The Anaconda standard., 1898-12-11
IN THE DISTRICT COURT
The O'Brisn %. 600 Damage Suit
Settled.
A LIVE ELECTRIC WIRE
The Boy Had Two Fingers Amputated.
Dave zinani Sentenced TO Ono
Year In the Pen = McCor-
mick Gets $3.50.

The 5000 damage suit against the
Butte General Electric company.
brought by william J. O'Brien In the
name of his little boy. George o'Brien.
was settled yesterday. the plaintiff hav-
ing been granted permission BY Judge
Lindsay TO do so, and the case was dis
missed. O'Brlen got $500 from the COM
pany. In his petition to the court for
leave to settle II the plaintiffs guard
ian recited the fact that on the 9Th OF
August, 1897, the boy came In contact
with live electric wire which had been
negligently allowed to hang near the
ground I'm Centerville. and burned his
left hand so that II has become useless
and necessitated the amputation OF two
fingers. OBrien stated that he was
poor man and had a family of FIVE per-
sons to support and he believed IL
would be best to accept the offer of the
defendant to settle the case for 5000.
Dave Zinani. the Chicken Flat italian
who was tried and convicted a few
weeks ago for committing a murderous
assault on a countryman named ALI
frandi. was yesterday morning SEN
fenced to one year In the penitentiary
by Judge Clancy. Zinanis defense was
that he was not in his right mind when
he attempted to kill his friend; that ne
was In a somnambulistic or Mr.. Hyde
condition. His attorney. ]. l.. Wines.
made a strong plea for leniency yester-
day morning and said he was more con-
WINGED than ever that his client was
not in his right mind at the time he
committed the assault and was there
fore not responsible for his actions
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to any mercy being shown the prisoner.
but the court nevertheless let him OF
with the lightest sentence possible.
The trial OF the damage suit OF John
Mccormick against the city of Butte
was concluded i'm Judge Lindsay's court
yesterday and the jury gave the plain
tiff verdict for $3.50.
The next case called for trial was
that of John Mccormick against NJ. {.
Harris, on a suit to recover $2,1S2.5I,
which the plaintiff. as surety on a num-
her of notes executed by Harris in ia
vor OF Mary c. Sands. had to pay. The
defendant did not show up when called
by the bailiff. At the request of his at
torney. Mr.. Leonard, the court ordered
the trial to be proceeded with. The
plaintiff introduced his proofs, and
there being no evidence in behalf of the
defendant. judgment was awarded Nc
Cormick for the amount sued for.
William Wilson, who lost a damage
suit in the district court a few days ago
because he sued the city OF Walkerville
for injuries he received on private prop
erty. brought another action yester-
| day against the city OF Walkerville and
Dennis Driscoll jointly. He alleges in
| his complaint that on the LIST of May,
| 1897 at the corner of b and DAILY
streets he walked off the sidewalk into
an excavation on Driscoll's property
and suffered "dislocation of the con-
tinuity of the capular llgament Of the
| joint formed by the tibia and astragu-
| lus OF the right lower extremity Of his
body" thereby making him sick. SORE.
| lame. etc, and permanently disabling
! him to his damage in the sum of s25,-
| 900, for which judgment is asked. b. s.
| Thresher Is his attorney.
| T.. Collins. the defendant in the s. 900
breach of promise case brought against
| him by Miss NJ. A. Harrington. filed his
| answer in court yesterday. II Is very
| brief. He admits that she is "a sole and
| unmarried person." but denies every
thing else. including the allegation that
he ever promised to marry her.