New Ulm review., 1921-12-21
Is true BILLS
BY GRAND JURY
THREE INDICTMENTS KEEP
SECRET, PARTIES ARE
AT LARGE.
FIVE JURY CASES DISPOSED
OF IN LONG LIST OF
]. LAWSUITS.

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| After returning 13 indictments in all
the grand jury completed it's labors
Hate Wednesday afternoon and was dis
charged by the Court. Only 10 of
these indictments were made public.
The others are against persons whose
present Wherea bouts are unknown, and,
no doubt, later on bench warrants will
be issued and the sheriff will try to
locate the indicted parties and place
them under arrest.
Two Theft Indictme nss.
One Indictment for grand larceny in
the first degree was brought against
Ernest IWerks, charging him with.
stealing an auto from the Grand Hotel
garage, July l. Of this year.
I Two indictments were returned
against Vim. Brown, one for grand
larceny in the first degree for stealing,
in the night time, $41.5O from the
Bjoerneberg garage in the village Of
Hanska, October 10, this year, and the
other for burglary in connection with
the same ofense.
Two Charged With Rape.
Three indictments were returned
against Frank Prokosch, charging him
with committing rape upon a mentally,
incompetent female over 10 years o
age, which offense is alleged to have
been committed at New Ulm, January
4, this year. The other indictments
are for the same offense committed re-
spectively on the 9th, .7th and 9th of
January, 1921.
Two indictments were returned
against William H. English for the
same offense against the same person,
one Of which, it is alleged, was COM
mitted on December 26, and the other
December 27, 1920 both at Sleepy
Eye.
Sold Others Hogs, Claim.
Theodore Kroening is charged with
grand larceny in the second degree for
having received, shipped and sold "a
hogs, the property of Henry Baker
and valued at $356 90, and appro-
priating the proceeds to his own use.
Kroening is charged with having COM
|mitted this offense in February, this
year.
Five Jury Trials Held.
During the past week five jury
cases were brought to trial and dis
posed Of. They were those of Charles
! M. Annestad ct al VS.. John Bruins ct al;
Leo Schueller vs.. Wilson Bros. ct al;
W. p Schmitt vs. Frank SchWerzler;
Foster & Bertrand VS.. James Walden
let al, and State of Minnesota VS.. Oscar
Knutsen.
Plaintiffs Lose Cases.
The first case was brought for the
purpose oflrecovering a commission for
the sale Of land and the case went to {
the jury Tuesday morning. They re-
turned verdict for the defendant, no
cause Of action. In the case Of Leo
|Sehueller VS.. Wilson Bros, the jury
also returned a verdict of no cause of
action. This suit was brought for the
purpose of recovering damages done
to an automobile alleged to have been
caused by striking some tiling which
had been left on the highway by the
defendants.
Tractor Sale Voided.
In the case of w. P. Schmitt the
jury returned a verdict in favor Of the
plaintiff and assessed his damages at
81 ,920.26. In this case the defendant
had sold the plaintiff tractor, for
which the plaintiff had paid by giving
his notes. After trying out the tractor
he found that it did not and could not
be made to work satisfactorily and de-
manded a return of his notes and
offered to return the tractor. This
was refused by the defendant and the
suit was started to recover the money
paid for the tractor and the jury found
in favor Of the plaintiff s.
Directed Verdict.
In the case of Foster & Bertrand vs..
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the jury to return a verdict in favor of
the plaintiff and against the defend
ants. There were two verdicts, one
against each of the defendants
Guilty Of Bastardy.
In the case of the State of Mime
sofa VS.. Oscar Knutsen, the defendant
was found guilty Of bastardy and the
court will later determine the amount
j that he will have to pay for the sup-
i port Of the chill Id.
More Cases Settled.
Since the opening Of court, Monday
4 of last week, the following cases were
lgettled: Christ Dahl VS.. John H.
i Poe ehler, John Bower VS., Emil Golnick,
\ Jacob Rossbach VS.. Electric Short Line
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