The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1902-01-24
IN THE DISTRICT U r
Wolstein Pleads Guilty and Receives
Minimum Sentence.
From Wednesdays Daily Gazette.

Wolstein Pleads Guilty and Receives
Minimum Sentence.
From Wednesdays Daily Gazette.
The district court reconvenea FOR
the term yesterday morning.
The sheriff's Office made returns on
the summons issued! for jurors and
reported as not having served the
following: J. R. Conway, 3. R. Dodge,
F. w. Lee, John Mccain, F. D. Kelli-
son John N. Wagner, Frank Kelly,
Hosea Connick and B. Redcliff.
Homer Bradt, Manly Down, George
w. Stoddard, G. M. Childs and John
Chandler had valid excuses to offer
why they should not serve and they
were discharged from further attend
ance. Ole Erickson was excused for
incompetency and his ballot ordered
destroyed.
This left the panel as follows: John
Stewart, F. A. Johnston, J.. L. Fraser,
John Folmer, Thomas S. Clark, Mike
Lavelle, George Herbert, Martin
Gates, Fred Stoltz, G. w. Forester,
James Porter, E. W. Szitnick, William
Talcott, W. l.. Allard, W. A. Enochs,
David Frat, John Ship, J. E. Lane
gan, F. H. Young, John M. Ramsey
and Oleus Wilson.
Gets of Easy.
When the case of State VS.. -1arry
Wolstein, charged with grand larceny,
was called defendants attorney an.
nounced that Wolstein desired to with
draw his formed plea of not guilty and
instead enter one of guilty. The
court gave the necessary order for
accepting the change and 2 o'clock
was set for fixing sentence.
At the appointed hour the prisoner
was in court and in nswer to the
customary question said he had moth
ing to say why the law should not be
permitted to take it's course Mr..
Firth, his attorney, nov made a short
statement to the court saying that
some accounts would be involved
were the case to be permitted to go
to trial, as the defendant had some
claims against the company which
appeared as the prosecuting witness
in the action. He closed by asking
the court to be lenient with the pris-
oner, as he had a wife and two little
children and the wife was sick.
County Attorney Hathhorn corrobo-
rated all stated by Mr.. Firth and also
asked the court to deal leniently with
Wolstein. w.
Asking him concerning his age, resi-
dence in the state and if he had ever
before been in trouble of a like ma
ture and receiving answer to each
question, the court announced that
he would impose the minimum SEN
tence allowed under the law and then
ordered Wolstein to be committed to
the state penitentiary for the period
Of n year and to pay all costs.
Latin VS.. Hubbard.
Hearing of the cas- of F. D. Latin
VS.. George w. Hubbard, sheriff, an
action for claim and delivery, which
had been begun during the morning
hour, was then resumed. The case in
wolves possession of a small stock of
jewelry formerly owned by a man
named Beardsley, who did business
in West Montana avenue It seems
Beardsley was indebted to some east
ern concern for at least a portion OF
the stock or some other stock, at all
events the concern began an attach
ment proceedings in the Justices
court and secured possession of the
stock.
Prior to the serving of the attach
ment and removal of the stock, Latin
alleges, he purchased the same from
B%eardsley and that it was his by right
and law at the time the attachment
was served and executed, although
B%eardsley was permitted to remain il
charge of the store as his agent anG
received a commission on all goods
sold by him.
The case went to the jury shortly
after 4 O'Clock. The lei called tt
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