Tuesday, June 1, 2010

District Court

REGULAR TERM.

HON. JOHN F. DILLON, Judge.
IRA M. GIFFORD, Clerk.

MONDAY, February 10.

Court opened at 9 o’clock A. M. There was some 60 cases disposed of this morning by default. The jury in the slander case of Dutcher vs. Ricker, brought in a verdict for the plaintiff, and assessed his damages at one cent.

The Criminal Docket was then called. The first trial was that of State vs. Murray. – John N. Rogers, Esq., was by consent appointed to try the case. Defendant, Murray, was indicted for stealing a calf. The examination of witnesses occupied all afternoon and was not finished to-night.

The court adjourned at 6 o’clock p. m., till 9 o’clock to-morrow morning.

– Published in The Davenport Daily Gazette, Davenport, Iowa, Tuesday Morning, February 11, 1862, p. 1

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