Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1900-12-21
Business of the
Office of County
Attorney in 1900

In response to a call from the attorney
general of the state, County Attorney
Connolly has prepared some figures
showing the business done through and
by his office during the eleven months
ending November 80. The object in
preparing the statement has some bear
ing on the proposed amendment to laws
of the state, which, it is alleged. are
lame and need remedying These laws
are to be found in sections of the code
covering criminal acts, and by their APP
plication in the courts of the state
several persons charged With offenses
of a criminal nature have escaped the
punishment which it is alleged they
deserved. Several OF these cases have
occurred in Silver Bow county. 1t is
understood that the attorney general in-
tends to have the matter brought before
the approaching meeting of the legisla-
ture with a view to having the defects
corrected as near as possible.
Following is the statement to which
reference is made in the foregoing:
Cases pending January 1.............. IL
lnformations filed 20
Convictions .............. ............. 20
Acquittals ................ ............ 8
Dismissed ............. ............. Is
Bonds forfeited 1
Pending on December 1.............. %
- ........ %
The crimes represented in the list
We're: Murder, 10; assault in the first
degree, Z; assault in the second degree,
8; forgery, 8; burglary. Il; granu lar
ceny, 20; obtaining money under false
pretenses, 2; receiving stolen property.
4; mayhem. 1; robbery, .; libel, /; crim-
inal assault, l; illegal registration. ?.
Between January l and December 1
there We're 1l46 complaints issued and
filed in justice courts. OF these, S23 We're
tried and SIS convictions obtained.
Sixty-eight of the defendants We're held
to the district court. 245 We're acquitted
and 81 dismissed by the county attorney.
The justices discharged 81 at the hear
ings. Out of the complaints filed, 127
of the defendants were not arrested.
Complaining witnesses settled 81 out
of court and one bono was forfeited.
There We're q search warrants issued,
but no further action in these cases was
taken. Among the arrests made were
$50 persons charged with %vagrancy, but
only 1896 We're convicted, the balance
being acquitted at their trials.
The other complaints filed contained
the following charges:
Assault in the third degree........ .122
Petit larceny ............. ........... 102
Grand larceny So
Assault in the first degree. .......... 27
Assault in the second degree........ p
bufslafy minimum. ............... II
Forgery ............ ................ IL
Obtaining money under false pre-
lenses ............... ............ IL
Exhibiting deadly Weapons ......... 10
Disturbing the peace ................ Al
Doing business without a license. %
Affidavits on undertaking to keep
the peace 10
Cruelty to animals ..................
-Thirty-nine complaints charging il
legal registration We're also filed. but
only four arrests were made OF the de-
PENDANTS in these, two are now in the
county Jail awaiting trial in the district
court and two are awaiting the action
of justice courts.
There are some other interesting sta
tistics around the county courthouse.
The records of the auditors office shows
that, although Silver Bow county is full
of prosperous people, it also contains
a large number of paupers. At present
there are about 1875 families being sup
ported by the county. During the two
years ending November 80, it cost the
taxpayers of the county a little over
$50. 900 to take care of this class
Up to date, from January /, 25 persons
have been sent to the asylum for the
insane from this city, and several have
been examined and discharged.
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