The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1903-05-08
He PLEADED
TOO QUICKLY
sa
CLIENT FoREsTALLs HIS ATToR.
NEY AND COURT.
CREATES A MILD SURPRISE
While Attorney Is Asking for Time
Alex. Reilly Says He Wants
No More.

With the exception of that filed
against Claude Parker, all the infor-
nations fled in the alleged gambling
cases were dismissed by Judge Loud
Wednesday marning.
The order of dismissal was made
on mot ION OF the attorneys for the
defendants, who contended that the
icformations could not lie, being at
variance with the facts alleged in
them was granted by the court In all
the affidavits it was set forth that
the accused were guilty of conducting
gambling games, while in the infor-
nations themselves, except that
against Parker, they were charged
with permitting gambling games to be
conducted in and about their prem
ises., In the case of the exception the
affidavit and the information agreed h
Although he granted the motion for
dismissing, Judge Loud declined to
permit the cases to be returned to the
Justices court for preliminary hear
ing. Instead he gave leave to the
county attorney to file new informa-
tions against the defendants, thus !,
continuing their cases in the district
court. The new informations were
filed Wednesday and the defendants
notified to be in court Thursday morn
ing at 8 o'clock for arraignment. All
were permitted. to go on their own
recognizance. %
The men charged with having trans
gressed the laws for the promotion
of good morals are, Alex. Reilly, Will
liam Conway, ]. L. Fogg, George Wat
kins, Jack Balm, Tony Minder, Henry
Z. Kerr, M. M. Martin, Adolph Schnei-
der, jeff H. Brewer and Walter o.
Lee
They Are Arraigned.
Yesterday morning the respective
defendants appeared in court and his
honor announced that he was prepared
to hear their pleas.
To this response was made by the
attorneys for the men that their
clients were simply in court for ar
raignment, proceeding necessary
before pleas in criminal cases can
be heard Judge Loud then set 2
o'clock in the afternoon for arraign-
ment to plead Objection was made
on the ground that it was depriving
the defendants of their right, as the
law gave them "a hours in which to
enter their pleas.
The objections were overruled and
exceptions noted, so as to lay the
foundation for an appeal in case it
was decided to take the matter to
The supreme court on an appeal,
should the final outcome warrant
such step.
One Pleads Guilty.
When o'clock arrived the attor-
1eys were on hand, but only one of
he defendants was present. He was
Alex. Reilly. H. A. Firth appeared
Is his counsel. Reilly's case was the
irst to be called and his lawyer asked
he courts indulgence for few min
ties before entering formal plea, say
ng some motions were to come up
md he desired to wait until they had
)een disposed OF.
Before the court could make reply
he defendant himself arose and said
le did not want any more time, but
vas ready to plead then and there,
adding that he wanted to plead guilty.
The court seemingly did not hear all
hat was said, for he then formally
lsked the accused whether he was
,uilty or not guilty. To this the de-
endant said he was guilty of having
'ermitted gambling to be done on his
but had not gambled him.
elf.
His plea was accepted and in view
Il the fact that it was his first ap-
in court, Judge Loud said he
would impose the minimum fine al
owed under the law, 800 and costs.
Without word Reilly left the room
md in a few minutes afterward re-
urned with a check. which he handed