Show NEWS FROM DISTRICT COURT terms not to exceed five years for statutory ofton 0 o monday morning judge J H erickson Erick sou pronounced the sentence he arrived at against john W gardner of monroe who vas as tried last week for a statutory offense and pleaded guilty before the case went to the jury the sentence was an indeterminate term in the state penitentiary not to exceed five years the state was represented in the case by district attorney na N J bates pronouncing sentence had been postponed by judge erickson because the same john W gardner had another matter pending in court a case where ho he was plaintiff versus dorsus H S doll bell of 0 I 1 monroe the action brought to recover tor for services rendered to tho the defendant during the year 1919 bean and hunt were attorneys tor for the plaintiff 0 R michelson elsen represented the defendant after a two days trial the jury returned a verdict in favor of tho the plaintiff awarding him tho the amount of since monday morning a jury trial la is being conducted in a case of alleged breach of contract tho the litt gants being thomas simonson Sl monson of versus oliver washburn of monroe parley magleby la Is attorney tor for the plaintiff plaint ff if hoffmann stump attorneys tt orneys for tho the defendant the arguing was finished tuesday afternoon and the case went to the jurors who returned a verdict in favor of defendant awarding him 12 5 |