Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1925-10-22
CASES BEFORE
CIRCUIT COURT
Jury Returns With
Verdict of $1,000 In
False Imprisonment
Case


| Some months ago Louis Leno,
lwho dealt in automobile parts and
hides in the Third ward, Baraboo,
missed some tires and hides. He
blamed Grant g. Thompson and
caused his arrest. Later it was
found the property had been stolen
Eby others, they were arrested, the
goods were returned and the Grim
inals sentenced. The jury brought
in a verdict of $1,000 for false i'm
prisonment in favor of Mr.. Thomp-
son. The special verdict reads
as follows:
Question 1-Were the circum-
stances under which Mr.. Leno act
ed when Mr.. Thompson was ar
rested such that any reasonable
person acting without passion or
prejudice would fairly have sus-
pected the plaintiff of being the
person who had stolen his tires and
hides?
Answer-No.
Question 2-Was the delay in tax
| ing Mr.. Thompson before magis-
trate before he was released from
the city hall a reasonable one in
view of all the circumstances in
| the case?
Answer-No.
Question 3-Was Mr.. LeDo's sole
purpose in causing the arrest of
Mr.. Thompson that of compelling
Mr.. Thompson to return to Mr..
Leno, the tires and hides, which
were stolen from Mr. Leno and not
for the purpose of prosecuting or
Furnishing Mr.. Thompson for the
alleged theft?
Answer-Yes.
Question 4-What sum will pay
Mr.. Thompson for the damages sus-
tanned by him because of his arrest
and detention in the city hall?
Answer 500.
The jury: Mrs. Josephine Ger
Itch, Mrs. Frank Nachreiner, Mar
tin Harrington, Albert Weise,
George Brey, Mrs. Viola Karberg,
Mrs. ]. P. Kindschi, Mrs j. p. Wit
wen, Mrs. G. w. Hoadley, Mrs.
Vernon Davis, Mrs. Josephine Mar
shall and Otto Grote.
witnesses: Grant G. Thompson,
Louise Thompson, Frank Schuster,
Roy Capener, o. B. Thompson and
Louis Leno.
Case BY Default
The cases of e. B. Trimpey
against Mrs. Susanna Brown and
, Mrs. Ralph Brown went by default
Of the defendant and judgment was
granted. During the summer of
1924 Mrs. Brown operated the Nah
Jong restaurant in the apartment
over the Trimpey studio and the
cases arose over the purchase of
an awning for the balcony which
Mrs. Brown used in serving, as we'll
as other matters.
Divorce Granted
In the case of Alice True against
Clifford True divorce was grant
ed. There is one child which re-
mains in the possession of Mrs.
True. 1t is said that the husband
is in the United States army and
for that reason no alimony could
be allowed. His location is thought
to be in the southwest.
In the case Of Bernard Galligan
against. Joseph Graemer the trial
was over an automobile accident.
The plaintiff ran into a truck park
ed without lights at the side of the
road on June Is, 1925, about two
miles northwest of Spring Green.
Mr.. Galligan was somewhat injur-
ed and his Oakland car damaged.
The accident happened when he
turned to one side to permit two
cars with bright lights to pass.
Special Verdict
In the special verdict the jury
found the defendant, Mr.. Kramer
had failed to exercise proper care
by leaving his truck on the high
way without lights that injury to
Mr.. Galligan and injury to car re-
suited, that Mr.. Kraemer should
have foreseen the possibility of our
accident, and that the, damages
amounted to $3.50.
Witnesses-Orvis Meyers, Ray
mond Stoddard, Joseph Kramer,
Lyman Pitkin, Frank Jones, Albert
Aaron, Alfred Hansen, Clarence
Scholl, Fred Luther, Harold Luther
and ]. P Kindschi.
The jury-Mrs. Vernon Davis.
Mrs. o. w. Hahn, Mrs. f. Gollmar,
Mrs. Joseph Marshall, Roy Henry,
John Jackson, VIM. Lutterman.
Mrs. Ed Barkenbach, VIM. Schwar-
tx, Otto Graft, Albert Wiese, Mrs.
and Bernard Galligan.
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