The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1891-04-12
Judges Hunt and Buck Reprimand
a Prominent Member Of
the Bar.
Governor Toole Calls Upon the
Citizens to Observe Arbor
Day.
Quarterly Statement of tho state Treasurer
United states Grand and Trial
Jurors Summoned.

George +. Shelton. q member of the law
firm of Cullen, Sanders a. Shelton. was rep
rimanded in the district court yes
terday by Judges Hunt and Buck.
sitting conourrently. The case of
Tietig Va. Il. II. Kleinschmidt was
ON trial with Judge Hunt presiding. p. d.
Penny and Il. j. Roe were among the attor-
neys for tho plaintiffs, and Shelton repre-
sented Kleinschmidt. The order made by
the court says: eve find George r. Shell
ton. Esq, a member of this court, guilty of
contempt. At the trial of Tietig ct al. VIZ.
r. H.. kl%einschmidt. in progress ON the
10th inst, George +. Shelton was one of the
attorneys for the defendant. Numerous
questions were %proponnded by the plain
tiff's attorneys to a witness on the stand.
Shelton, whenever any of the said
questions was asked objected on the ground
that they were immaterial, irrelevant and
improper under the pleadings.' This was
don a number of times. The Judges,
after comforting, suggested through Judge
Hunt, the presiding judge, that in order to
facilitate the progress Of the trial it would
be better for Shelton to make a general OBJ
lection to the line Of the testimony sought
U " 10 lAbAOuuCOA, duQ u 6hVo I'LL EXCEPTION
to the ruling the court had intimated it
would make as to the admission of that
whole line of testimony, and to save an
objection to the ruling of the court in nd
uniting such line of testimony, and conn
sci on the other side agreed that this should
be done. The court says Shelton refused
to do SO in a manner disrospectful and dis
courteous to the court and the
iuduno and rprnoal fnr thu ~Josv%SEu
After recess shelton moved for the
following order: Whereas in the trial OF
the above entitled action the plaintiffs in
the introduction of their testimony will
offer evidence by propounding questions to
their witnesses to which the defendant de-
will take considerable time of this court.
Now, therefore, it is agreed by each and all
the counsel for each and all of the plain
tltfs that each and every question pro
pounded to the witnesses by said ounse
for the plaintiffs rhall be deemed objected
to BY the defendant upon every possible
legal or equitable ground, and that said
objection is overruled by the court, to which
ruling defendant excerpts upon every pos
sible legal or equitable ground, and that
every possible objection or exception to any
and all testimony offered by the plaintiffs
is to be deemed MS made by the defendant,
n that SAID objection is overruled by the
court and defendant excerpts thereto upon
every legal and equitable ground.
1t is now therefore ordered and agreed by
and with the consent of all the parties
hereto that the above agreement is hereby
made an order of the court for the govern.
ment of all proceedings in the trial of the
above entitled action, and that the defend
ant shall not be deemed to have waived any
rights whatever, and that in the prepare
tion of a statement of the case and u bill OF
exceptions all of the proceedings shall be
deemed to have been conducted in accord
ance with this order and every objection tc
every question and exception to all the tes-
timony introduced by the plaintiffs shall
be deemed to have been made by The de
PENDANTS, the objection or exception over
ruled by the court and an exception to said
ruling duly made by defendant upon every
legal or equitable ground possible in the
same manner as if it had been done in each
particular case at the trial, and that this
order be entered as the order of the court
in said action.
The judges say that the application for
this order was made with the intent to cast
discredit upon the court and the judges,
and was a contempt. Thu clerk read the
reprimand of the court which said a re- ETH
ton would not be allowed under penalty OF
Qon-recognition in either department.