The Redwood gazette., 1921-05-04
Hall Green Is
Found Guilty
MAN WHO SHOT LESLIE JOSLIN
GIVEN LIFE SENTENCE BY
JUDGE LAST SATURDAY.

s. Hall Green, indicted by the grand
jury on the charge of having murdered
Leslie Joslin on the night of April Z,
was found guilty by the jury in Dis
trict Court last Friday-the verdict
being murder in the first degree.
Sentence was given by Judge I. NJ.
Olsen Saturday, the terms being life
sentence at hard labor.
This case started Wednesday morn
ing and went to the jury at four-thirty
O'Clock Friday afternoon, the jury
bringing in its verdict shortly before
nine o'clock in the evening. Fifty
three men were examined for jury
duty in the case, two special venires
of twenty-four and ten men each being
necessary before the jury was COM
plete. Attorneys Barnes of Redwood
Falls and Werring of Morgan and w.
W. White of Redwood Falls were the
triers of the jury.
This case was one Of the most SEN
sational which has been tried in Red
wood Falls for many years. Green,
who is of negro blood is twenty-six
years of age and has been in the
vicinity of Redwood Falls for several
years. Evidence showed that the
murder was caused by jealousy.
Thirty-three witnesses were called,
six of them appearing for the defend
ant. Green has already started the
serving Of his term. A brother of his
was arrested on evidence brought out
in the trial and is now. confined to the
county Jail, awaiting further investiga-
tion of the charge against him.
The first case to come before Judge
Olsen last Tuesday when court set for
its final weeks work, was the case of
Rasmussen VS.. MacComb, the defend
ant being charged with having misre-
presented shipment of iron made to
him by Rasmussen and having under
paid the plaintiff for the same. The
verdict gave the plaintiff $723.53.
Saturday morning court closed with
five adoption cases and the considera-
tion of several other matters, among
them being two petitions for the set
ting of land outside the city of Red
wood Falls. Mrs. Tillie Keil was
granted her petition in this respect
and the other petition is still under
advisement. The application of ]. M.
Hickey to vacate certain lots in Re-
we're was granted.
Charles Arnold pleaded guilty to
having sold mortgaged property and
>, was sentenced to pay fine of $4,000
or to serve sixty days in the county
Jail. He is now an inmate of the Jail.
Bernard Boyer was fined for con-
tempt of court in having failed to
obey the courts order to support his
family He was sentenced to the
county jail until he was ready to COM
ply with this order, the Judge giving
him special instructions that this SEN
tence does not relieve him from the
support of his family. His sentence
is not to exceed sixty days, but if he
is not then ready to comply with the
courts order he may be again arrest
ed and brought before the court.
Very little of the new work of the
court, with the exception of the one
criminal case, was attended to during
the court term just past because of
the vast amount of work to be done
and the shortness of the time. An
adjourned term, for the trial of court
cases only, will be held July 5th and
all cases not coming before Judge Oh
sen at that time must wait until the
October term.