The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-02-09
ANACONDA NE VS..
WEYM|RE GETS 80 DAYS
The Boy Permitted to Plead Guilty
to Petit Larceny.
GALBRAITH TRIAL TODAY
The Man Who Figured So Prominently
in the Copper City Steals Will
Be in Court This Morn
ing-Padgett Released

The trial jury in the district court
having been excused until to-day, the
business transacted in the court yester-
day was done by the judge without a
jury.
Claude Weymire was brought up
from the county Jail. County Attorney
Trippet explained to the court that
Weymire, if such action were satisfac-
tory to the court, desired to plead
guilty to a charge of petit larceny. The
prosecuting attorney was ready to ac-
cept such plea, and he asked the court
to allow it. Mr.. Trippet said that it
was an evident fact that Weymire had
been influenced by Hill to his own
detriment. Weymire had told the state
plain, straightforward story admit
ting his guilt. Weymire, said the coun-
ty attorney. was mere boy, being
only Is years of age. and he hoped the
court would take this fact into con-
sideration.
The court accepted Weymire's plea
and sentenced the boy to serve SEN
tence of 30 days in the county Jail In
passing sentence, the court took occa-
sion to give Weymire some sound adj
vice that it will be well for him to fol-
low in the future. The court called
his attention to the narrow escape he
had had from being sent to the peni-
tertiary.
Weymire is the boy who was charged
jointly with Frank Hill with the crime
of grand larceny in stealing some $50
from the Yukon restaurant on last
Christmas day. Hill was tried by a
jury last Friday and was convicted
He was sentenced on Monday to two
and half years in the state peniten-
tiary at Deer Lodge at hard labor
Weymire testified against Hill, and for
this reason, probably, as much as for
any other. the state accepted plea
of guilty to the minor offense
In the matter of the estate of James
Marshall. the court set Feb IA as the
date for hearing the application for an
order for the sale of personal property
In the case of j. r. Sackrider vs.
John Fitzpatrick ct al, the demurrer
was sustained and the action dis
missed.
In the matter of the estate of Luke
Finn an amended account was al
lowed.
To-day will probably be the banner
day of the January term in the dis
tflct court. so far as audiences are con-
cerned. The case of the state against
Clark Scott Galbraith is booked to go
to trial at $3.50 o'clock this morning.
Galbraith is accused of having stolen
all sorts of things from the Copper
city Commercial company during
period covering nearly a year. Gal
braith is, in fact, alleged to be the real
principal in the now famous Copper
City robberies. Galbrath has refused
TO testify in the cases against j. b.
Gnose, who was charged with receiving
stolen goods. and against j. G. Allie
for grand larceny. Galbraith is repre-
sented by Judge Mcconnell of Helena.
W b. Rodgers and ]. c. English of
Anaconda. The state is represented nv
County Attorney w. H. Trippet, J. ri.
Duffy and George Haldorn of Butte.
A legal battle of more than ordinary
interest may be looked for when this
array of attorneys lock horns
Yesterday morning the informa ton
against w. III. Padgett, charging him
with receiving stolen goods. was for
mally dismissed and Padgett, who has
been in jail some months, was re-
leased.