The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-02-12
IN THE LOWER COURTS
Quite a Busy Day in the Criminal
Line.
MIKE BARNA DISCHARGED
Prosecution Did Not Come Within the
Statute o. Limitations Courssn
Bound Over-Bradley Goes
Up for Thirty Days.

Mike Barna, the Italian who was ar
rested last week in Butte by Deputy
Sheriff Evans, charged with breaking
Jail at Deer Lodge in 1897, is again
free man. When Barna was arraigned
in Judge Boland's court on Friday aft
ernoon his attorneys, O'Leary & Maid
en-, made motion to dismiss on the
grounds that the complaint had not
been filed within year after the COM
mission of the offense, as provided by
the statute.
Judge Boland, after hearing the ar
guments, took the case under advise
ment until yesterday afternoon when
he announced the motion to dismiss
was sustained on the grounds of nom
jurisdiction
The county attorney concluded that
the evidence was not strong enough to
show that Barna had been out of the
state sufficient length of time to in
terfere with the operation of the law,
and therefore new complaint will not
be filed. Barna was discharged from
custody.
The preliminary hearing in the case
of AL Coursen, who was arrested by
O'Brien Thursday morning, took place
yesterday afternoon in Judge Boland's
court. Coursen is accused of burglar
izing an unoccupied building on Front
street. between Oak and Main streets.
j. f. Edmonson was appointed coun-
sci for the defendant. Mrs. William
Mcdonald, Mrs. Henry Smith, Joe
DAILY. P. McMullen and Hugh DAILY
were the witnesses heard. After hear
ing the evidence. Judge Boland bound
over the accused to the district court
for trial.
Coursen is one of the most confirmed
morphine tiends. He says he has been
addicted to the use of the drug for the
past IL years and one of his worries
before being taken to the Jail after his
trial was whether he would be given
morphine during his incarceration.
Just before the beginning of his hearing
he went to a drug store accompanied
by an officer and procured the the
drug. He then took dose, the guam
tity, he said, was enough to kill 40
men. The bond of Coursen was fixed
at 5000.
A man named John Meegar, who lives
at 500 Front street, was arrested yes
terday morning on complaint of some
of the neighbors, who claim that Nee
gar threw his wife out of the house
yesterday morning.
Meegar is carpenter by trade, but
has not been working lately His wife
said that he did not provide for her
and that he often beat her. Meegar
was fined $25, and in default went to
the county Jail.
William Bradley was yesterday aft
ernoon found guilty of disturbing the
peace and was sentenced to 80 days
in the county Jail by Judge Kennedy
Bradley is the man who was arrest
ed late, on Thursday night at Carroll,
charged with using obscene language
in the presence of ladies and children
while being drunk He also accused
several persons Of having stolen money
from him.
]. e. Mcdonald was sentenced to 80
days in the county Jail yesterday by
Judge Kennedy for vagrancy.
Richard and Charlie Simington, two
young news boys of this city, We're ar
rested yesterday morning by Chief of
Police White and Constable Val She
bat on Cedar street accused of having
stolen a sleigh from another boy
Their trial was to have taken place
last evening in Judge Boland's court,
but was postponed until Monday after
noon, so as to enable the defendants
to get witness from the canyon.