The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1883-12-06
DISTRICT COURT.
Attorneys on the War Path, Lashar's Case
Continued, Other Proceedings.

Court convened yesterday morning
at the usual hour, Chief Justice ]. B.
Sener presiding.
The Journal was read and approved,
after which a sort of inventory of the
prospects for the day was made up, and
it vas supposed thaL it would not take
very long to dispose of all the business
set. But all hands were doomed to
disappointment. There are some days
at every term Of court when all Of the
attorneys get Just a tribe cranky, and
1t Is fortunate on such occasions that
the court keeps in good humor, for If
such were not the case some of thom
might get into hot water. Yesterday
proved to be one of those days when
the LEARNED counsel" came out OF
their various abiding places In q bad
state and condition Of mind and, soon
after their arrlv i AT the court hou ~ 1t
was apparent that a storm was brew
ing. And 1t was not long in comiDg.
Judge Peck, DonzslmsD, Potter and
others had a bad old time. The ex-
court was certain hat she knew her.
self and that it was certain that an
unbeard of thing was attempted the
| day before In undertaking 70 hold the
defendant in court when no valid sum-
mons had been served upon him, as
the year mentioned there was 1873 q,
which Judge Peek claimed was In the
second century of the christian era.
Mr.. Potter came to the front and
clpimed that he had been deceived by
somebody, whereupon the ex-court
wanted to know whether the gen.
tleman was abiding to him,
and 1t looked as though
there might be a scrlmmage or a num-
justification of some sort right away.
There was blood In the judges eye, but
Potter disclaimed any intent of casting
any i%nsinuation upou the judge to that
effect. This was satisfactory TO the
gentleman and everything was, there
fore, made exceedingly lovely, and the
gooose hung-well, we can't tell exactly,
but a good ways up, anyhow. Still
there was considerable unprettiness
manifested all around, and each and
every limb of the law acted as though
he felt, a. Mr.. Spookshake puts 1t, like
%''treason's strategems and spirits" 1t
broke out again pretty quick. Camp
bell and Carroll got by the ears over a
motion to dismiss Aunie Clauson-no,
that wasn't 1t, but to dismiss a case in
which gentle Annie" and Mr.. Frank
Halstead, of the FIVE mile ranch, were
the parties mostly interested, and &C.
cused each other of 1ling sag brush
motions and of trying to kick their own
clients out Of court after they had
brought them there. Judge Sener had
(~6guratively speaking) to choke off the
business, and that pow.wow subsidized.
Then Baird and Riner peeled their
coats and after some preliminary Skin
mishing settled down to business. RI
ner, 1t seems, had a transcript Of the
testimony in the Lasher case prepared
| az nlo OnA CANChoC anu lOL Ills UMu use,
and brother Baird, thinking that the
county of Laramie was a good deal big
ger rooster than ''old mar Grant," or
most anybody else hereabouts, ought as
a matter Of right gobble in this trans
crlpt, and yet not allow MI, Riner any
thing for his expense In getting the
same prepared.
They got to accusing each other of
being bloated bond holders and then of
being poor, and Mr.. Rlner said the
Lord knew 1t Was 80. But as they
neither telephoned him, as did the
chaplain during the Mexican war refer
the Lord to the record on the subject,
it was finally settled by Judge Sener,
who directed the payment of the
amount that had been go expended, and
the TRANSCRIPT be fled as part of the
records Of the case.
After remaining in session until
half past twelve. the court adjourned
until this morning at ten O'Clock.
The following is the report Of the
business transacted in detail.
Oleson VS.. Howard ct al; the
taking of the testimony in the
garnishee proceeding was continued un
til this morning.
stebbins, Post & Co, VS.. Hoyt ct al;
case diamlssed on account Of q defec-
tive summons.
J. F. Hslstead va. Annie Clauson ct
al; motion to dismiss the case argued
and taken under advlseDent.
Territory of Wyoming VS.. H. D.
Lasher; motion for a continuance was
6led by the prosecution argued and
sustained. The Ease therefore goes
over until the next term Of court.
Bail fixed at two hundred and City
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