Not Guilty The Verdict

NOT GUILTY THE VERDICT

Charles H. Osmun is Freed From Serious Charge

PICKARD GETS 6 MONTHS

For Resisting Officer Ball Last July - Criminal Docket Has Been Disposed Of

On Wednesday the jury in the circuit court which had been trying Charles H. Osmun for a nameless assault upon a little girl of four years of age, brought in a verdict of not guilty. They had been out about three hours. Arguments in the case were finished yesterday and Judge Kinne's charge was finished about 9 o'clock this morning.

William E. Pickard, who assaulted Officer Harris Ball, July 12 last, while he was making an arrest, withdrew his plea of not guilty and pleaded guilty. Judge Kinne sentenced him to six months in Ionia.

The court is through with criminal cases for this term, but there are a number of civil cases which will require juries.