Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1901-02-21
PRISONERS FREE
THREE MEN WHO HAD SERVED
GOOD TERMS.
FINALLY FOUND GUILTLESS
Dillon Court is Busy-No Jury Cases
20 For This Term-Polaris
T" Nine
Dillon, Mont, Feb. 20, 1901.

. :. Dillon, Mont, Feb. 20, 1901. |
The winter term of the district court |
has been in session the past two days
with Judge NJ. H. Parker on the bench,
T. j. A. Monaghan as stenographer
Chas. Padley as court bailiff and G. w.
French as clerk of the court. No jury
is in attendance, and all matters requir-
ing a jury trial have been continued until
the May term of court.
Today three men who have been in
Jail since about election time, We're given
their freedom. All three We're sent down
from Lima, where they had been given
hearings in the justice courts of that
township. Joseph Bradley is the name
'of one of the individuals, his Offense
being larceny; another man, whose crime
was in connection with the same one OF
which Brady was accused, is Peter Lam
brose. who are charged with burglary.
Both men We're without means, and the
court appointed Edwin Norris to defend
the one and w. S. Barbour to defend the
other. On being arraigned the men
pleaded not guilty and after looking into
the testimony the county attorney asked
permission to dismiss the information,
which was done, and the men walked
from the court room free, after being the
guests of Sheriff Padley for about three
months. Their alleged crime was con-
nected with the robbery of the Short Line
depot some months ago when a lot of
cutlery belonging to a travelling man
Was stolen.
Another man was given his freedom to-
day who had created quite little news
paper notoriety for himself by writing a
pathetic letter to the governor when he
had applied for a pardon. His name is
A. w. Leslie and he was sentenced to
six months in Jail by Justice Ford fort he
legged theft of an OVercOat. Application
was made today for his release on writ
of habeas corpus, and at the hearing the
county attorney admitted that an error
was in the complaint and the judge dis
missed the prisoner on the petition of his
attorney, w. S. Barbour. Leslie had
been in Jail since last November.
H. The following criminal cases were set
for trial at the next term of court: State
Tvs. J, N. Armstrong criminal libel, Tues
day May ~, a. M. State VS. Lyman B.
1sDuckworth, grand larceny, Tuesday, May
| 81, 10 a. M. State VS.. J. l.. Fleming, UNI
lawful diversion, Tuesday, May q, 1870
D. m. In the case of the state VS.. VIM.
Jones charged with assault in the first
degree, w. S. Barbour was appointed to
defend the prisoner and his trial was set
for Wednesday, May, % at a. m. His
bonds We're placed at $1,000
In the divorce case of Abbie Hanson
VS.. Lars Hanson the default Of the de-
PENDENT was entered and plaintiff was
the of the
minor children. Desertion and incom-
patability of temper are the allegations
made for the divorce.
The case of I4ingenfelter VS.. Robinson,
| the young attorneys who are scrappins
| over some law books. and which was APP
| pealed from the justice court. came up
| for argument on motion to dismiss ana
| the Judge overruled the motion and set
the case for trial Saturday, May %.
In the divorce case of Rose Pcndergast
| vs. John~Pendergast the defendant was
given her decree and the custody of the
minor children. Cruelty is alleged as the
cause of action.
/, in the case of j. e. Morse VS.. u. A
McNinch, for bedt. the default OF the de-
PENDANT was entered and Judgment given
! for S3S7.95 and costs.
County Superintendent of Schools,
| Miss Isabella Rife, held the regular
quarterly examination of teachers last
FRIDAY and Saturday. the following
persons attended the examination: MISS
celia Van Alstine, Lima; J. II. Hoist
Dillon: Miss Mary Murphy, Park county
and Miss Sophia Albert, Hall, Mont.
! T. Cusick and Carlisle Mason have
sold out their interest in the PoiariS
lease to ]. T.. Richards According to tins
deeds on file Cusick got Sc for his inter-
est and Mason 81. Both of the deeds car
~. ravenue stamps to the value Of sou
/ Miss Hattie Willard, accompanied by
Younger sister, departed Monday eVenina
far SCHUYLER, Neb., where she is to d.
married Thursday at the Presbyterian
,,arsonaye to Robert Bears, who was
Formerly engaged in the blacksmith DUST
NJ IS in Dillon.