The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1896-01-28
ON THE TWO BENCHES
Judge Mediation PreSides in Both De-
partments.
TO TRY CRIMINAL CASES
A Jury Selected on Which }. a.
Murray VIII Sta Bill for Rep
rssentation Work on
Mine Dissolved.

Judge Meditation held court In both
departments yesterday. In the morning
he convened court in Department H.
for Judge Speer, who was indisposeo.
and trnpaneled jury trial. The usual
number were excused from serving for
various reasons. Half a dozen were let
or on account OF defective hearing.
some because OF sickness and others Tot
business reasons. Among those VINO
VIVA sit on the jury to try criminal cas-
es will be James A. Murray the banker,
who had no excuse to offer why ne
should not serve. The following We're
retained for the trial jury panel: W.
p Sherman, Ira Skidmore, Joseph u
Hoor, James Shackleton, John PEN
grassi, William Cole, A. A. Erhart'
William Trudean. John Mcdonald,
/. Wilson, James Buckley, Pat Cos
grove, c. f. g. Pringle, George 5. Beck
william Bergman, Jacob ii. Beck, W.
S. Boyer, +. A. Goabel, James A. Muir
ray, Richard Hancock. Thomas Boyce'
John Wilton. William Curtis. j. y. Hen
ry, Widen Pinkham, John Thomas,
Isaac Bechtel and e. Beer. The jurors
% We're excused until Wednesday morn
ing by which time, 1t Is expected,
Judge Speer will be able to attend
court, and at which time the trial OF
criminal cases will begin. The Mans
that time.
Frank White and George Howard
were arraigned on the second fnforma-
ton filed against them, charging them
with assault in the first degree. They
pleaded not guilty.
ore stealers, were in court 10 plead,
but on request of County Attorney
Wines the matter was continued until
Wednesday morning.
Walter Lowe, the young fellow who
is charged with rape. pleaded not
guilty.
John Anderson. the old man who is
charged with libellng a South Butte
woman. was in court, but his attorney
filed a demurrer to the information on
the ground that 1t was not in concise
language, was unintelligible, and that
IL charged more than one offense.
After the business of Department IL
had been disposed of Judge Mediation
returned to his own court and took up
the trial of the case OF Michael Crowley
and Stephen McNichol against Patrick
Mullins. They sued for $500 alleged to
be due them for representation work
performed on three Camp creek mining
claims. at the request of the defendant.
Mr.. Mullins denied that ne had ever
employed the two men and, on the con-
trary alleged that the representation
work was done and paid for before the
ri. He said they went out and found
the other man at work and told him
they were going 10 do some more work,
but Mr.. Mullins had not employed
them. He also had a counter claim
against them for $31 so for goods, wares
and merchandise sold.
Mr.. Mullins explanation of the mat
ter was that Crowley and McNichols
came to him and asked him II he had
any property at Camp creek, and when
ne told them he had they asked him III
they could work on II. He told them
they could work on anything he had
and they went out. as he understood
IL, to prospect for the purpose of de-
terTnining whether or not 1t would pay
TO take a lease. The jury accepted Mr..
Mullins version of the matter and re-
turned a verdict in his favor for $3.50.
the amount claimed to be due from
the plaintiff for groceries.
A petition was filed in court yester-
day for permission to sell the property
under attachment in the case of Theo-
pile Bonneau against Richard Maugon,
II being alleged that the cost of keep
ing II would soon consume its value.