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1888-John McKee, chairman; G. D. Bannister, Arthur Jones, John Thompson, O. F. Bowles.
1889-John McKee, chairman; O. F. Bowles, Henry Mundt, G. D. Bannister, J. C. Eldridge.
1890-John McKee, chairman; George L. Wood, G. D. Bannister, Henry Mundt, J. C. Eldridge.
1891 -- John McKee, chairman; George L. Wood, J. C. Eldridge, Henry Mundt, George A. Knott.
1892-John McKee, chairman; George A. Knott, George L. Wood, John T. Lee, W. O. Colton. George A. Knott resigned De- cember 31.
1893-John T. Lee, chairman; W. O. Colton, A. J. Berdahl, Jacob Schaetzel, Jr., Frank Emerson appointed January 3, to fill vacancy occasioned by the resignation of George A. Knott.
1894-John T. Lee, chairman; W. O. Colton, A. J. Berdahl, Jacob Schaetzel, Jr., Frank Emerson.
1895-John T. Lee, chairman; A. J. Berdahl, Frank S. Emerson, Jacob Schaetzel, Jr., C. W. Knodt.
1896-John T. Lee, chairman; Frank S. Emerson, C. W. Knodt, A. H. Stites, A. H. Stephenson.
1897 -- John T. Lee, chairman; Frank Emerson, C. W. Knodt, A. H. Stites, A. H. Stephenson.
1898-John T. Lee, chairman; Frank S. Emerson, A. H. Stites, Henry Mundt, A. H. Stephenson.
1899-John T. Lee, chairman; Frank S. Emerson, Henry Mundt, A. M. Olmem, Thomas Mckinnon.
CHAPTER III.
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT - DISTRICT AND CIRCUIT COURTS OF MINNEHAHA COUNTY -- PRO- BATE COURT - COUNTY COURT.
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT.
At the first session of the legislature of the State of South Da- kota in November, 1889, R. F. Pettigrew was elected United States senator. On the first Monday in December, following, he took the required oath, and entered upon the duties of his office. He began at once to secure such congressional legislation as the new state required to place her on an equal footing with her elder sisters, and on the 27th day of February, 1890, an act of Congress was approved declaring that the State of South Dakota should constitute one judi- cial district, and that for the purpose of holding courts such district should be divided into three divisions to be known as the Eastern, Central, and Western divisions, and the United States circuit and district courts held at Sioux Falls, Pierre, and Deadwood, respec- tively. The first Tuesday in April and October of each year was fixed for the eastern division.
In 1893 a change was made, and a new division created called the Northern division, and Aberdeen was designated as the place for holding the terms of court for this division. By the same act the time of holding the October term at Sioux Falls was changed from the first to the third Tuesday in October. On the 19th day of No- vember, 1889, Alonzo J. Edgerton was appointed United States district judge of South Dakota. There was, of course, no govern- ment building for holding the courts at that time, and rooms were rented in the Masonic Temple and used for that purpose until the government building was ready for occupancy in May, 1895. Judge Edgerton died on the 9th day of August, 1896, and on the 31st day of the same month John E. Carland succeeded him, and is the present judge.
Some terms of this court have been quite lengthy, and im- portant trials have taken place, both civil and criminal. One feature when held in Sioux Falls which is quite noticeable is the large number of Indians always in attendance. The district court has jurisdiction over offences committed on the Indian reservations and there is at each term a large number of indictments found by the grand jury against persons for selling intoxicating liquors to the Indians, which is prohibited by the statutes of the United States.
ALONZO J. EDGERTON, United States District Judge.
JOHN E. CARLAND, United States District Judge.
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DISTRICT AND CIRCUIT COURTS OF MINNEHAHA COUNTY.
