The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1902-09-23
RoRsER PERKINS MUST SERVE
TEN YEARS.
FOUR MONTHS FOR TOBIN
Ball Player Who Assaulted Little Girl
Will Be Enforced Guest
Of County.
From Fridays Daily Gazette.

From Fridays Daily Gazette.
James Perkins will have ample time
in which to ruminate on the folly of
having permitted his deep seated
aversion to anything akin to honest
labor and his accompanying desire for
"easy" money to lead him into the
commission of the crime of robbery.
More especially will he regret it
when he considers the small amount
of the proceeds realized from the job
he did last May under the protecting
shadow of the Northern Pacific wool
warehouse, when he almost beat
Claude Reneau to death for the sake
of the trifing sum Of money his vic
tim had in his possession.
Even the little he secured did him
no good, for he was arrested before
he could put it to use and Reneau re-
covered nearly all he lost, only a very
small portion being missing when the
money was returned to him at the
conclusion of Perkins trial, Wednes-
day evening.
Gets Ten Years for 1t.
This morning Perkins was brought
into court, accompanied by his at
torney, H. c. Crippen, the time having
arrived for hearing his sentence.
No legal reason existing why judy
~ oh0,,1l 40 Io ~r0no,~a1I n~,J
having received a fair and impartial
trial, Perkins was told to stand up.
Retaining his nonchalance to the last,
the prisoner faced his honor without
a tremor and calmly listened to the
words that were to condemn him to al
felon's cell. At the conclusion of
Judge LIQUIDS remarks he found him.
self sentenced to serve 10 years at
hard labor in the penitentiary at Deer
Lodge and to- pay the costs of the
prosecution.
Notice of New Trial.
After sentence had been pronounced
Mr.. Crippen gave notice of a motion
for a new trial. Ninety days were
given in which to prepare, file and
serve a statement of the case, as
well as the necessary affidavits in
support of the motion.
Four Months for Tobin.
Frank A. Tobin, who was tried for
assault in the first degree with in
tent to commit rape on a ~12-year-old
girl, but was found guilty of simple
assault, was also arraigned for SEN
tence.
After the usual formalities had been
gone through with, the court s%entenc-
&c the prisoner to four months con-
finement in the county Jail and or
dered civil judgment entered against
him for the costs.
Gains Her Point.
Arguments and the hearing of testi-
mony in the case of Sue Sing VS.. ILL
liam Moran Sing, which came UP on a
motion by defendant for alimony and
other relief, were concluded last ev-
ening.
The defendants motion was allow
and the plaintiff was ordered to pay
her alimony' in the sum of SIS "a
month, payment to date back to June
5, the date on which he began his ac-
ton, and also to pay her the sum of
500 for attorney fees. He was CIV
en- until December 1 to comply with
tho aaN11,rfsc nrdnr. md or,.:~~l G,or, |
proceeding with the prosecution of
his case until such compliance is
yielded.
Miscellaneous Matters.
Judgment was rendered on de-
PENDANTS motion for a new trial,
made and argued in the case of Will
liam Ettien VS.. H. B. Drum, tried at
the last term of court. The molten
was granted and the suit will nave to
be tried again, probably at the next
term.
The court overruled the motion of
defendants for a new trial, made in
the case of the Slater Brick company
VS.. Shackleton & Whiteway. A stay
Of execution was granted for 10 days
in which to permit the defendants to-
file an undertaking on appeal, no.
tice having been given that the matter
would be taken into the supreme
court.
In the matter of the estate OF
Maurice Tarpy, deceased, the final
report of the administrator was heard
and allowed and all of his acts were
approved. An order of final distribu-