Morris tribune. [volume] (Morris, Minn.) 1880-2000, 1922-03-10
WOMEN SIT ON JURY
HERE FOR FIRST TIME
Grand Jury Returns Five Indictments
General Term Expected to Garry
. Into Next Week.

NA NnS hAoC LAuuG IN the history OF
Stevens county district court the first
jury case on the calendar came i'm
with women jurors in the Jurors boy
to, consider the merits of the case.
Mrs. ]. G. Morrison was the first
woman in Stevens county to be called
to the jury box and with Mrs. w. q.
Light Of Morris and Mrs. John
Schmidt of Donnelly, served on the
first case Of the March general term
OF district court opened this week
with Judge S. A. F1aherty presiding.
Mrs. L. G. Graves of Chokio and Mrs.
William Hope of this city were also
among the women serving on the jury
this week, -"
Five indictments were returned by
the grand jury following the official
opening Of the general term of dis
trlct court on Monday. In two of the
cases, that of John Bengston, charged
with the sale Of intoxicating LIQUOR.
and that of Joseph Casey, charged
with the transportation of intoxica-
ting liquor, demurrers were entered
on Thursday when the defendants
were called to enter their pleas
Frank Nicely, charged with the
transportation of liquor, was granted
four days stay following arraignment
County Attorney w. H. Cherry will
move the criminal cases next Monday.
1t is expected that the term of court
will run well into next week. T.
A verdict in favor of the defendant
was returned by the jury Thursday
morning in the case of Endicott John
son Corporation, corporation, VS.. L.
Goldberg. The jury was out on the
case of the First National Bank of
Shoshoni We. B. F. Hoyt and M. C..
Keating at the time of going to press.
Both were civil cases carried over
from the fall term of court.
The case of Ida Giese VS.. Fred
Struck is on trial.
A judgement for the plaintiff was
given in the case of Bessie n. Drown
VS.. Loren G.. Drown. The case OF
Theodore Kroening VS.. John Grove
was dismissed and the cases OF J.
Murphy VS.. Charles Carte, e. w. Oh
son VS.; D. E. Butcher and Hayden H.
Sissons, the Goodyear Tire and Rub
Der company, acorporation, VS.. II. =.
and Martin jacobson co-partners as
Jacobson Auto and Tractor company,
8. A. Grandy, for and in behalf of his
infant daughter, Elvira Grandy, VS..
A. Olson, and e. D. Meehan VS.. Nor
ris Auto company "a corgoration) e.
D. Simpson, doing business as e. D.
Simpson company, were continued.
The case of Wyman, Partridge and
Company, a corporation, VS.. L. Cold
berg was settled, as was also the Rob-
ert Tressler VS.. Jos. j. Gaffney case.
Cases that will go to the jury are:
Wolpert-Davis and Company, incor-
porated VS.. L. Goldberg, P. M. Mark
ley and L. A. Blezek, co-partners, do
ing business as Markley Land Com
pany, VS.. Joseph X. Fuchs and Philip
Fuchs, Fred Struck VS.. August Giese,
George Reilley, for and in behalf of
his infant daughter Mary Madeline
Reilley, VS., James L. Rhody and
Mary Rhody, A. J. Steinbring and E..
F. Steinbring, co-partners, VS.. HI. r.
Hall, Carlos N. Boynton Land COM
pany, corporation, VS.. J. A. Ben
ston, Charles Torrey VS.. c. F. Kirk,
and James C.. Davis, director general
Of railroads and agent under Trans
portation Act, 192O", VS.. Morris Ma
tional Bank. The other civil cases
on the calendar will come before the
court
FIVE aliens were admitted to citi-
zenship before the court on Tuesday.
They were, William Miller, Germany;
John Dornquist, Germany; Henry
Althoff, Germany; Christian Monson
Gudahl, Norway; TOMS Boon, for
mer soldier.