The Ward County independent., 1910-03-03
Complete. District nc oert Procssasiaaes

The case of. r. A. Winkler VS. Matt
Frendell was settled before going 70
trial Monday. 1nis 10 a case appealed
from a justice of the peace csurt,
from Bowbells. IS. n.
"A jury had been selected ana potn
parties to the action were ready to
20 TO- trial in district court, put
during q tifteen minute recess taey
got together and settled the trouDles
This case was an action brought by
the plaintiff Winkler, to- recover $l2o
claimed to be due him IN division
|;of. partnership I'M q we'll drill.
The following jurors were excused
until Monday March -: r.S
Theodore Neckleby, Robert Wal
derf. w. Kinslsyy Osi:J. sHjlmstead,
Hsary Kinsley. Jerry y Leary. Angus
McC Cormick. Nick Deexan, J.,,J Hun ll
|n,weu.,'C iC. Johnson, Charley Weed,
|r. Is. Smith, Ole, Wik, P; -. King
81, ]. Christensen, John S! Johnson,
p. o., Hall. Grant Miller. Charles
Larson, r. G. Barrett, O: G. John
son. H. c. Kuckenhecker, William
Paulsoa: ~ ;3%;sG% s. ~
Bixhtesn Jurors. rsmaia. and as
stheret are many, civil cases some Of
minor importance, it was copAseree
ny Judge Goss that the expenses Of
retaining the extra Jurors could be
done away with. -. Y i".& :
There will be several Williams couA
Aty cases after March. a. Sa:a's'. b,
The following priscners were sen
fenced Tuesday: sE#st
! Fred Myers. i've years at hard Ia,
Dor in the penitsntiary. Sii,
Harry Wood, four years in the pen
iteltiary. '@2 Ft-t
! Harry Parker. ons>year in,tAe pen,
itentiary. - q
Thg fthres prisoners were tried and,
found guilty of robbing one LeotArd
of, twenty one dollars IL g
stock car, while beating their way
from" velta to Minot last Tseptsmber..
d At the first trial the jury disagreed
after being out all night. s sa'e' 80 :
The prisoners were tried before >.
Judge Burke, IN passing sentence
the Judge took into conside eration the
age of Parker, who is but nineteen
years old, and was disposed to- be,
lenient on that account. - '' = ''
K. W. ChristopRersoh. plead gull
ty to the, charge OF burslarizing the
Fritz hardware store in Minot last
fall and was sentenced by Judge Goss
to serve one year in the state pen
itentiary at Bismarck. The Judge
was disposed to be lenient with the
prisoner on account Of the previous
good record Of the defendant, he
having served four years in the u. s.
navy and has an honorable discharge.
The sentence of Christ ,Westegard
who plead guilty to stealing a cutter
in Bowbells, was deferred by Judge
Burke until Thursday. at the resuest
of the defendant and the defendants
attorneys.
Charles Winfield alias Kid Trailer,
the Williams county horse, thief, was
sentenced by Judge Burke to one
year in the penitentiarH. Winfield
belonged to the, notorious gang OF
horse thieves that has been operating
in eastern Montana and northwestern
North Dakota. "a
One OF the members Of the gang,
Slim Baer turned states evidence
and implicated a number of his pals"
XII Mathews was tried and acquitted
at this term, of court. but was rear
rested and taken to Montana to be
tried on charge of horse ,rustling.
There was general surprise at the
light sentence imposed upon Winfield
but 1t was learned that. the defend,
ant would have demanded a new
trial If the minimum sentence had
not been passed, On the grounds that
the states attorney from Williams