Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1900-12-21

THE COURTS OF
SILVER BOW COUNTY
Amount of Business Transacted During the Year
In the Various Observation-Disclosures of
Officials and Their Duties

With the exception of a few weeks
during the summeraud early fall the two
departments of the district court have
been in session since the first of last
January and have transacted a vast
volume of business. In the courts of this
county, however. there is work on
hand at all timSs, a fact which the
Judges and others connected with them
fully realize. In handling the business
of department No. ! Judge Lindsay has
certainly made a record of which he
and the people CT Silver Bow county can
feel proud, and it is safe to assert that
had the conditions been more favorable
in No. , Judge Clancy would be much
farther along With his work. At the be-
ginning of the year Judge Lindsay had
tried all Of the civil actions on his cal
endar. which is the first time in the his
tory of the courts here that such a
magnificent showing has been made by
a judge. With him it has not been sole
ly j tlattar of drawing the small salary
attached to the otiice-small when the
great volume Of work devoiving apo q
judge in the district body of Silver Bow
county is considered-but a desire to do
that for which he was elected and at the
same time recognize the right of plain
tiffs ana defendants OF long standing
actions 10 have their differences adjusted
before their death from old age. The
suits began in Judge Lindsay's depart
ment this year are the only ones
with which his calendar is eucuIu-
berad, and many Of these have been
tried OF disposed of otherwise. Indeed, it
is doubtful if there will be, at the close
OF The present month, at which time
Judge Lindsay will make way for his
successor. Judge-elect Harney many
cases left to be tried In No. l. In addi-
ton 10 the large number of civil suits,
Judge Lindsay has handled an immense
grist of probate matters, settling up some
estates that have been in the courts if-
teen years. The majority of the old es-
tate actions have been disposed of With
in the last six months. 1t is generally
conceded among the legal fraternity OF
the county that this class of business
alone in Silver Bow county Is sufficient to
require the entire attention of one court
but Judge Lindsay has presided over al
of it in connection with the other duties
of his department.. He has also had
charge of the examination Of all persons
accused of insanity.
JUDGE CLAWCY'S COURT.
For four years Judge Clancy has oc.
dpiS NliS Do NspAAAo ~ '~>s
of the throne in department No. 2 and |
is his intention to stay there four year!
more. The business of his section is o
two classes, civil and criminal. Their
are on his docket cases that have beel
there a dozen years or more, but for thi
condition of affairs he Is not responsible
All criminal cases take precedence owe
the trial of civil actions, and as there ar
a great man, Of the former class tn
trial of civil suits Is frequently interrupt
ed by the emand of the latter for rec
ognition. The trial of many Of the Grim
inal causes consume much time, som
covering a period of a week each. A
present the trial Of criminal cases Is we
up to date, and unless a carnival {
crime breaks out between now and Jar
uary I, the end of the year will almo
see the finish of the old cases.
AS to civil actions, Judge Clancy hs
tried a few of more than passing intel
est, among them the Pennsylvania cas-
which consumed nearly three months
his time. This of course threw oth'
civil cases a long distance to the rear ar
seriously interfered with the goo
resolutions made by the judge at IL
time he assembled the judicial throne.
Another serious drawback to rapid pr
gress in department 2 is the regularit