The Bottineau courant., 1903-06-19

west he meant the little room off the
harness room to the south Of the din.
ming room. .t.> .st !.
Anton Field was called and testified
that he was residing at the Commercial
lhotel between the dates mentioned in
the information and that he bought
from defendant both beer and whiskey
during this time. On cross.examina-
tlon witness said it was in the little
room to the west of the harness room
that he drank the liquor on redirect
witness said he had drank in the din
ing room and in the rooms over the
dining room.
Howard Belyea was called and testi-
fed that he had drank liquor i'm the
hotel but did not know from whom it
was purchased. s
Nels Lien testified thathe was board
ing at the Commercial hotel and that
he drank liquor there, some of which
he got from Grand Forks and some
from the defendant, but that he did
not pay for it. On cross-examination
witness said it was in the room west of
the harness room that he drank with
the defendant. State rests. II
Defence called Peter Scott who les
titled that he had the records Of the
register ofdeeds in his possession. He
said that all the rooms in this building
were not on lot 10 as described in the
Information and that the harness room
and the room west of it were on lot II.
On cross examination witness said the
building situated on lots 10 and II was
the one meant as there was no other
Commercial hotel in Bottineau. De.
fence rested. @
The jury brought in verdict OF
guilty. i
In the case Of Joe Qua confined in
the county Jail for wife beating the
court listened to his plea and dis
charged him from the custody of the
sheriff, he having served fifty days.
Barney Goine was called for sentence.
BY bis attorney, E. B. Goss, the atten-
ton of the court was called to the fact
that Goine had. while confined in the
county Jail before getting bonds, mott
fed the sheriff of the attempted escape
of William Ross by cutting the bars
and that while out on bonds he hid
notified the sheriff by phone that he
had seen Smith and Fitzpatrick in the
mountains after their escape from Jail.
The sentence of the court was 80 days
in the county Jail and a fine of 5000 and
costs to the amount of $50 or in case of
such failure to pay said fine and costs
to serve an extra term of five days.
Thejudge said he hoped the prisoner
would appreciate the mercy that had
been extended to him and be more
careful in the future.
The case of Charles Brown VS.. Her.
man Boltz was then called. This was
an action to recover $500 and interes,
to date, the purchase price of team
of horses that proved unsatisfactory
Plaintiff got Judgment for the full
| amount together with the costs of the
action, the court SO dir Getting the jury
There was no session of court hello
Monday, the judge being unable to re
turn from Lake Metjgoshe on account
of heavy rains in the mountains.
On Tuesday morning the attorney
in the case of State vs.. William Gear
haat, Star j. Erickson, r. A. Schol
field and Momberg s. Bauer asked fol
a stay of ofsentence that they might pre-
pare motion for a new trial. Th,
reason given for such stay was tha
they were unable to procure trans
cript Of the evidence. A stay wal
granted until July 9th. In the case o
Momberg and Bauer the bonds wer,
fixed at $1,000 each. Il.
| The balance Of the forenoon Tuesday
was taken up by q a'court3 case il which
Ole Braseth was plaintiff and Arm.
strong and Heath were defendants
This was an action to foreclose . me
chanics lien. Braseth claimed that the
work on defendants building was done
by men employed BY him, The de-
fendants contended that the men were
employed by them direct. There wat
no written contract In evidence. Plain
tiff introduced the depositions Of the
two bricklayers in which they swore
they had been employed by Braseth tc
do the work. Defendants swore they
settled with the two men when the
work was completed and they paid
Hamlin Tone Of the men) $67 for I0s
hours work and informed Nelson at
the same time that his money was
ready for him. The matter went to
1.-The court for settlement. The judge
reserved his decision for a later date.