The weekly tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1891-1894, 1893-12-15
THE COURT RECORD
Proceedings of the December Term Of
the District Court of Cascade
County.
Several Criminal and a Number Of Civil
Cases Disposed Of by the Court
and Jury.
MONDAY, DECEMBER IL.

"oENDhi bIn -
Peter Lapp d. Co., vs.. j. q. G.. Thomp
son; claim and delivery; action dismissed
without prejudice.
Chicago Title & Trust Co., vs.. Andrew
Jensen; suit to be set aside an assign.
ment; dismissed.
Cascade bank of Great Falls vs.
Andrew Jensen; suit on notes; settled.
City of Great Falls VS.. Robert Vaughn
ct al; suit on official bond; plaintiff al
lowed to file an amended statement of
the account sued on
E. f. Hatch a. Co., vs. w. II. Gels
thorpe; pla intitf allowed thirty days
time to file bond for costs.
State vs.. Edward Dougherty; defend
ant pleaded guilty to the charge or as
sault with deadly weapon; sentence
suspended unit! March II, 1894.
State vs. Charles Carpenter, charged
with attempting to set fire to the Cas-
rant was issued for his arrest but as he
had left for parts unknown he will not
be captured at present. He was under
$500 bonds with Jane Taylor and S. E.
Carrote as sureties.
TUESDAY, DEC. II.
The case of Jacob z. Seager charged
with assault with an attempt to murder
Frank Coates, on the 18th of November,
at the Arlington hotel on the west side,
was on trial yesterday. The circum
stances Of the case are briefly these
had been drinking and got into a
dispute with a mar named Grantier
about some trivial matter and a fight was
about to take place. when Frank Coates,
one of the proprietors of the hotel,
them. After a short interval
Grantier started to leave the room when
picked up a beer glass and threw
it at him but it missed its mark and
struck Frank Coates on the head tract
uring his skull, DR.. Brady vas called
and extracted a piece of the skull and
two pieces Of the glass from his brain.
For several days it was thought that
Coates would die but he survived the
terrible blow and is now able to walk
around.
The state is represented by County
Attorney Freeman and the defendant
by Largent & Huntoon.
Tho jurymen ir the case are: }. A.
Carrier, John Tabor, p. b. Buchanan,
George Currie, Jr., George II. Mullery
B. F. Rumney, A. j. Trigg, &. w.
Parker, David Pimperton, Nick O'Brien,
II. P. Thoroughman and Ii. w. Willard.
Several witnesses were examined on
the part OF the state and the defendant
testified in his own behalf.
In the case of the state VS.. Robert
En- lish. charged with stealing a COW,
the Defendants attorney made a motion
TO dismiss the prosecution, but, after
argument, the motion was denied by the
court.
State VS.. John Bovard-tried before a
justice of the peace and convicted of in
u lady on the street, was ap,
pealed to the district court. The court
dismissed the appeal.
Three cases were referred TO referees
by the consent of the parties as follows:
p. i. Gallagher and Robert Vaughn vs..
J. w. Coynelius-suit on contract and
bill of sale. Il. W. Berry, referee; David
Thomas vs.. g. &. Chittenden suit on a
account. John A. Hoffman, referee.
First National bank VS.. II. p. Rolfe.
f. l. Bishop, referee.
WEDNESDAY, F. IL.
Wetnes lay morning the lawyers en-
gagged in the Seager case made their ar
guments to the jury, which was followed
by the judges charge, after which the
jury retired to deliberate. They were
out only a short time when they returned
to the court room and handed in their
verdict. finding the defendant guilty as
in the indictment and fixing his
sentence at one year in the penitentiary.
In the case of Il. q. Davis VS.. James
D. White and others, or motion Of 7. f.
attorney for plant II, tie court
dismissed the action without prejudice
to plaintiff costs.
J. -. Ia lor VS.. Robert Vaughn and
to recover Sl3S on account, was
tried before a jury. They retired and
not agree until after court adjourned.
Their verdict will be announced this
morning.
Boston Land and Improvement CON
pany VS.. Emma Daugherty; ordered by
The court that the defendants time to
plead be extended to Dec. 23.
II. j. Thomson VS.. Il. ii. Monahan
md others. suit to foreclose a mortgage,
vas commenced in the district court
yesterday.