Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1893-12-22
HALL FOUND GUILTY.,
George Hall Found Guilty of Sell
ing Mortgaged Property In
District Court To-day.

District Court To-day.
Hall Will Pass . Year and Nine
Months In the State Peni-
Tertiary.
Various Other Items of Interest
Gathered Round About For
Tribune Readers.
From Thursdays Daily.l
District Court.
In district court this morning the
IA Of Mary \. Mclean IS. VIM. Har-
mon came up. Meesrs. Barnes and New
ton appeared for plaintiff and MI. Regis
ter for the defense. The plaintiff sues
for an accounting Of partnership &C.
counts, and figures that $4,000 is due.
The account has been assigned by John
A. Mclean to the plaintiff, his wife. Mr..
Register pleaded the statute of limita-
tons, and this morning he filed an
amended answer. The answer claims
that instead Of the defendant owing
$4,000 to the plaintiff, there is q balance
OF S6,958.O7 due the defendant with in.
terest from July l, 1886. This answer
was a surprise to the plaintiff, and it was
put over to February 5th, to give the
plaintiff an opportunity to consider the
answer
Court adjourned to 2 p. m.
The only case before the district court
this afternoon is that against Hall, who
will be arraigned at 4 o'clock.
From Fridays Daily.l
In the district court this morning, the
trial Of George Hall, for selling mort
gagged property, was begun. 1t took
about an hour and a half to secure a
jury, and the trial proceeded. The first
witness for the prosecution was w. B.
HYermore. He testified that on Jsnu-
airy 18th the defendant gave him q chat-
tel mortgage on certain personal prop.
erty consisting of horses, a wagon, and q
crop to be raised on the northwest quar-
ter Of section 49, township 140, range 70,
during the years 1893 "a. The notes
given with the mortgage were for 500
due November l, 1893, and $500 due
November l, 1894. No part of the notes
had been paid. The defendant promised
to plant a crop on the land mentioned in
the mortgage in 1893 81. Ten days be-
fore Hall skipped he promised to pay
him 800, and on the evening preceding
his skipping he renewed the promise.
w. A. Falconer testified to the mort
gage being filed in his Office.
Court adjourned until 9 p. m.
At 2 p. m. Secretary of State Dahl was
called to prove that the North Dakota
Milling association is a duly organized
corporation doing business in this state.
Mr.. livermore resumed his testimony.
He stated that he went out to Halls
place OF the day after Hall skipped, to
look after his property. He found har-
ness and wagon, but Hugh Hall, the de.
fendant's father claimed the property to
be his. Hugh Hall said the defendant
had sold the wheat.
The cross-examination of Mr.. Liver
more was brief.
s. K. Hood IA the next witness. He
described the land on which the defend
ant and his father live, and the crops
He threshed the grain on the northwest
quarter Of thirty-two, at the defendants
request, and he looked to him for his
pay. He threshed from the same land
in 1892, and the defendant paid him then.
The testimony was still in progress at
press time.
From Saturdays Daily.]
In court yesterday afternoon, in the
trial Of George Hall, charged with SELL
ing mortgaged property, the defendant
was put upon the stand in his WI be-
half. He stated that he thought he was
guilty Of the ofense charged until he
talked with his attorneys, who pointed
out to him that the mortgage read
northwest" instead of southwest" Mr..
Chase and Mr.. Livermore were put on
the stand, and they testified that the
defendant gave the description contained
IN the mortgage.
Both sides rested, and Mr.. Register
opened the cas- to the jury.
This morning Messrs. Newton and
Register addressed the jury and the
judge delivered the charge. The jury
retired at 1915. They returned into
court in ten minutes with q uerdict Of
guilty.
AFTERNOON.
In .he district court this afternoon,
George Hall was sentenced to the peni-
Tertiary for one year and nine months.
The unterrifed Jim Campbell made
the welkin Of the court house ring later
in behalf Of his client, James A. Locke,
whom Mayor McDougal wants to see re.
moved from the office Of city justice. 1t
looks as though Jim would win. City
Attorney Rice appears on the other side.