Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1921-11-18
DEFENDANT LOSES
JURY THOUGHT WON
CAIRNS -GAhdRADT CASE VERDICT
OPPOSITE TO WHAT JURY
INTENDED

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was begun. 1t went to the jury at
1850 a. ~, Wednesday, and a verdict
awarding the plaintiff 81 300 was
brought in at 1850 Wednesday night.
The plaintiff in this action sued for
pay for services said to have been Civ
en- by her to the Little Falls Packing
Company. = w - -s,- Is
Mrs. Cairns claimed that the COM
pany owed her $2,555 for services and
$400 for the use of car, making to-
tai of $2,955. On this was credited
81 800 which she had borrowed, max
ing the amount sued for $3.50. Mr..
Gamradt, principal defendant, put in a
counter claim for the $1,30O>which Mrs.
Cairns had received, plus interest on
same for Is mouths.
It seems thatke jury, in returning
the verdict, made mistake by mis-
stating it's intentions. The verdict
was returned Wednesday night and the
jury was discharged, and the following
morning, it seems, some of the jurors
discovered that instead Of returning a
verdict for the defendant, as they in
tended to-, figuring that the $1,000
which the plaintiff had borrowed, was
sufficient, they brought in verdict
which gives the plaintiff another
$1,000. Consequently yesterday morn
ing, at the request of members of the
jury and the attorneys for the defend
ant, the jury was called into court and
their intention ,2;,s to bring in YER
dict for the defendant IS stated above.
However, apparently nothing could be
done in the matter on this point, owing
to the fact that jury had been dis
charged and there was consequently
nothing in the court records to show
any mistake in the verdict,
Wednesday afternoon, the case of
Theo. o. Loveland, ct. al, VS.. F. G.
Carlson, et. al, went to trial, and was
given to the jury at abouts5:30 p. m.
The jury brought in a verdict $3.50 a.
M, yesterday, for the defendant. The
plaintiff in this action sought to col.
lect 1922 on notes given for musical
instruments. The contention of the
defendant was that he had never know
ingly signed any notes.
John Goodhope, l4-year-old boy
from Richardson, appeared before
Judge Roeser Thursday evening of last
week, following his Indictment by the
grand jury on charge of murder IN
the third degree for the death of Axel
Bergstrom of Flensburg. He pleaded
not guilty to the charge but entered
a plea Of guilty to first degrees man-.
slaughter and was committed to the
Red Wing training school. by the judge.
He was taken to Red Wing Monday
by Deputy Sheriff Fueger. :, .
E1r;1ov roorn1nr ho inrv in thu
case of Sophia Niekrowitz VS.. s.
Suszerynski, suit for $4,000 damages
for slander, returned a verdict Of ST.
for the plaintiff. The plaintiff in this
case charged the defendant with hav-
ing made defamatory remarks about
her. @a>:-55- .<':@>I
The eases Of the Farmers Terminal
Packing Company VS.. John Habasz
and VS.. Mike Vornoyak were dismissed
at the request of the plaintiff. The
cases of the Pine Tree Manufacturing
Company VS.. Webster Lumber Com
pany and the General Tire & Supply
Company VS.. Clifford Perry were set
tied out Of court.
Saturday, the case of Geo. Cornwell
VS.. Fred Bugh was tried. This was
suit for $400 commission claimed to be-
due on a real estate deal. The case
went to the jury Saturday afternoon
and in short time, verdict was
brought in for the defendant. He held
that the commission was not due and
that it would be paid with a payment
on the land. -. %. f1ss5
Monday, the case of II. j. Mathie-
son VS.. the estate of Samuel Trebby
was tried. It went to the jury late in
the afternoon and the jury was out all
night, bringing in verdict in the sum
of $4,000 for the plaintiff Tuesday
morning at about 1880 O'Clock. This
case was an appeal from probate court,
where claim of the plaintiff against
the estate in the sum of $524.83 had
! been disallowed as outlawed. q
I On Monday evening Benjamin Jen-
sen Of Anoka, who was indicted by the
grand jury on a charge of forgery in
the second degree, separate counts,
appeared and pleaded not guilty. He
was remanded to the jail to await
trial Nov. Fl. T..
The grand jury completed it's work
early Tuesday morning and reported at
9:30 O'Clock and was discharged. It
had been in session for over week,
which is unusual. A number of indict-
ments were returned.
/ Three indictments were returned
against Dave and George Lavoy and
Leon Thompson, in connection with the
3 shooting affair last summer at Motley
in which Eugene Lavoy Of that village
was killed. They were indicted jointly
on charges of assault in the second de-
gree and Dave Lavoy was indicted on
four separate counts, three for assault
in the second degree and one for as
sault in the third degree. The grand
| jury failed to indict Homer Green of
Motley, who was arrested following the
/ riot and bound over on a charge Of
| firing the shot which killed Eugene La
voy. Otto Beckner, one Of the Motley
constables, was indicted on six counts
charging malfeasance in office, in con-
nection with this same affair.
/ Theo. L. Lee and Max Mayer Of Lin
coin were indicted on two counts, one
joint, and one separate, charging them
with assault in the second degree.
They appeared and pleaded not guilty,
with the privilege Of fling demurrer
to the indictments within days. Trial
was set for Nov. 81.
Zygmont Aplikowski was indicted
on two counts charging the transport
ing Of ofintoxicating liquor and the sale
Of same. He appeared Saturday and
pleaded not guilty and his trial was
set for Nov. q. "a s.s
! On Tuesday the case Of the state
against Peter Swanson, continued from
/. the previous term, was dismissed on
motion by the attorney for the defend-