The Anaconda standard., 1895-04-21
IN DEER LODGE COURT
A. Beckstead Wins His Suit AGAINST the
Montana Ulion.
ANNA COLLIER VS.. SHERIFF.
Her Case Submitted to the Jur,
Last Night-rrank O'Neiii Ac-
quitted-Notes OF Local
Happenings.
Special Dispatch TO the standard.

Special Dispatch to the Standard. i.~.
DEER LODGE, April 20.-Court convened
yesterday morning at 8 o'clock. when the
arguments in the case of the state against
Frank O'Neill were begun. Attorney =.
II. Duffy made q desperate effort to save
his client in an hours speech and pictured
Marco, "The Creek" the complaining
witness, as being q very bad man.
Trippet and Rodgers consumed another
hour in reviewing the evidence for the
state, and felt very confident Of obtaining
n conviction when the case was given to
the jury. The jury. after three hours de-.
liberation. returned verdict of acquittal.
The case of A. Beckstead against the
Montana Union Railway company was
taken up at noon yesterday before aejury
of six, composed of Len Fox, Dam Nc
Kenzie, Myron Curn, Harvey Showers, J..
Maratt and Morgan Evans. This
is IN action to recover Of
the defendants the sum of s$l16.
the value of three head of cattle alleged
to have been killed by one of their trains
through their neglect and carelessness in
not keeping the fences on their richt-of-
way in proper repair. The railroad COM
pany sets up as defense that the road
was at the time specified protected by q.
dition and that II was through the neg
ligence of other parties in leaving gates
open, and admitting stock on their right
of-way, that caused the loss complained
of In this suit. Napton Il Napton repre-
sent the plaintiff and George Haldorn of
Butte the Montana Union railway.
To-day the jury in the case OF A. Beck
stead against the Montana Union Rail-
way company returned q verdict in favor
of the plaintiff and assessed the damages
to be paid by the railroad company at
$3.50. This case will be appealed to the
supreme court, where the constitution
ality of the law upon which the complaint
was based will be tested.
The suit of Anna Collier against John
Fitzpatrick is occupying the attention of
the court and jury to-day and has brought
quite number of witnesses to town from
Anaconda and up the valley. This is an
action wherein the plaintiff seeks
to recover of the sheriff the
sum of s425, the value of personal
property levied on and = sold
by him under execution issued on q judg-
ment for 5000 obtained by the Copper City
Commercial company against Frank Col
lier, her husband. The plaintiff testified
that the property had belonged at one
time to Frank Collier. but that he had
sold it to Mrs. Mcmillan and that she
purchased it from Mrs. Mcmillan and
held it by virtue of bill of sale. The de-
PENDANTS claim that those transactions
were made to avoid the payment of a just
debt and shows fraud. The arguments
we're made and the case submitted to the
jury at 6 o'clock. j. II. Duffy and c. NJ
Sawyer represented the plaintiff and T.
OLeary the defendant.
In the case of the State of Montana
against Herman Kemna for forgery, T,
O'Leary, counsel for the defendant, asked
leave to withdraw his plea of ''not guiityn
and substitute plea of guilty" to the
offense charged. The court accepted the
plea and set Monday next at o'clock as
the time for passing sentence. It Is be-
lieved that on account of many extenuat-
ing circumstances surrounding this case
that the accused will receive q very light
sentence.