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 same; that, upon his hearing before the magistrate, plaintiff was held to answer to the district court, and his bail fixed at $1,500, and in default thereof plaintiff was committed to the county jail of Cass county; that thereupon plaintiff demanded of defendant a reconveyance of said land, which defendant declined to make, but promised to meet plaintiff further in regard thereto; that about April 20, 1885, the defendant visited plaintiff in jail, as aforesaid, and knowing that plaintiff could not be discharged in time to work said land, which constituted plaintiff’s farm, he agreed with plaintiff that, if plaintiff would, during his imprisonment, let defendant have possession and charge of said farm, and the personal property thereon, and leave the deed in his hands, and permit him, as agent or trustee for plaintiff, to have charge of all his business, iucludingincluding [sic] the working of said farm, with the teams and machinery thereon belonging to plaintiff, he (defendant) would make more money for plaintiff than could be made by renting the farm to others, and that he (the defendant) would cause to be paid off and discharged the mortgage thereon, and would reconvey the same to plaintiff when plaintiff should be released, and, after deducting a reasonable sum for his services, would surrender to plaintiff all the said perfonalpersonal [sic] property, and all the proceeds realized by him, as such agent or trustee from said business, and account to plaintiff for all his doings in the premises; that plaintiff believed defendant was acting in good faith, and by reason of said representations, and for no other consideration, assented to allow said deed to remain in defendant’s possession, and to let defendant have possession of the farm and personal property thereon, and gave to defendant the entire management of his business during his imprisonment; that in June, 1885, plaintiff was convicted and sentenced, and imprisoned under said sentence until March 16, 1888; that, in the spring of 1885, defendant took possession of said farm, and used the same until the fall of 1887, when he conveyed it away by warranty deed, and wrongfully, and in violation of his trust, converted the proceeds to his own use, and that all the promises and agreements made by defendant relative to the reconveyance of said land were made and given with intent to cheat and de-