Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1899-12-08
Defendant Changed His Plea Of
Not Guilty to Guilty.
GETS EIGHT YEARS.
In the Penitentiary--There Were Three
Charges Against Him, But One
Was Dismissed.

>NANS . AouIl lo-udy VIII
liam Magill, who on the 9th of Septem-
Der assaulted his wife Bridget, her sister
ana mother, Mrs. Katie Miller and Mrs.
Mary Downey respectively, with a rail-
road car coupling pin, withdrew his for
mer plea OF not guilty to three charges
or assault in the first degree and nv
consent entered a plea of guilty to as
sault IN the second degree in two. the
mira one being dismissed. Time for SEN
tence was waived and Magill was given
iour years IN the penitentiary on each
OF the two charges. With good beha-
'lor ne VIII be at liberty in six years
WAY iour months. The charge with
o'a"h was the n brought against him
by his sister-in-law, Mrs. Miller.
After the judge had gone through the
usual routine customary in the prelirni-
nary steps to the dealing out of the real
dose in criminal cases, he asked Mapi1l
IL ne mad anything to say.
Il have nothing to say, your honor
was the response.
has your attorney anything to
say?" "
No" was the reply from the attor-
ney.
We'll, that being the case I will not
give You the maximum punishment. 1
VIII sentence YOU to four years at hard
labor on the first charge, four years at
hard labor on the second and dismiss
the third as requested by the county at
torney."
Magill took his medicine like a soldier,
not even changing color.
Cornelius Kelly finished the proceed
ing WIFI the FOLLOWING request. You
honor, when the first sentence expires
we will all, ! suppose. be in greener fields
and pastures new, and / will ask that
the record in this case be made to show
that the second sentence is to go into
effect Immediately following the first"
The request was granted and Magill
was taken back to jail to await trans
%portation to Deer Lodge.
Judge Clancy placed the furnishing
touches on the dismissal proposition in
the case Of the state against Fred Bar
ker this morning and sent the defendant
on his way.
Judge Clancy discharged his jury for
the term to-day. During the last week
or two the majority of the criminal cases
have been disposed of by trial and other
wise and the judge did not consider it
necessary to retain the panel any longer.
Dennis Dougherty was arrested by
Deputy Sheriff O'Neill to-day on a charge
of assault in the second degree on his
brother Edward. The complaint was
issued by the county attorney and the
warrant by Justice Nichols. Edward
claimed that Dennis struck him on the
head with an iron rod eighteen inches
long. The defendant was released on
a bond of $500.
Ella A. Sturtridge has commenced an
action for divorce against William II.
sturtridge on the ground of alleged
cruelty and failure to provide. She
alleges in her complaint that the de-
PENDANT and herself We're united in mar
riage in ST. Austell, Cornwall, England,
December 80, 1882, and thai they have a
son now Is years old. She further al
leges that for more than two years prior
to Nov. q Of last year he had been in
the habit of returning home in an intoxi-
Gated condition and driving her away and
at the same time striking her with his
hands. He also, she alleges, accused
her Of things Of which she was not gull
ty and applied to her vile names and
epithets: that he threatened to kill her;
that for more tina a year he has, by
reason of idleness, failed to support her.
The delinquent tax list of the county
IS not 50 great this yea: as it has been
in the past. During November per-
sons owing tax money on their property
kept the county treasurer busy accept
ing in the court house, and after the
time for payment had expired many mail
! payments We're received. Out of a total
Of s4s5, 1861 IS due for the year, sass :
$685. has been paid in. leaving a pal
ance of only SIG, 426. PC outstanding
against about $50, 900 for last year. The
payments in November alone We're s437.-
5S1. 66. OF the total amount S25, 939. OF
was paid the assessor as personal taxes,
The states portion Of the whole will be
SOS, 1865. 81.
At the close of November, or. rather
after the taxpayers had accepted the
alternative of walking into the treas
urer's- office and paying the amount
charged them or having their names
placed on the delinquent list. there was
in the treasury 1854, 9G9, 02. Tn all prob
court house and Montana street will
soon be bought by the county and a por-
ton of this sun will be used to pay for