The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1927-04-27
COURT NOW AT
WORK ON COUNTY
CRIMINAL CASES
MANY CASES SET FOR HEARING
BEFORE DISTRICT JUDGE IN
COURT; CIVIL CASES CONFLICT
ED BY JURY LAST THURSDAY.

After being excused for Friday,
Saturday and Monday the jury start
ed work on the criminal cases Tues
day morning, April 26th. The civil
cases which came up for jury trial
finished Thursday of last week. Be-
low is given the different civil and
criminal cases handled up to Tues
day night, April 26th.
In the cases of the State against
MS. R. A. Norcutt of Lucan, charg-
ed with the selling of intoxicating
liquor the defendant pleaded guilty
and was given suspended sentence
of sixty days and fined 100000. The
fine was paid. The woman's husband
charged with the same misdemeanor
was given Jail sentence of sixty days
and fine of 5000 with an additional
sixty days in case the fine is not
paid. There were two counts against
Mr.. Norcutt and the sentence was
the same in both cases.
Arthur Raveling, also of the Lucan
community, pleaded guilty to liquor
selling charge and was sentenced to
sixty days and a fine of $4,000
in addition. The Jail sentence was
suspended if the fine is paid. A SIM
liar charge was made against John
Raveling to which he pleaded guilty
and was given a fine of 5000 with
sixty days in Jail and an additional
sixty days in case the fine is not paid.
Hugh Greene of Redwood Falls
10 %r,o oh WoH-
nesday morning. At eleven o'clock
the jury was all selected and the trial
started Immediately after.
Civil cases: The case of Chas. H.
Preston Co. against D. L. Crimmins
was stricken from the court calendar.
In the Fred Holznagel against
George Salker the jury returned a
verdict in favor of the defendant. The
case of the State of Minnesota against
H. Muetzal, ct al, was continued. In
Victor Nicholson against l. w. Addi-
son, ct al, the jury returned ver-
dict in favor of the plaintiff. The
case of C. A. Reynolds against the
Pure Oil Company was stricken from
the calendar. In the case of j. E..
Trent against H. C. Rasmussen both
parties were dismissed without costs
to either. The B. L. Lange VS.. Chas.
Cantie case was settled out of court.
The several long-continued cases in
Vol. lng the Walnut Grove Farmers
Elevator Company were settled out
of court. In the case of Mary j..
johnson against the North Star Far
mers Mutual Insurance Company of
Minnesota the jury returned verdict
for the plaintiff of $1,645.0O. The case
of Andy Ramsey against Tom Erick-
ason was settled out of court. The
w. j. Warner VS. Harold Aune and
H. M. Aune, case was dismissed by the
plaintiff without prejudice. The case
of w. H. Shomeier against L. H.
Grimm, ct al, was stricken from the
calendar, as was the case of George
N. Davis against Tom Erickson, Gil
bert Gabrielson VS.. the C. & N. w.
Railway Co. and Gust Schultz against
Conrad Drexler. The cases of the
Beerman Fruit Co. against John
Schmid, Lyon County National Bank
VS. Henry Zorn, Jr., and William
Lerche against Mary Brandt were
settled out of court.
In the case of the State of Mime
sofa against William Hart was dis
missed. A verdict for the plaintiff
was returned in the Joseph Troske,
Jr., VS.. Farmers State Bank of Wa
basso case. The case of Felix c.
Chapman against w. l.. Towle was
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