On the 16th day of May, 1871, the time fixed by law for holding the first term of the district court in Minnehaha county, a few per- sons met at the appointed place, but there being no judge present, the clerk adjourned the court until the next day. Wednesday the 17th day of May, pursuant to adjournment, the court convened, Hon. W. W. Brookings, associate justice of the supreme court of Dakota territory and presiding judge of the second judicial district, being present and presiding. The docket was called and court then ad- journed until the next day, On the 18th, the case of J. F. Van Dooser vs James Stephenson was called, and on motion of James Hand, attorney for plaintiff. a judgment by default was taken against the defendant for the amount claimed in the complaint together with cost of suit. The judgment was for $188.07 damages and $10.93 cost. This action was brought upon a promissory note given by defendant at Rochester, Minnesota, on the 12th day of May, 1865, payable to the order of Van Dooser & Hitchcock, with interest at twelve per cent per annum, and the note had upon it a ten cent revenue stamp. The summons in this case was served by John McClellan, and Moody and Hand appeared as attorneys associated with James A. Hand. At this term of court, on motion of James A. Hand, John Bippus was admitted to the bar upon a certificate that he had been admitted to practice law by the circuit court of Hunt- ington county, Indiana. The foregoing comprises all the doings at the first term of the district court in Minnehaha county, and the court adjourned on the 18th day of May. O. B. Iverson was clerk and Cyrus Walts, deputy clerk.
The next term, the district court convened May 21, 1872, but the judge being absent, nothing was done until the 23d, when Judge Brookings arrived. From the record it appears that only two cases were called. In the first one, a demurrer to the complaint was sus- tained and excepted to by the defendant, and in the next a motion was made to set aside the complaint, which was overruled and de- fendant given twenty days to file an answer. upon the payment of five dollars costs, and court adjourned.
The third term, the district court convened on Tuesday, May 20, 1873, but no judge was present, and the clerk adjourned the court until the next day, at which time the Hon. A. H. Barnes, associate justice of the supreme court, arrived and held the term. Melvin Grigsby was clerk and W. H. Holt was sheriff. The first business appears to have been the admission to the bar of Albion Thorne and M. H. Underwood upon motion of C. H. Winsor. There was quite a number of cases upon the docket at this term, and it was the first term of court in Minnehaha county during which the lawyers had anything to do. In one case, Alfred Fuller vs C. L. Gardner, a change of venue was granted and the case sent to Lincoln county for trial. Continuances were granted in other cases. Four decrees of divorce were rendered at this term of court, the first one being in
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the case of James G. Botsford vs Angeline C. Botsford, and the judge in his decree says: "The welfare of both parties demands a separation of the parties." One of the other cases was entitled, Hattie M. Lansing vs Judson P. Lansing. The marriage records of this date show, that immediately upon receiving their respective de- crees, James G. Botsford and Hattie M. Lansing were united in the holy bonds of matrimony. The first grand jury of Minnehaha county was summoned at this term, and consisted of the following persons: J. L. Phillips, foreman, Joseph Dickson, J. C. Shepherd, J. C. Ervin, Seymour Hill, C. E. White, Thomas Dickson, O. W. Douglass, D. W. Fitz, John O. Walker, A. Danielson, H. B. Caldwell, John Ol- son, J. Ernstrom, J. Duganne, R. W. Talcott, R. G. Flemming, J. Dunham and D. S. Goodyear. They found three indictments for petit larceny, and two for assault and battery, and were discharged on the 23d day of May. During this term of court, the pleadings in two or three cases required amending, and, as the parties were anxious for a trial, it was decided to hold an adjourned term in Oc- tober. The case of O. B. Iverson vs C. E. White, was the only jury case tried. This was an action to recover damages for logs, trees and cord wood belonging to plaintiffand which he alleged the defend- ant had taken and converted to his own use, and that they were of the value of $206. Winsor & Bailey were attorneys for plaintiff and McLaury & Underwood attorneys for defendant. The answer filed in this case is so artistically drawn that we give it below: "The de- fendant answers to the complaint: 1st, That as to Count one of said complaint, that no allegation contained therein is true. 2d, That as to Count two, that he has no knowledge or information sufficient to form a belief whether any one allegation thereof is true." The jury, composed of eleven men, found for plaintiff and assessed damages at $67.10. During this term of court, Mark W. Bailey was admitted to the bar. Albion Thorne was district attorney. On the 1st day of October, 1873, the court convened pursuant to adjournment, A. H. Barnes presiding, and two jury trials were had. On the 3d day of October, D. E. Sherman and E. G. Wheeler were admitted tothe bar.
