The Mankato free press., 1923-06-08
COURT TO RECESS
DURING HOT TERM
Trials By Jury Will Take
Place In September
HELP FOR FARMERS
Give Them ChanceTo Get Into
Corn; Vacation For
Judge

The rapidly rising fields OF corn
in Blue Earth county received an
added impetus yesterday afternoon IN
its close and hard fought race WIN
the pestilant weed, when Judge w
L. ComstoCk in district court issued
an order deferring. service Oh tae ae
petit Jury until September 4, at Ten
O'Clock in the morning The order
of the court will enable all farmer
Jurors and farmer witnesses, sched-
uled TO be called during the June
term Of court, an opportunity OF
working their fields of corn during
the month OF June
The order of the court was issued
following remarks Of approval by
members of the Blue Earth county
Bar association present IN court 10
aid in the ARRANGEMENT Of the civil
court calendar FOR the June term.
Takes Needed Vacation
Another reason for the deferrlng
Of the June, term of court, whlch
means merely the jury cases, IS that
il will allow Judge w. L. Comstock
TO take a much needed vacation
Judge Comstock has occupied the
district bench here tor the past elgnt
and a half years without vacation.
In bringing up the question of ad-
iurnment of the term Judge Com :
stock told of the conditions or the
farmers in the county during this
month.
Our observations of conditions on
the farms in the county IS that the
farmers are badly needed on the
farms during the month OF June. The
corn on all of the farms is badly In
need of work if the crops are to get
the better OF the fast growing weeds.
would consider greatly the defer
ence OF the term OF court from June
is until sometime in September.
Judge Comstock asked several OF
the attorneys in court their opinions
regarding the change of the court
= term date. All approved of the
change. stating that there were no
cases that would be prejudiced by
the postponement.
Comment of Attorneys
For my part | wish that all the
~'sp, would be tried in the winter
months" said Attorney j. ". Sch =
mitt The term set in Septem ber
wCuId be all right but l would prefer
&c it set in the month of Novem-
ber."
Our firm has no cases to try by
jury which would justify them being
tried at this time" said Attorney B
corn and the weeds on the farms
now and deferTing the term would
give the farmers a chance to win
out"
Judge Comstock declared that he
disliked to interfere with the regular
progress of the court but would like
TO see the term held over If the
views OF the counsels in the various
cases thought it would be the best
thing.
Judge Strom of Lake Crystal de.
clared that he would not beNfn favor
OF adjurning the term to November
as il would mean a difficulty in get
ting witnesses into court.
Shortage OF Labor
II believe, however. that as far as
the farmers are concerned it would
be very good thing. The corn
crop is still a bit back, due to the
cold and wet weather. 1t absolutely
has TO be cared for during this
mouth in the race with the weeds.
also understand that there is a
shortage of farm labor which means
that every farmer and his family
shall have to be on their farms this
month"
DO you think the members of the
bar might supply that deficiency in
labor" commented Judge Comstock.
the farmers he had talked to relative
to witness duty during the term
were very reluctant to come to court
at this time. He said he favored
postponment of the term. c. J. John :
son. attorney of Lake Crystal stated
that ne knew of no reason the court
term could not be set over.
Before ordering the continuance OF
the term, Judge Comstock declared
there was another reason for the ad
tournament.
Judge is Tried
- There is another reason. gentle
men Of the bar, why / would like To
have the term set forward That
reason is confession Of weakness
For the past eight and half years
I have. been subject to the call OF
cases In court, and in all that time
have never had vacation. During
need. I was very tired-and I'm
very tired now
81 not only owe it to myself-but
owe it to the service to ensure a
reasonable amount Of efficiency to
stop for awhile. There comes a time
IL every PERSONS life when he
reaches the end OF his rope. I be J.
Ieve I have reached that time !
believe in view of the counsel's
opinions that we will get more ef-
fciency In the court term If the jury
- 1e4 SooCo oAO PooSPohSN NAIh
County Attorney C. e. Phillips, in
session with the grand Jurors, was
called and stated that he had no
criminal cases which could not be
held over
Fred Jensen Discharged
Judge Comstock also ordered that
Fred Jensen, held under bond for
several years on a cafnal knowledge
charge, be discharged following the
motion Of the county attorney that
the state would withdraw prosecu
ton OF the case
Jensen was indicated by a grand
Jury during the February term OF
court In 1921, together with a mum
Der OF young men charged with
carnal knowledge with one, Ethel
Dimmick, a female minor. The others
pied guilty and were sentenced
Jensen pied not guilty and in the
trial was found guilty. He appealed
the case and the supreme court or
nered q re-trial. In the second trial
the Jury brought in a disagreement,
Jensen was married during the In :
Remittance Of the two trials.
The court cases on the calendar
win be called on June %, at 10: 90
a. NJ. and the jury cases will be
again called before the September
term starts.
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