The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-08-30
WILL convene IN BUTTE ROAST FOR BURT MARSH
Advised Els Client Not to Appear
in Court.
HIS BOND WAS FORFEITED
The Usual Trial Day Grist of Cases-Bill-
poster Convicted OF Tearing Down
Paper Posted by One OF
His Rivals.

The case of John Zagar, who COM
mitted brutal assault on the wife of
Stephen Christian last Sunday pro-
duced some rather interesting pro-
ceedings in the police court yesterday.
| They consisted of Zagar's failure to
| appear for sentence, the forfeiture of
mis- bond, a warm roast by the court of
the person who appeared as Zagar's
counsel, and of subsequent reaction
airy order by the court whereby the
| frst action was reversed and the case
reopened and set for trial.
When Zagar walked into court Mon
DAY with as much assurance as though
he had done something to be proud of.
and pleaded guilty to the charge of
assault against him. Judge Sui
| ivan deferred passing sentence
lor - hours, as he suspect
| TO the case than ordinarily. Accord
| ihgly ne multiplied Zagar's original
pond by four and required him to fur
nish assurance in the increased amount
| that he would be present to receive
sentence yesterday morning.
When the case was called yesterday
| morning Zagar was not in court hut
| his lawyer, Burt Marsh, was, and he
| got UP and unblushingly told the court
| he had advised his client not to ap-
| pear.
We'll, escaped from the lips of the
magistrate, in tone of amaZement
DO you mean to tell me you have, as
a lawyer, advised client to disobey
an order of the court?" continued the
court, looking sternly at Marsh
Inc latter in manner meant to be
apologetic acknowledged such was the
case, and then followed a. roast so
tropical shat the audacious lawyer
WINGED. Judge Sullivan concluded
with:
The defendants bond is forfeited.
and | desire to say to counsel that
such thing must not occur again or
l shall deal severely with you"
When Zagar appeared Monday and
heard the complaint read to him and
pleaded guilty he did not require the
services of an interpreter, but after
the incident yesterday morning Marsh
filed two affidavits in support of a mo-
tion 20 reopen the case, in one of
which Zagar requested that because
of his unfamiliarity with English he
did not know what he was doing when
he pleaded guilty and in the other that
it was no fault of his own that he was
not in court to receive sentence On
the strength of the affidavits the case
was reopened and set for trial Friday.
Judge Sullivan had the usual trial
day grist of cases to-day to dispose of.
In the case of Henry Huff, who was
arrested for a disturbance as an out
growth of the fight at East Butte a few
nights ago, in which his brother was
stabbed, the city case was withdrawn,
owing to the scene of the disturbance
having been out of the city, and the
state case fled.
down bills displayed by a rival bill
poster. was tried and convicted. The
testimony was to the effect that In
man had contract with John O'Meara
for the exclusive use of the windows of
his saloon for exhibiting playbills.
Harnois, the complaining witness, was
given permission to put up bills ad-
vertising the picnic for the benefit of
the Thomas Meagher fund. Inman
pulled down the bills, but later when
Mr.. O'Meara explained that he would
like to have one of the bills left in the
window, 1nman put two back City At
torney Lamb made an eloquent argu-
ment, in which Inman was painted a
deep-hued villain for being so callous
as to pull down bills in the interest of
so worthy q cause. and the court. tax
ing his cue from Mr.. Lambs eloquent
plea, found Inman guilty and fined him
$40. An appeal was taken.
j. Il. GllDeft was assessed 20 Tor I'M
personating an officer 1t appears
from Gilbert's statement that he had
a friend whom he found Monday even
ing IN a deplorable state of intoxica-
ton. He tried to get him to go home,
but he refused, so Gilbert represented
that he was an officer and took the
friend to jail where he asked to have
him locked up. He was accommo-
dated and was thrown in himself for
playing officer.
John Ryan, the wife-beater was
fined SO for disturbing the peace, and
later complaint filed against him for
assault was set for trial Friday.
Mark Murphy, another individual
charged with wife beating. made the
surprising plea of justification, and
made it stick. He told the court his
wife was perpetually drunk and had
provoked him to such extent that he
struck her. Neghbors corroborated
his story, and he was discharged.
John Lee, for creating a disturbance,
was fined $40, and Thomas j. Smith,
for malicious mischief, IS.
The story of the taking of Caloocan
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