Court convened for the fourth term of the district court, June 10, 1874. Chief Justice P. C. Shannon, presiding judge; Albion Thorne, district attorney; D. T. Scott, sheriff; Cyrus Walts, clerk. The grand jury was called June 11, but only seven persons answered to their names; nine other persons were then immediately summoned and the panel completed. Six indictments were found-three for selling intoxicating liquors without a license, and one each for petit larceny, extortion, and malicious mischief. Four of these indict- ments were quashed on motion. There were four jury trials during the term, and the jury was disharged June 16. C. J. Hadley was admitted to the bar June 11. At this term of court the records show that Bartlett Tripp, Alexander Hughes and three or four other attorneys were in attendance from outside the county.
Fifth term, May, 1875. On the 18th day of May, 1875, the dis- trict court of Minnehaha county convened. Hon. G. G. Bennett, associate justice of the supreme court, presiding judge; Albion Thorne, district attorney; A. J. Berdahl, sheriff; Cyrus Walts, clerk.
JUDGE W. W. BROOKINGS,
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The grand jury commenced its work on the 19th, and was discharged on the 24th day of May, having found no indictments. There were four jury trials during this term, and in one of the cases-Almira Dixon vs Ira Dixon-the following verdict was rendered: "We, the jury, find for plaintiff on her complaint, and for the defendant on his counter claim." On the 21st day of May, George J. Skinner was admitted to the bar. The court adjourned on the 24th.
Sixth term, May, 1876. The court convened on the 16th day of May. Hon. G. G. Bennett, presiding judge; Albion Thorne, district attorney; A. J. Berdahl, sheriff: Cyrus Walts, clerk. At this term of court there were five jury trials. The grand jury did not find any indictments, and court adjourned on the 28th day of May.
Seventh term, May, 1877. Court convened on the 15th day of May. Hon. P. C. Shannon, presiding judge; Albion Thorne, district attorney; V. R. L. Barnes, sheriff; Cyrus Walts, clerk. On account of some circumstances growing out of the subdivision of the second judicial district, by which the counties of Minnehaha and Lake were made one subdivision, the court adjourned until the 24th day of May. On May 26, C. W. McDonald was admitted to the bar. The grand jury found two indictments, one of them being against A. V. Corson, for the murder of Jack Van Kirk. There were three jury trials. On the 1st day of June the court adjourned until the 17th day of July, and on that day court convened with Judge G. G. Bennett pre- siding. At this adjourned term, Corson plead guilty to man- slaughter in the first degree, and was sentenced to seven years hard labor in the penitentiary at Fort Madison, Iowa. One civil cause was tried by jury. Court adjourned on the 18th day of July.
Eighth term, May, 1878. Court convened May 21, Judge P. C. Shannon, presiding. Albion Thorne, district attorney; V. R. L. Barnes, sheriff; Cyrus Walts, clerk. At this term of court, five in- dictments were found by the grand jury; there were four jury trials; eight indictments found prior to this term were dismissed. Edwin Parliman, Justice A. Wilson and Lewis M. Estabrook were admitted to the bar May 21; Alonzo Frizzell, May 22; Gorham P. Cross and Oscar E. Rea, May 24; Martin A. Rathbone, May 25.
Ninth term, June, 1879. Court convened June 10. Hon. J. P. Kidder, presiding judge; Alfred M. Flagg, district attorney; Henry Callender, sheriff; Cyrus Walts, clerk. The grand jury was in ses- sion seven days, and found nine indictments. There were four civil cases tried to a jury and seven criminal, resulting in four convictions and three acquittals. At this term of court proceedings were com- menced to obtain the right of way for the C., M. & St. Paul Railway Co. The following persons were admitted to the bar: John T. Fish, Frank L. Boyce, R. J. Wells, Henry M. Williams, Charles E. Flan- drau, R. A. Murray, George Rice, Edward R. Ruggles and E. E. Sterling.
