Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1921-11-25
COURT TRYING
CRIMINAL CASES
CASE AGAINST DAVE LAvoY
STARTS oDAY-JENsEN GETS
SUSPENDED SENTENCE

cases scheduled for trial this term.
The case Of the State Of Minnesota VS..
A. Wolf, was to be given to the jury
yesterday morning and the case of
the State VS.. Dave-Lavoy comes up
next. Wolf is charged with third de-
gree burglary, for burglarizing the
Curtis broom store at Motley.
Late Thursday afternoon of last
week G. W. Akin Of Motley, indicted
jointly with Dave and George Lavoy
and Leon Thompson on charge of sec
ond, degree assault in connection with
the Motley riot, was arraigned. He en-.
tered a plea Of not guilty and demand
ed separate trial. His trial was set for
Nov. 21 and he was released under
bonds. TT,
Deputy Sheriff Bettenburg of
Stearns county, County Attorney Ahles
and Clerk of Court Dominick came up
here Thursday afternoon of last week
with Dane Lueck of that county and
brought him before Judge Roeser on a
charge of constructive contempt Of
court for failing to pay alimony to his
divorced wife as ordered by the court.
He pleaded guilty and was sentenced
to. six months in Jail. AS new county
Jail is being built in St. Cloud, he was
taken to the Hennepin county jail.
/ The case of Celia Cash vs.. A. v.
Super was placed at the foot of the
calendar. The plaintiff in this action
is suing for $500 damages on account
of a collision betwee4,the Super truck
and her car. H..
Friday afternoon, the jury. in the
case of A. Goran johnson VS.. the Town
Board of the Town of Belle. Prairie
brought in verdict for 800 for the
plaintiff. The PLAINTIFF sued for can
collation. Of road order and damages
on account of the road being routed
through his land.
V. E. Ciminski of Pike Creek, who
was indicted by the grand jury on two
counts charging forgery in the second
degree and grand larceny in the second
degree, appeared before Judge Roeser
Friday afternoon and pleaded not
guilty on the condition that he be al
lowed to alter his plea upon giving suf
ficient notice to the county attorney.
He was remanded to jail to await trial.
Last Friday the jury brought in
verdict for $1,000 for the plaintiff in
the case of R. A. Stephens VS.. Hokan
Hasselgren, ct. al. The plaintiff in this
case sued for $1,000 damages for. al
legged misrepresentation made to him
by Haselgren in connection with the
purchase Of farm, he claiming that
Mr.. Hasselgren sold Kan the: land with
the understanding that it contained ao
quack grass.
Tn ooco of uor~xv Nal,o- ~ro
Frank Grell, in which the plaintiff sued
for 50, 100 balance due on a land sale
and value Of equipment advanced, the
jury On Monday brought in verdict
for 81 800 for the plaintiff. The jury
went out at 1880 p. m:, and brought
in the verdict at $3.50 p. m.
This case completing the civil cal;
endar County: Attorney Cameron
moved the criminal cases for trial in
the order given below:
State vs.. Wolf; VS.. Dave Lavoy; VS..
V. F.. Ciminski; VS.. Theo. L. Lee; VS..
Louis Larson; VS.. Geo. Lavoy.
On Tuesday afternoon, Fred Prawal-
ski and Elmer Raffensparger appeared
and withdrew their plea Of not guilty
and pleaded guilty to a charge Of
transporting Intoxicating hquor. Each
was sentenced to 60 days in the county
jail and fine of $50 and costs,
amounting to $50 in each case, but the
judge suspended the Jail sentence upon
payment Of the fine and costs and or
dered them to report at the next term
Of court:
Benjamin Jensen Of Anoka, indicted
>on two counts charging forgery in the
second degree, appeared Wednesday
afternoon and withdrew his plea Of not
guilty and pleaded guilty. On account
Of extenuating circumstances, the
judge gave him suspended sentence
Of from l to 10 years in the state
prison and ordered him to pay the
costs Of the case, amounting to $25,
which he paid. He was ordered to re-
port to the county attorney by letter
each month.