Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1922-04-21
.DOlNGS IN
DISTRICT COURT

GRAND JURY RETURNS SEVERAL
INDICTMENTS CIVIL CASES
NOW BEING TRIED
Trial Of civil actions is now occupy
ing the time Of district. court here
the grand jury having finished work
and practically all of the persons in
dicted by the grand jury having been
arraigned and pleas entered. Yester-
day afternoon, the trial of the< case of
Barney Johanns VS.. Clement Thomp-
son was on. 1t was expected that this
case would be completed by evening
!; and be given to the jury. The plaintiff
in this action sued for $4,000 damages
alleged to have been sustained by rea-
son of land deal and notcl deal.
Next for trial is the case of the
Transcript Publishing Company VS.
Morrison county. This is an action: in
volving collection for a part of bill
not allowed by the commissioners for
legal printing. =.
Judge Nye yesterday morning filed
an order denying the motion of the at
torney for the defendant in the case Of
the State of Minnesota VS.. Henry Gas
sert, Jr., to quash the indictment Gas
sert was indicted by the grand jury on
! charge of illegal sale Of Intoxicating
liquor. y '*
The grand jury finished work sooner
than was expected and made it's report
at about 5 o'clock Thursday afternoon
of last week. In it's report, the grand
jury commented on the condition of
the county Jail, stating that it is well
kept and in fair condition except fol
the presence Of sewer gas. James
Hollenbeck of Bellevue was foreman
of the grand jury and Mrs. A. Simonet
of this city was clerk. Thirteen women
and eight men constituted the jury.
A verdict for eight cents for the de-
fendant was returned by the jury in
the case of Ferdinand Neils VS.. Henry
Alderman, Friday morning. The
jury was out for about two hours
This was an appeal case from justice
codrt involving collection of an ac.
count amounting to $24.20.
Wednesday morning, a verdict was
brought in for the defendant by the
jury in the case of j. X. Martin VS.
Paul Felix. This suit was the result OF
! the sheriff IS sale of the stock of goods
of the Tanner grocery store, by which
Mr.. Martin held a chattel mortgage.
The case was tried Tuesday and went
to the jury at 2:40 p. m. They were
out for about four hours and the sealed
verdict was returned the next morning
Zygmont Aplikowski, who was in.
dicted by the grand jury on a charge
Of illegal sale of Intoxicating liquor
was arraigned Monday and onfTuesday
he appeared and entered a pleasqf not
guilty. He viii be tried later. =
On Wednesday noon, County Attor'
ney Wood, Sheriff Anton johnson and
Clerk of Court VIM. Clutches of Todd
county brought three persons before
Judge Nye to enter pleas of guilty
One was a moonshine case, another re.
sisting an officer and the third stat.
utory case.
Attorney Weber of Montevideo an
Senator +. H. Peterson of Moorhead
were here Wednesday noon and argued
a court case from Clay county before
Judge Nye. The action concerned an
| piece Of property valued at 100000.
Frank Hartman, who was arrested
at International Falls last week by De
putty Sheriff Fueger, after he was re-
leased from Jail there, was arraigned
before Judge Nye Saturday afternoon
He was indicted by the grand jury
on four counts charging grand larceny
and writing checks on bank in which
he had no funds. He waived the read
ing of the indictments and was given
until Monday afternoon to enter his
plea. On account Of his condition fol
lowing an attempt to take his own life
as mentioned elsewhere in this issue
his appearance has been indefinitely
postponed. In court he stated that his
right name was Frederick Thomas anC
the records were changed accordingly
! V. E. Ciminski of Pike Creek, who
was indicted by the grand jury at the
November term jon charges of grand
larceny and forgery, appeared Satur
day afternoon and pleaded not guilty
His bond was continued and tria
will take place later.
Frank Dezurik, Frank Posterick
Thomas Barron and Victor Barron, al
of Royalton, were pointly indicted by
the grand jury on charge of unlaw
full and wilful destruction of persona
property. They were arraigned ant
entered pleas Of not guilty. Bond was
waived and they we're released, trial tt
take place later in the term. -
! The case Of George Job VS.. the Pier;
State bank was settled out of court
MORE FILINGS FOR PRIMARIES
| Crawford Sheldon filed Saturday a.
a candidate for county superintendent
of schools, which position he nov
holds. Mr.: Sheldon was appointed t
that office by the county board follow
ing the resignation Of Miss Eliza Bat
\ vor -, =