The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1890-01-16
IN THE DISTRICT COURT
Judge AcHatton's Legal Hill Begins to
Grind In Good Earnest.
Special Correspondence Of the STANDARD.

Spsctai Correspondence of the Standard.
BUTTE, Jan. 15.-The legal mill Of the
court house began grinding i'm good earnest
this afternoon. and after n cessation OF
many months there began again the trial
OF cases i'm district court before u jury. Ii
required some time to get together n jury.
As SOON as the answer of John f.. Lloyd
was disposed of, the return Of the venire
was presented. Twelve Jurors were OBJ
tanned out Of the venire. A second venirc
was ordered to be issued, returnable at
2 o'clock in the afternoon.
Al 2 o'clock several matters were dis
posed of. The divorce case OF Thomas III.
Basye VS.. his wife was heard. Mr.. Basye
and his wife were married October Is,
1898, at Boulder. After n wedded life of
twelve days Mrs. Basye left her husband
and returned tn her parents home, i'm
Iowa. Mr. Basye wa clerk OF the Grand
Central hotel, at Boulder, and since then
has become proprietor of that hotel.
Three times during the past year, i'm re-
Spouse to urgent letters from the plaintiff.
the defendant agreed to return tn her hus-
hand, and money was sent each time to
her for that purpose i'm sums Of 800, 500.
and SOD, but Mrs. Basye has
not returned. The only reason
given by her for not returning
was that she didn't like Montana. The
Judge did not regard this as n sufficient
excuse, and the plaintiff was awarded n
divorce.
The second vcnire was then returned
and IA full panel of jurymen secured. The
first case for trial by jury i'm the district
court under Judge Mediation was called.
IL was the casc of the state vs.. John +.
Stoker for threatening Fred Feilke with a
deadly weapon Attorney Cotter for the
defendant Immediately challenged the
jurors ON the grounds, first, that the sum
mons was not issued by the sheriff Of Sill
yer Bow county; second. that the sum-
mons had not been served Ave days prior
to the beginning of the term of court.
Judge Mediation overruled the challenge
and exceptions were taken.
The names of II jurymcn were then
called for the trial against John r. Stoker
There were several challenges, the selec
ton of u jury proceeding in the usual
way. About $3.50 o'clock IA jury was So
lected that was acceptable to both sides
and the trial of the case proceeded. The
witnesses for the prosecution occupied
the balance of the afternoon. Ii wa'
claimed that on December =, 1883, StokcI
entered Feilke's saloon and Threatened
him with IN revolver. IL il claimed on the
defense that Feilke had often threatened
Stokcr and that the revolver wa,
carried as a precautionary measure
and taken out i'm the saloon to fright
en- Feilkc, who was about, IL is claimes
to- use violence OH Stokcr. The case viii
probably he concluded 10y noon to-mor
row.
1t is understood to bc the plan to hav,
the cases tried first where men are out al
bonds. This will avoid the necessity a
collision by calling on the sheriff 70
prisoners. by the time these cases ar
, Disposed of. the sheriirs' contest will b
settled. Both contestants for the ofiic
are anxious to have the matter settled u
the earliest possible moment.