Tenth term, December, 1879. At the 13th legislative session of the Territory of Dakota an act was passed fixing the terms of the dis- trict court in Minnehaha county (Minnehaha, Lake and McCook counties constituting one subdivision) on the 2d Tuesday in June and . December in each year, court to be held at the county seat of
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Minnehaha county. There was a proviso attached, as follows: "Pro- vided, however, that the December term shall not be held except upon order of the county commissioners of Minnehaha county." The necessary order was made, and court convened December 9, Jeffer- son P. Kidder, presiding judge; Alfred M. Flagg, district attorney; Henry Callender, sheriff; Cyrus Walts, clerk. There were ten jury trials, six civil and four criminal. The grand jury was summoned to appear on the 30th day of December, and was discharged on the 8th day of January, 1880, after having found sixteen indictments. Thomas S. Free, Moulton J. Gilman, J. K. Doolittle and Alvin J. Bolster were admitted to the bar. Court adjourned January 9.
Eleventh term, June, 1880. Court convened June 8. Hon. J. P. Kidder, judge; Alfred M. Flagg, district attorney; Henry Callender, sheriff; Cyrus Walts, clerk. On the 9th day of June court adjourned until the 16th day of June, and on that day adjourned to the 20th day of July, and on the 21st day of July the court adjourned to the 21st day of September, and made an order for summoning a grand and petit jury to serve at that time. On the 21st day of September the court ordered the jurors summoned, to appear on the 16th day of December, when the court convened pursuant to adjournment. The grand jury found seven indictments. One of them being against Thomas Egan for the murder of his wife, and one against Henry Muchow, charging him with the murder of John Fehlhafer on the 4th day of July preceding, by assaulting and striking him with a neck- yoke, fracturing his skull, by reason of which he died on the 11th day of July. The trial of this case commenced on the 27th day of Decem- ber, and the prisoner was defended by C. H. Winsor and Thomas Wolf. On the 29th day of December he was found guilty of man- slaughter in the first degree, the jury recommended him to the mercy of the court. On the 31st day of December he was sentenced to four years imprisonment in penitentiary at Detroit, Michigan. Pettigrew and Swezey appeared as attorneys for Egan, and the case was continued. There were six jury trials during this term, five of them being civil cases. M. R. Kenefick, J. H. Bottum, Charles E. Gregory and D. A. Brown were admitted to the bar. Court ad- journed December 31.
Twelfth term, April, 1881. An act was passed by the legis- lature in February, 1881, by which Minnehaha and McCook counties were made a subdivision of the fourth judicial district, and the terms of court fixed for the first Tuesday of April, and the second Tues- day of November, in each year. On the 5th day of April, the judge not being present, the clerk adjourned the court until the next day, and on the 6th, for the same reason, adjourned the court until the 7th, and on that day adjourned without date. This was one of the results of the deep snow, the winter preceding.
Thirteenth term, November, 1881. On the 8th day of November court convened. J. P. Kidder, judge; J. W. Carter, district attorney; J. M. Dickson, sheriff; Cyrus Walts, clerk. There were nine in- dictments found by the grand jury, and ten cases tried to a jury-six civil and four criminal. One of the criminal cases tried was the Territory of Dakota vs Thomas Egan, for the murder of Mary Egan,
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his wife. The trial was commenced November 25, L. S. Swezey and C. H. Winsor appearing for defendant. There were twenty-three jurymen on the regular panel, but it was soon exhausted, and a special venire was issued for forty additional persons. The exam- ination of the jurymen drawn in this case, was not completed until the 28th, when a jury was obtained and the trial proceeded. At the conclusion of the evidence on the part of the prosecution, the de- fendant's attorneys announced that they had no evidence to offer. The case was argued to the jury on December 1, and on the same day a verdict of "guilty as charged in the indictment" was rendered. George L. Wood, of Logan, was foreman of the jury. A motion in arrest of judgment and for a new trial, was immediately made by defendant's attorneys, which motion was denied by the court, and on December 3, Egan was sentenced to be executed on Friday, January 13, 1882. Execution of the judgment was stayed, upon the applica- tion of defendant's attorneys, and the case was taken to the supreme court, where the judgment of the district court was affirmed.
