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From the Ipswich Tribune May 29, 1930 edition

Hard Fought Cases Feature Court Session

Crowds have thronged the court room at Ipswich the past week, listening to the proceedings.

Two cases have occupied the limelight – State of South Dakota vs Adolph Zahalka and Joe Zahalka and state of South Dakota vs Lou Mikolas.

The Zahalka case was a hard fought legal battle. Four days was consumed in presenting the evidence.

The charge was that of grand larceny in unlawfully taking one black mare belonging to Gottlieb Pade.

The jury deliberated on the evidence for twenty-two hours and disagreed. The case will come up for trial again next term of court.

H. L. Woodworth was attorney for the State and J. M. Berry for the defendants.

The verdict of the jury in the Mikolas case was guilty on the charge of adultery. The jury was out for twenty-four hours before a decision could be reached. This case occupied two days time for trial. J. W. McCarter was the attorney for the defendant; H. L. Woodworth for the state.

Judge J, H. Bottum pronounced sentence of two and one half years in the state penitentiary.

Today the case of State of South Dakota vs Henry Giedt is up for trial. This is a charge of selling mortgaged property. Katie Voegele vs Michael Hauck will follow the Giedt case.