Show FIRST DISTRICT COURT IT the W 0 child case Is now naw on trial the case of 0 geisler et al VB vs bertha Agreen etal at al by consent was referred A 0 3 bishop to report testimony in the case of ithe the people etc vs alce ln which the jury bad had found defendant guilty the motion for a new trial was granted and bail ball was fixed at fau and the cage case placed at foot loot of docket the aee case of the united slates states vs carl Edlin gand john christensen injuring mail matternas matter was tried and defendants found guilty gull sentence waa was suspended on a bond bon d for good behavior belog furnished rif elied by tames iverson and K R christeneen christenson I 1 i in the te cate case of jeanetta bro brown rn va vs r francis c is brown order was entered to show ow cause on dec why defendant sh should not pay a certain sum into court in tha the case M hyndman vs mary J stowe order wa wai entered extending defendants time to serve statement until january let the casa care of the people etc va vs it christensen Chrie receiving stolen property was continued for the term and placed at the toot foot of the docket the case of the people etc v vi W G child jr forgery forger was placed on trial the history 0 of yi this case baa has been published before bat it may b be e given again A man named V Van Valkenburg desired to open a bar har ness nese maine winchester from whom the block stock was to ba obtained de aired the note to be given endorsed endor sled by some reliable party IV G child jr signed the note for re but hy by mistake signed it IV G child co the firm name which ai a book keekar he had been in the habit babit of signing for years vari Van valkenburg failed A maine taine A it winchester brought suit W G child co made parties to the suit by the note repudiated the signature IV G child jr admitted he had signed it but intended to have signed h ha s own name and in fact believed he bad had done so till tha the signature was shown the matter was brought to the attention 0 of the grand jury and they returned an indictment for forgery E 51 al allison prosecuted and E evana an rogers appeared for the defend defendant an t the prosecution placed on the stand the court reporter who read the testimony in the civil suit referred tha the defence de ferice admitted the fact of the signature eig nature but denied any evil intent the prosecution is now using its witnesses 0 to o prove the intent if any existed the case is attracting considerable interest as the defendant is well and favorably known by a host of friends who folly fully believe in bis his innocence |