The Meeker herald. [volume] (Meeker, Colo.) 1885-current, 1910-09-10
MEEKER. COLO. SATURDAY.. sEPTEM
District Court Begins on Hear
ing of Various Cases Tuesday
Civil and Criminal Dockes Contain Several Interesting and I'm
portant Cases. Case, Baxter Case and Others
Disposed of--Wiiams Case is Now Under Way

counsel the court granted defendant
until 3 O'clock on the afternoon Of the
same dty in which to file answer, the
court denying defendants application
to lay the case over for another term.
At 2o'clock of Tuesday afternoon
the case was resumed, defendant fl
ing answer in full. The court, judg-
ing defendant guilty, imposed fine
Of $500 and costs, and 30 days jail
sentence, suspending jail sentence for
the present time.
The story Of this case is as follows:
The Keystone people had purchased
several hundred tons of hay from
Robert Mckee, paying part sum Of
the total down. Later on, Mckee, 1t
seems, regretted the sale Of this hay,
and refused the Keystone people the
light to feed any of 1t, he, Mckee,
feeding it to his own stock. Arthur
CritchlOw, foreman of the Keystone
ranch, applied for and was granted
an Injunction against Mckee, the lat
ter being placed under arrest by the
sheriff. On the day he was arrested
Mckee went to Baxter and asked
him to look after and feed his stock
for . time, as important business
necessitated his going to Meeker.
This Baxter agreed to do. Three days
later Critchlow called at the Mckee
place and found Baxter there, feed
ing McKee's stock from the hay in
question, and warned Baxter to feed
no more of 1t. The next morning
Critohlow again found Baxter feeding
this hay to McKee's stock. Critch-
low then had Baxter arrested for
defying the injunction. Baxter says
hsshad returned from the Grand
- as i-ls
Valley just two days before Mckee
requested him to care for his stock,
and knew nothing Of an injunction.
The next case up for hearing was
that Of the People VS.. Joseph Will
liams, In the matter Of the killing by
the defendant of Everett r. Baker.
The prisoner was arraigned, after
which Col. Montgomery, as counsel
for defendant, asked for postponment
In the case, desiring time to prepare
part of the defense. Court granted
until two o'clock of the afternoon Of
the same day in which to enter plea.
At two o'clock the case was resumed,
and the plea of not guilty entered.
The case was then continued until
Wednesday afternoon, the defense
waving precedence, giving way to
Jesse Bassett trial.
In this case the regular ventre was
entirely exhausted, and two special
panels were drafted. From three
O'Clock Wednesday afternoon until
Thursday evening was devoted en-
tirely to the selection Of jury to try
the case. Up until the time of clos
ing our forms, Thursday evening,
only eleven competent jurors had
been secured.
The case of the People vs.. Jesse
Bassett, charged with cattle stealing,
was taken up for trial at 8 o'clock on
Tuesday afternoon, and the rest Of
the afternoon was taken up in the
selection of jury.
Twenty-eight members Of the en-
tire venire were examined and ex-
cused, and the jury with whom the
case rested was composed Of:
J. F. Ebler G. P. Larson
c. w. Bills H. H. Joy
Jack Holland James Hayes
c. M. Thompson +. A. NJ. Pierce
Robt. Crawford J. b. Burch
j. Il. Ixe0p T. r. Barnes