Thomas H. Fairfax, C. H. Wynn and Charles M. Harl were admitted to the bar during the term. Court adjourned December 3.
Fourteenth term, April, 1882. By an order of Judge J. P. Kid- der, the April term of court was adjourned until April 11, at which time court convened. J. P. Kidder, judge; J. W. Carter, district attorney; J. M. Dickson, sheriff; Cyrus Walts, clerk. There were seven indictments found at this term of court, and there were thirteen jury trials, six of them being criminal cases, resulting in four convictions, one acquittal, and one disagreement of the jury. One of the convictions, was that of Samuel Irvin charged with at- tempting to shoot one of his neighbors. He was sentenced to fifteen months in the penitentiary at Detroit, Michigan. On the 29th day of May, Thomas Egan was sentenced to be executed on the 13th day of July.
During this term of court W. H. Crow, Jackson B. Young and Andrew C. Phillips were admitted to the bar.
Fifteenth term, November, 1882. Court convened on the 14th day of November. J. P. Kidder, judge; J. W. Carter, district at- torney; J. M. Dickson, sheriff; Cyrus Walts, clerk. At this term of court thirty indictments were found, but nearly all of the persons indicted plead guilty, and were fined fifty dollars and cost, amounting to $60.30 in each case. These indictments were for selling intoxi- cating liquors. There were fifteen jury trials twelve civil, and three criminal cases resulting in one conviction and two acquittals. Charles A. Rounds, Herbert Taft Root, Aaron A. Bryan, Harry Lacy, Paul Watson and E. Everett Savage were admitted to the bar. Court adjourned December 1.
Sixteenth term, April, 1883. The 3d of April was the day fixed by law for the opening of the court; but no judge being present, the court was adjourned to the 4th, and on that day adjourned to the 5th for the same reason. On the 5th the court convened, J. P. Kidder. presiding judge; J. W. Carter, district attorney; J. M. Dickson, sheriff; Cyrus Walts, clerk; T. G. Brown, stenographer. At this term of court there were eight civil cases tried to a jury, and 6
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three criminal. The grand jury found twenty-one indictments. Pleading guilty in most of the cases, and receiving a fine of fifty dol- lars, indicates that the indictments were for selling intoxicating liquors. Peter V. Coffernoll, Jesse W. Boyce, Zane Biggs, Eugene W. Coughran and Frank W. Little were admitted to the bar. Court adjourned April 18.
On the 2d day of October, 1883, Judge Kidder died in St. Paul and there was no court held in Minnehaha county in November, in consequence of his death.
Judge Edgerton made an order for a special term of the district court to be held June 21, 1883; but no jurors were summoned, and the records show there was no business done except to grant a di- . vorce, and court adjourned the day it convened.
Seventeenth term, April, 1884. On the first day of April court convened. Hon. Cornelius S. Palmer, associate justice of the su- preme court, presiding judge; J. W. Carter, district attorney; J. M. Dickson, sheriff; Cyrus Walts, clerk; T. G. Brown, stenographer. The grand jury found twenty-one indictments, and was discharged on the 12th. During the term there were thirty-one jury trials- nineteen civil and twelve criminal-nine convictions and three acquit- tals. This was one of the important terms of the district court. One of the civil causes tried was that of Rose McBride vs City of Sioux Falls, claiming five thousand dollars damages for injuries re- ceived owing to a defective street; C. H. Wynn and J. W. Jones were attorneys for the plaintiff, and A. Frizzell and Bartlett Tripp for the defendant. The trial resulted in a verdict for the defendant. On the 16th day of April, Alfred M. Flagg pleaded guilty to embez- zlement, and was sentenced to four years in the penitentiary. Sam- uel Irvin, who had served a term in the penitentiary for shooting at one of his neighbors, was again tried upon the charge of assault with intent to kill; the offense being connected with the same affray, the trial resulted in a verdict of simple assault.
