The Dickinson press., 1891-05-30
there was any way of affording him relief,
he should be glad to do IT,,

Robert Roberts was brought into the
room to receive his sentence.
Judge Francis, OH behalf of the defend
ant, said that he was about to make d re-
quest of the court in this case, which re-
quest simply appealed to the discretion of
the court. He had a natural desire, as a |
lawyer, To save his client from being sent
to the p%enitentiary. The defendant had
been fairly tried ON the part of the court
and the jury and had the benefit of 1.-THE
made to the court was for an arrest uf
judgment until the attorneys for the de-
PENDANT can procure from the StenoSrapheI
a transcript of :hc record. This transcript
will be examined, and. ii anything is
found in it upon which can be based Il mo
tion for Il new trial, the court will be SO in
formed. If it is concluded tina there is
nothing in the record that will benefit the
defendant, the court will be so informed.
The defendant has nothing to gain by de
lay, except that he may be able to avail
himself of any advantages that may be
found in the record. Next Monday the
court will proceed To Wililamsport, and he
lJudSe Flalcis) will ais" be obliged TO go
there To defend Il mar charged With muir
der. The stenograpler will also accom-
pany the court, and until after the En-
mons county term it will BE- impossible for
the defendant, attorneys to examine the
records as they desire To do in the interest
of their client. The states attorney had
been spoken to concerning the proposed
arrest of Judgment, II il was understood
that he did not desire To make any Strenu-
Gus objection to it.
Mr.. Register said he had made up his
mind. before Judge Francis spoke to h.m.
to insist upon sentence being passed at
once. Blu he recognized the tact that the
drtendant mad been convicted by Il jury,
and that his counsel had a right TO move
trial. Ordinarily this would b. the time
to move for an arrest at Judgment. He
CHR. Registrr) did rot think, occupying
the position he does, that he should try to
deprive Mr.. Roberts of any rights he may
have. lie felt that his duty in thi, matter
wa, largely ended, and it is Il matter
which now properly belongs to the dis
erection of the court.
Judge Winchester said that he believed
the attorneys ON both sides would bear
him out in the statement that so far as the
court is concerned, ii / AL d ne all in its
power to Sce that the defendant lad Il fair
and impartial trial as tar As The interests
OF both the State and the defendants! were
c%oncrn"d. He did moi desire to place
amy thing in the way of the defendant talk
ing advantage of every right which lie is
entitled to under the law. AT the same
time, perhaps he should state that in the
trial of the case, whenever there was any
doubt in the mind of the court as to the
law. tine defendant mad had the benefit OF
the doubt; and such being the fact, it
would take Il pretty strong argument to
convince the court that there was any
error hat would %c'titlc the defendant To
a new trial. III" did not believe that there
was amy thing in the CASE which would en-
title him To have the verdict set aside.
Yet, iii the discretion whici, is vested in
the court. sentence would be postponed
until June l3tn at . p. M, to give the at
tornrys al opportunity 10 discover if pos
siblr. any rights which he may have for
the setting aside of the verdict, for an ar-
rest of Judgment and for il new trial.
DIVORCE CASES.
The divorce case of john Ycgen vs.. Mag
gle y. Irgrn came before the court. Mr..
Yegen testified that Mrs. Ycgen left him in
August, 1889, and had not since that date
lived with him. There was no opposition
on the part OF Mrs. Yrgen, who was rrple-
pearrd for Mr.. legrn. The divorce WAS
granted.
The divorce ease of Gu>Sner VS.. Gllssner
came before tie court. Mr.. Newton APP
lrared for Mr.. GllsSnrr. There was no APP
pcarance for Nus. Gussner. The divorce
WIS SItIil'V.
The first district conference of the
Bismarck district, of the NJ. L. church,
will he held in Steele. Tuesday and We'd
neslay, June IL and II, 1891. At the
general conference held at Lisbon last
October the Fargo district was divided
into two districts, to be known as the
Fargo and Bismarck districts. This will
be the first conference held in this dis.
trict, which includes Ashley, Bismarck,
Dawson, Dickinson, Edgeley, James
town, LaMoure, ManGan, Steele, Ster-
ling, Washburn, Williamsport, Winona,
lpsilanti and Montpelier. About twenty
ministers will probably be in attendance
and the members of the Steele church
are making preparations for their enter
tai.iment while there and will be assisted
by the citizens generally i'll making them
comfortable. Presiding Elder Sheckler
has issued III instructive and entertain
ing program of exercises.
The boundaries of the land in the
Fort Berthold reservation which has
been %relinquished to the United States,
as described in the presidents proclama-
ton, are as follows: All that portion of
the reservation, as laid down upon the
official map of the then Territory of Da-
kota, published by the general land office
in the year 1885, lying north of the forty
eighth parallel of north latitude, and
also all that portion lying west of anorth
and south line six miles west of the most
westerly point tue big bend of the
Missouri river, south of the forty-eighth
parallel of north latitude.
TnE citizens of Glendale, Dickey
county, seeing a storm approaching, te
cided to explode some dynamite to on
SURE a downfall of m~uch-nredol l.; in.
Hastily taking NJ a collection they pur-
chased $40 worth of the rain producer
and proceeded to the prairie, but before
any of it conld be exploded the rain be-
gan to fall. This should be a pointer
for Irrigation Barrett. Up in McIIenry
county the p ople are calling upon the
aforesaid gentleman to produce ain, and
if they DO not get some moisture soon,
they will probably begin to wonder what
they pay him for.
IT may or may not be that the Mis-
souri, slope will not get the 500 road
this year, but the fact remains that We
have a better prospect of il good crop Oh
the Missouri slope than any year the
o]d-timers recall. Farmers who know
assure us that they ask for no better out
look than they now possess. Good crops
mean not merely brisk business for our
business men, but emigration, railroads
and all the concomitants of prosperity.