The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-01-02

The tremendous and increasing
amount of business transacted by the
district court of Silver Bow county is
shown by some statistics prepared by the
New Years Standard. There were 766
civil actions brought during the calen-
dar year, in addition to nearly 200 GRIM
inal actions. In the 766 civil suits were
included 10 suits for divorce. Five hun
dred and twenty-one cases were disposed
of in one way or another. The greatest
amount of business was done in Judge
Lindsay's department. The figures show
that the total number of cases brought
in that court. including justice court
appeals was 462, and the total number
disposed of were 1888, as follows:
Judgment by default. 40
Dismissed as settled. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
Stricken from the calendar. &c
Tried before the court. ................29
Tried before juries ...............,... ~
Justice court appeals dismissed. 49,. 30
Justice court appeals tried. ........-.49
Divorces granted .................... ~
Judge Lindsay admitted Al persons TO
citizenship and heard 80 insane cases,
% being sent to the asylum and live
discharged. OF the number sent to
Warm Springs II We're white men, one
Chinaman and eight were women. Dur
ing the year SIS men were drawn to do
jury duty in Department T. The long
est single trial was that of the
Comanche mining case, which lasted IA
days. Judge Lindsay's new calendar for
1898 will contain 10 civil cases and lOl
justice court appeals that are at issue.
One hundred and twelve petitions for
letters of administration and letters
testamentary were filed and heard, and
10 wills were admitted to probate and
two will contests were entered.
In Judge Clancy's court there were
entered 304 civil suits and 1SS were dis
posed of, either by default OF dismissal,
very few civil cases having been tried
during the year. The number OF judg-
ments entered by Judge Clancy were
1885, including A DEGREES of divorce, ana
40 cases were dismissed. There are very
nearly 200 civil cases at issue and ready
for trial in Department H., about 100
of them having been at issue prior to
Jan. l, 1897 The criminal cases dis
posed of during the year were as FOL
lows: Thomas Cronin, robbery, one year
in the penitentary; John Wilson and
James Clancy, burglary. discharged; w.
L. Royse assault in the first degree. six
months in the county jail; Ed Woods
and William Murphy, receiving stolen
property, six months each in the county
Jail; John Dillon, grand larceny, dis
missed; John Johnson, grand larceny.
dismissed: c. NJ. Oliver robbery, three
Years; Richard Ralston. grand larceny,
dismissed: Joe Harrington, Frank War
rem, Charles Malloy, burglary. sent to
the reform school; John Judd, grand
larceny, one year; Hugh Kennedy, in
juring jail, six months in the county
Jail; James Morrissy petty larceny, es-
capped: John Coughlin, incorrigibility,
sent to the reform school; John Wilson.
assault in the first degree, three years
Matte Hanley. petty larceny, dismissed; ;
William Smith, burglary, one year;
Samuel l.. Leek, grand larceny, ac-
quittal; F. n. harrington, justice court
appeal, defendant out on bonds; John
Hanks, burglary. three years; William
Whitcomb receiving stolen property. 80
days in the county jail: John Mahan.
receiving stolen property, one year in
the pententiary: Frank jeanette, receiv-
ing stolen property four months in the
county Jail: Frank Meyer, receiving
stolen property two years; Mike Me
Ginley, Pat Sweeney and Bryan