The Mankato free press., 1922-06-09
COURT is OPENED;
CASES ON DOCKET
GRAND JURY BEGINS WORK
FOR JUNE TERM
.M0RL0CK IS FOREMAN
Number of Judicial Knots Must
Be United By Petit Jurors
This Term.


fcially opened the work of the
June term of Blue Earth County
district court this morning, with
Judge w. l. Comstock of this city
presiding. At ten o'clock, ninet.
cases were classified as to the dis
position they are to receive when
they are called for trial and it was
found that there will be a heavy
season facing the court and jury.
No specific dates were set for trial
of cases as there is no way for de-
termining the length of the hear
ings until after their trial.
At eleven O'Clock the grand jury
was called for roll cali and in
struction. The grand jury for the
term is made up Of J. r Brandrup,
P. NJ. Broderson of Decoria- Ru-
dolph Bierbauer, Emma Davis, Err
nest Fox of Shelby, Clara Grierson,
Patrick Gainor. Alice Griffiths of
Judson, Henry Hallmen, A. A Ju.
liar of ST. Clair. S. NJ. Morrison of
Mankato township, F. H. Morrison
of Good Thunder, Edwin Olson OF
Medo Hugh Owens Of Lake Crystal
Catherine Price of Lake Crystal,
A. G. Roemer. Otto Schwender,
Frank r. Schwan of Vernon Center,
Will Thomas of Lake Crystal, Lee
Wood. Herman Wilde of Vernon
Center
Morelock Grand Jury Foreman
Judge Comstock appointed as
foreman of the grand jury F: H.
Morlock and as secretary, Clara
Grierson. When the roll was call
ed every member of the investigat-
ing body was in the court room and
there were no claims of exemption
from duty. The court began imme-
diately upon a set Of instructions
as to the duties and privileges OF
the body.
The court informed the jurymen
that there is probably no agency
that does more for upholding the
moral standards Of a community
than a grand jury which does its
work fearlessly, without favor and
thoroughly The court said also
that there are counties in the state
of Minnesota where there is a low
moral standard and little law OBJ
servance and in these same coun-
ties the reason can usually be found
to arise from lax work on the par'
Of grand juries.
nSdQs SGCLiOHS OF 0SdIulCS
AS to their legal powers and du-
the statutes covering grand juries
and explained further the work
that is expected He gave an out
line of the procedure of the body
in arriving at an indictment and
the methods of presenting the
same to the court. The jury viii
fix the hours for deliberation u
conform with the convenience d
the members but it is though
probable that the work will bt
completed early next week.
All members of the jury were
Cautioned to maintain silence anC
secrecy concerning the delibera
tions inside . the, jury room anC
! were warned on no account Il
make public any of the details d
the Investigations.
Criminal and Civil Gases
The court announced that, the
state would proceed with trial oi
criminal cases on June 10. There
is a heavy docket facing County At
torney C. E. Phillips. Ten persons
| have been bound over to the grand
jury by lower courts and it Is prob
able that there are as many more
VINO Will TSC0lN0 dLUcHLiOu.
| Cases For Jury Trial: Cases fol-
jury trial will be found in the fol,
lowing list as they were announced
this morning whenD the court read
the calendar and asked counsel for
their disposition: D. l.. Williams
against the Town of Cambria; Henry
F. Kopischker against Minnie Rim
ne; Morey Maternity Home against
Mrs. David Richards; Luther Gil
more against F. w Fancher; G.
Sieberg against Mrs. r. d. Hub
bard: Mayme McHugh against E.
w. willard; American National
Bank of Lake Crystal against Fred
Klist; Security State bank Of Wal
dorf against E.. A. Brecht ct al;
Lewis Willett against c. N. Chris
tensen ct al; Luella Mayer against
Ernest Forsbreg; Elmer and Emil
Haugen against Herman and Peter
Madison; c. A. Johnson, as trustee
against First National Bank oi
Lake Crystal; Charles L. Sprise
against Pauline Windmiller ct al;
Omaha railway against Andrew P
Johnson; Herman Raduenz agains
August F. Kietzer; G. S. Shrinel
against Clifford Helling; A; W.; An
derson against Ivan Roberts; Sam
uel CATER against the Northwestern
railroad; Bankers Service company
against BENZ. F. McGregor; Ellei
Jordal against l.. w. Lassee (foot
of calendar; j. Will Rice and H
H. Sillum against the Farmer ane
Labor Cooperative Stores associa
ton, (motion pendingl; Max c
! Thomas against Dan L. Williams
National Citizens Bank of Mankato
against B. T. Monson; A. F. Nc
EJ Peterson and C. T. Dahl against
Martin Speiss, foot of calendar)