The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1904-05-06
SHORT WORK IN HORSE STEAL.
ING CASE.
ONE YEAR FOR cHATWooD
Pleads Guilty and Wants Immediate
County Attorneys Motion.

Lee ChatWOOd goes to the peniten-
tiary for a year and his partner, w. H.
Welliver, goes free. Thus ends the
case of the two young fellows arrest
ed sometime ago for stealing a horse
from Austin North.
The conclusion was reached We'd
nesday through an understanding be-
tween the county attorney and H. G.
Crippen, who appeared as counsel for
the defendants. Mr.. Crippen was OF
the opinion that Welliver had a toler-
ably good defense, but thought other
wise as regards Chatwood, and con-
sented that the latter should enter a
plea of guilty, conditional that the
state consented to a dismissal of the
charge against the remaining man.
In order to save the county the ex-
pense of a trial and probably believ-
ing as the attorney for the defense
believed, the county attorney accepted
the proposal. Chatwood waived stat
utory time and asked that sentence
be pronounced at once. The court was
in an obliging mood and forthwith
sentenced him for the period named.
Jury Is Drawn.
Judge Loud made the usual order
for the drawing of a trial jury for
the term. Forty anne were drawn
and a venire issued as follows:
A. V. Cardwell, George Sturm,
George w. Thomas, J. A. Salisbury,
James Steele, W. L. Sel7idge, EN-
NETT Mccormick, Edward Cardwell, J..
N. Purcell, B. H. Hogan, Martin Gates,
b. Grosman, Oscar Gutenberg, Frank
Lawrence, W. L. Linton, w. ]. Stod-
dard, E. S. Holmes, T. H. Minder,
Joseph Bessette, Dan Lamey, J. A.
Morgan, H. Hendrickson, Joel Halo
we'll, Frank Golish, Cass Prudhomme,
r. r. Grove, E. M. Newman, A. A.
Fenske, H. B. ~Sanderson, George La
cey, F. T. Moore, A. J.. Wilkinson,
Felix Clark, Lew Robbins, H. 1. Grant,
d. w. Dederick, J. R. North, B. Schnei-
der, Henry Ohland, T. A.. Snidow.
The latter was excused for the term
by the court, after service had been
made upon him. The others are di-
rected to be in court MAY II.
Court Calls Calendar.
His honor called the calendar and
made orders as follows:
State VS.. Gutenberg. To be tried
May IL.
Austin North VS.. Henry White, ct
ux. Stricken from docket on courts
own motion.
Joanna McNamar VS.. Henry H. Nc
Namar; dismissed without prejudice
on plaintiffs motion.
Yegen Bros, inc, VS.. Joseph Par
que, ct ux.; judgment by default for
$397.6O, three notes given by defend
ants to be merged in the judgment.
A. J.. Gilsdorf VS.. Joseph Parque,
ct TX. judgment by default for $S99.93
Donovan-McCo rmick company VS..
Nels E. Olson; judgment for plaintiff
in the sum of $34O.35.
G. F. Burla VS.. j. H. Hahn; judy
ment for plaintiff for $138.56.
Lille M. Leichty VS.. William H.
Leichty; divorce; decree ordered by
default and judgment signed.
Donovan4McC ormick company vs..
Logan Wolfe; dismissed without
prejudice on plaintiffs motion.
Yegen Bros, inc, VS.. Logan Wolfe;
judgment by default for $7O9.73.
In the matter of the insanity pro-
ceedings had before the chairman Of
the board of county commissioners
wherein Douglas Higgins and Sarah
Conner were examined, the court
made an order confirming the action
taken.
Cases set for hearing were, Silber-
man Bros. VS.. j. T. Locke, May 10;
Henry Byers VS. Northern Pacific
company, May 16; A. K. Wick
VS.. Grace WEIGH, ct al, May II; F.
H. Beeman VS.. o. D. Amin, May ID.
A number of probate matters came