was represented through his attor-
ney, John L. Regan, who called the
courts attention to the fact that a
deputy sheriff and a United Slater.
| enforcement officer had purchased a
defendant on two different occa-
sions. ut may be necessary for the
| liquor in this manner, but 1 do not
think that such practices should be
resorted to except in extreme cases.,
said Judge Booth. You are ad
Judged guilty, and are sentenced 10
pay ST." said Judge Booth. This
was the smallest sentenced to pay.
pleaded guilty to an information
charging the sale of moonshine
liquor. The defendant admitted that
! he had been arrested on former
| OCCASION by the Albert Lea authori-
ties for the same offense. For this
reason Judge Booth sentenced the
defendant to serve thirty days in the
! Blue Earth county Jail at hard labor
without the alternative of paying a
| fine.
Citizens Given Papers
During the afternoon NaturaliZa-
ton Examiner Thomas Griffing ex-
| amined the following applicants for
| admission to citizenship, and they
were admitted. Members of the local
Daughters of the American Revolu-
ton were present and pinned an
American flag on the coats of each
of the new citizens and presented
constitution of the United States.
| The persons admitted to citizen
ship of the United States during
yesterday afternoon were: Martin
Johnson, Fred w. Carlstrom, A. j.
Lundgren, c. Olson, Jens p. Rasmus-
sen, L. ]. Ulmen, H. Svendson, Aaron
Wishnick, H. G. Hanson, N. Peter.
SON, K. Michniewiez, J.. S. Lloyd, +.
c: Kruger; August Kruger 4. :.
Yenish, John Swensen, w. F. Schwan
ties, H. F.. Marquardt, B. T. Fred
| rickson, W. A Salfer, ]. Cattrysee.
r. Davies, A Anderson, c c. Jensen,
P e. Walling, E. ]. Guam, Rosina
Lang. P Lorentzen, o. M. Eidbo.
The first case on the civil calen
dar for trial to- day was that of Ed
ward Spielman against DR.. Ludwig
Sogge of Window. This is NAL
asks for damages for alleged perma-
nent injuries to one leg due to
broken bones not being properly set.
Regain & Grogan of this city appear
as attorneys for the plaintiff ano
%. J Fipsted and S. B. Wilson as
attorneys for the defendant.
Attorney Albert Johnson of Ivan.
! hoe filed motion in the cases of
i the United States of America
the United States of America against
one Oldsmobile auto and certain
amount of moonshine whiskey. In
which he said that the evidence in
those cases had been obtained un-
lawfully, and should not be used as
evidence before the grand jury, and
in case of an indictment should not
be used in the prosecution of the
cases. Judge Booth said that the
ton in both cases, but he under.
stood that both of the cases were
! then being investigated by the mem
bers of the grand jury. II the evil
dence were obtained unlawfully this
will have weight with the court in
rendering a decision.
Wants Evidence Returned.
In the case of the United States of
America against A. J. Meester, charg
ed with the violation of the Volstead
art, Attorney H. w. Volk of this city
who appeared for the defendant, Sc
cured an order from Judge Wilbur F.
Booth requiring the district attorney
to show cause why certain evidence
to be used on the trial of the defen-
dant should not be returned to the
latter on the grounds that it was OBJ
tanned illegally under a void search
warrant.
| During the forenoon the United
States grand jury made partial re-
port, and it is understood that num-
Der of true bills were returned against
violators of the prohibition laws.
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