The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-11-16
BEFORE JUDGE CLANCY
A Jury Impaneled to Try the
Criminal Cases.
SOME FAILED TO APPEAR
And Were Fined by the Court-A Juror
Who Could Read bad Enough
One Who Cannot Read or
Write Retained.

Judge Clancy yesterday impaneled
a jury for the trial of criminal cases. A
number of those summoned by the sher-
iff were excused for various reasons and
several who took their time about obey
ing the courts process were fined.
Among those who failed to appear were
S. ]. Ornstein, Byron ]. Cook, John
Moore and Rosamond Van Toar. At
tachments were issued for the parties
and when they were brought into court
Mr.. Cook explained that ne was city
officer and expected to be in court in
time to claim his exemption, but was a
few minutes late. He was excused. Orn-
stein told the court that he had 300 GUS
toners to whom he had to deliver meat
and he just couldn't get around by
o'clock and he was fined $40 and added
to the jury panel.
John Moore said he made a mistake of
an hour in his calculations, for which
he was fined SO. Van Toar was also
fined So for getting into the wrong court
room, for which reason he could not re-
spond to his name when called. Van
Toar appeared to be rather dull in COM
prehension and Judge Clancy asked him
if he could read and write the English
language and he said he could a little.
We was asked to read a section of the
statute and declined to do so. and Judge
Clancy offered the juror pair Of spec
tacles. Still he would not read and the
court then ordered him to read his jury
summons.
mo use for me to tell lie said
Van Toar Il can't read very WELL
well can you read very bad?' ask
ed the court.
bad enough" was the reply.
The court concluded that Van Toar
would not make good juror and re-
mitted his fine and excused him.
a
he could not understand the English
language sufficiently Well. He said he
only talked English about once a
month.
'Then you don't have a fair chance
to learn" said the court.
mo savoy English" said John Niche
| Itch
Where We're you born?"
| East Butte"
The court finally learned that Mehe-
lid was an Austrian and couldn't under
stand English It all. Another man who
said he could neither read nor write
was retained as juror.
| One man asked to be excused because
he was foreman of a train crew and
was afraid he would lose his job.
| IF you lose your job for serving on
the jury I'll get after them, and You
| just tell them so'
| An engineer, of steam laundry
thought the business could not be run
without him, but the court told him it
would have to shut down then, as he
| would have to serve on the jury.
w. M. Dyer was one of the venire-
| men.
How do you spell your name?" ask
ed Judge Clancy. -"
Dyer" ~"~,sr
clothes" MS
mo, your honor" said the juror. II
| am a mining speculation
| Another man said he didn't feel well.
ut will do you good to serVe on the
jury" said the court II don't feel well
myself; I've got the rheumatism" The
man, however, was excused. Other men
were let off on account of sickness and
| some because they We're exempt by law.
One of these was Police Judge Sulli-
van, who claimed his exemption.
"Well, you are excused, Mr.. Sulll-
van,'' said the judge.
The name of Charles Provost was
called but there was no response to it..
| tissue an attachment for Charles
Provost, Mr. Clerk" ordered the court.
The clerk proceeded to fill out the at
tachment.
''If the court please" said another jul
ror, Mr.. Provost is dead; he died this
morning.
The attachment was not issued.
The following jurors We're finally re-
tanned to make up the panel:
RlcnaTu helup .. d. oiiloleiIi' ''tt
Sweeney, James jenkins, J. r. Mcken-
zie, Christ Chrstianson, Ed Temby, r,
H. Wearing, f. 0. Morris, w. w Scott,
T. o. Nelson, William Murrish, Hugh
Murphy, James Treloar Thomas Ire
win, NJ ]. Dunn, Evan Herbert w. D.
Fenner F. j. Roberts, f. F. Kelly, To-
seph P. Cosgrove, w. H. Winters T. ].
Trull, W. T. Jennings, W. M. Dyer,
John Moore, Louis P. Dorais, James
Gavin. Sam Johnson, w. P. Trudgeon,
S. H. Treloar, w. M. Bergman, George
Stodden, M. H. Penhole, Thomas Rowe.