The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1885-09-26
DISTRICT COURT.
Yesterdays Proceedings Work Fairly
Under Way.

yesterday morning alter the court ha
been duly opened the roll of trial jurors fo
: tne term was called and the following VIII
mad been subpRnaed were excused: Messrs
Moffat, Marsh, Emery, Laveile and WI
derlleh. The panel as it stands is as ia
! lows: '
John N. Bell, Robert Burdess, Patric]
Conlon, John Council. G. w. Farlan, Mo,
gan James, Chas. r. Kessler, r. G. Knox
Sam Louis. Lee Mantle, c. NJ. Palmer. Geo
tha3 rs Sam REYNOLDS, Joseph Rosen
!: q. Singer, Leopold Schmidt, A. Val
Slckel, IL. G. Walton, John H. Viol, l.. L
"yman, A. NJ. Walker, J. B. Wilcox.
REGULAR BUSINESS.
Michael Collins VS.. Ann Collins, divorce
report OF referee submitted.
Frederick c.. Webster was admitted t.
practice in the courts OF this district, or
license from Colorado.
Butte Hardware Co. VS.. J. H. BARTLETT
! default of the defendant entered and iude
ment entered for $716.76 and costs.
Same parties. default and judgment fol-
$1O6.1O and costs.
Stevens VS.. Murray, demurrer sustained
Nodln vs.. Demmer, demurrer Overruled
Nicol VS.. Rice; demurrer oyerruled.
Leibenham ct al. vs.. Nobel; demurrer
overruled. ~- ?
ClafK eb al. vs. Wallace ct al: demurrer
overruled.
William Lewis VS.. Patrick Kline; demur
rer overruled.
Robert M. Leggat ct ~. VS.. John A. Leg
gat; demurrer overruled and defendant nj.
lowed till . a. m. Monday to answer.
territory VS.. Elmer Cannon, William Ri.
ley and Eugene Farrell; prisoners entered a
plea OF not guilty; separate trials were de.
manded and ordered.
PETER NADEAU.
In the case of the Territory VS.. Peter M.
deau, charged with obtaining money under
false pretenses, a jury was impaneled and
the witnesses sworn and examined.
1t took some time for the examination OF
witnesses and the argument, and the case
was given to the jury, who after remaining
out until 1870 o'clock, returned a verdict
OF guilty and assessed the punishment at a
hne OF $500. The court then look a recess
until 3 O'Clock, at which time the case OF
DAVID M'GEE, FoR MURDER,
was called. In this case the prisoner is
charged with the murder of his stepfather
about a year ago. There vas a large at
tendance In the court, and a special venire
OF jurors had been ~subpenaed to try the
case.
The prosecution was represented by Dis
trict Attorney Pemberton and Assistant
District Attorney Scallan. and near these
officials was Robert Struder, the brother of
the deceased. At the lower end of the table
were Messrs. Robinson & Stapleton and H.
3. Smith, attorneys for the defense, and
their young client who was attended by his
father, Mr.. MCGEE, the mother being absent.
The young man looked rather serious and
seemed to appreciate the gravity of the sit
uation and was a deeply interested specta-
tor OF the efforts to secure a jury. On both
the regular panel and the special ven;t~.
there were Il number of the best known AIN,
most intelligent citizens of Butte, but it
seems that most OF them were too familiar
with the case to risk sitting in Judgment
upon it, and consequently after their con-
else and ready answers they were challenged
for cause in quick succession and the chal-
lenge being sustained they were set aside.
the new venire there were twenty-four
well known people who. under the law, had
been picked up here and there by the sheriff:
but exercising their u%ndoubted rights when
the list was completed it was ascertained
many had been called, but few chosen.
is not yet known how many OF these
VINO were not challenged will be accepted
and sworn to-day, but the sheriff was Or
dered to bring in another posse. and at a
ate hour last night he was performing the
luty. The court will convene at 10 u. nj.
when the work of completing the
ury will be essayed.