The following action was taken on the first day of this term of court upon the death of Judge J. P. Kidder: C. H. Winsor moved and the Court ordered, "that a committee of five members of the Minnehaha bar be appointed to prepare and report to the court suit- able and appropriate resolutions upon the death of the Hon. Jeffer- son P. Kidder, late associate justice of the supreme court of this ter- ritory and judge of the fourth judicial district." The Court ap- pointed as such committee, E. Parliman, W. A. Wilkes, H. H. Keith, T. S. Free and F. L. Boyce. On the 29th day of April, Hon. Edwin Parliman presented the following resolutions:
" Resolved, that the supreme court of this territory, the district court of the fourth judicial district, the bar and the people of this territory have sustained in the death of the Hon. Jefferson P. Kid- der the loss of an honorable and upright judge; that his long judicial career in this territory has been marked by great industry, high ability and incorruptible integrity, and in the termination of his long public career universal regret is felt and universal sympathy extended; that in this slight tribute to his memory we can but inad- equately express the loss sustained by his death; that his life and
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labors, characterized as they were by honor, industry and the fullest integrity, are left for the future, and stand as an encouragement to those of us who survive him, showing that success in life depends more upon integrity and good faith than upon more brilliant accom- plishments."
After the presentation of the above resolutions, remarks were made by the judge and members of the bar, and the resolutions were ordered to be spread upon the records of the court.
Hosmer H. Keith, Dana Reed Bailey, Romeo H. Start, T. W. Noyes, Charles L. Brockway, Joseph W. Jones, R. B. Smith, Her- bert L. Greene, Henry M. Avery, James B. French, Scott Ransom, Martin A. Butterfield, Delmore Elwell, Sutton E. Young and W. S. Wynn, were admitted to the bar.
At this term of court, the case of Artemas Gale ys Mamie G. Shillock, et al., was tried by the court. It involved the title to a valuable tract of land in the then southerly limit of the city.
The greater portion of the indictments at this term of court were for selling intoxicating liquors, and were treated as formerly, the parties being fined.
An order was made by Judge Palmer that special terms of court be held on the 26th day of July and the 23d day of August, but the records do not show that any business was done.
Eighteenth term, November, 1884. Court convened November 11. C. S. Palmer, judge; J. W. Carter, district attorney; J. M. Dickson, sheriff; Cyrus Walts, clerk; T. G. Brown, stenographer. The grand jury found thirteen indictments, and were discharged November 15. Fifteen civil and five criminal cases were tried to a jury. At this term of court the case of Wm. T. Henton vs the City of Sioux Falls was tried. This was an action for damages received by the plaintiff by reason of coming in contact with a telephone wire while riding along Phillips avenue. The verdict was for the defend- ant. The case of the Territory vs E. G. Smith was also tried. Smith and Clampit were pork packers in Sioux Falls, and Smith claimed that Clampit had got away with some of the partnership funds, and with a drawn knife induced Clampit to make his check for $250. Smith was indicted for extortion. The trial excited agood deal of interest, and was well tried by J. W. Carter for the prosecu- tion and C. H. Winsor and H. H. Keith for the defense. But it seemed that Smith had the most friends and the verdict of the jury was in effect, that Smith adopted the proper method to adjust their partnership accounts. - Clampit left this vicinity about the time the verdict was rendered. At this term of court the case of Mamie G. Shillock, et al., vs R. F. Pettigrew, et al., was tried. This case in- volved the title to 160 acres in the most populous resident portion of the city. The defendants prevailed, and since then the title has been confirmed in the defendants. The following persons were ad- mitted to the bar: Samuel L. Tate, Albert T. Free and Arthur C. Phillips. Court adjourned January 2, 1885.
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