Fergus County Democrat. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1904-1919, 1912-11-19
PLEAS OF GUILTY ARE ENTERED
6Y THREE DEFENDANTS IN
THE DISTRICT COURT.
TWO CASES CONTINUED
Damage Suits Of MccoIIum Against
Oeskin Goes Over-Morris Hazard
Enters Plea Of Not GuiIty-Many
Observation-Disclosures More Divorce
Actions.

The jury term of the district court
Is now on and for several days past
the court has been busy with civil
and criminal matters.
A. d. Bolts, who has a genius for
high finance, pleaded guilty Saturday
to charge of forgery and was SEN
fenced to year In the pen. Bolts
negotiated for the purchase Of
saloon in a small town in the country
and financed the deal by giving
check to which the name OF Ben
layer, Of this city, had been forged.
J. G. Hartzell, stranger, who last
summer stabbed his travelling COM
paniOn in quarrel at Buffalo, plead
ed guilty to assault in the second de-
gree and also got year in the pen.
Charles Gail, who was recently
brought back from Idaho Falls, plead
ed guilty to charge of grand larceny
and likewise drew one year in the
pen.
Burglary Case Continued.
The case of Joe Kern, jointly
charged with ]. J. Hill and George
Miller with the burglary at the Stoudt
saloon at Moore on Oct. IA, was to
have been tried Friday, but the de-
fendant's motion for continuance, in
order that a missing witness named
Backus might be secured, was granted.
Kern claims that he will be able to
prove an alibi by Backus. Miller has
already entered plea Of guilty.
Hazard Pleads.
Morris Hazard, former treasurer
Of the Bartenders' union, charged with
embezzling the funds Of that Organi-
zation. has entered plea of not
guilty.
McCoIlum Against Deskin.
The damage suit of Sam McCOllum
against John Deskins was set for trial
yesterday, but was continued, the de-
fendant having been called to Kansas
by the critical illness of his father.
Many Naturalizations.
Last Friday and Saturday an even
dozen foreigners passed the examina-
tion satisfactorily and were admitted
to citizenship.
Divorce Cases.
Mrs. Kate M. Daley has brought
suit against John w. Daley to secure
a divorce on the ground of failure to
provide. The parties were welded at
Aberdeen, South Dakota, in 1908.
Ayers & Marshall are Mrs. Dailey's
attorneys.
Nettie Norris has brought suit
against Charles Norris, to whom she
was married at Helena in 1909, to Sc
cure a divorce on the ground of de-
sertion and failure to provide. G. J.
Marshall is the plaintiffs attorney.
Court Notes.
L. S. Thurston was last week given
a verdict against Frank Strouf for
$3.50 for printing etc.
| John ]. Harris was given verdict
against HrOnesh for $1,000 on a
prOmissory note.
The bond of Mrs. McCau'ey, as guar
dian of Nathaniel M. McCauley, a
minor, has been fixed at $4,000.
Alleges Cruel Treatment.
Mrs. Stella Haney has brought suit
for divorce against George G. Haney,
alleging cruelty and failure to provide.
The parties were married at High
land, California, in 1901. Belden e
DeKalb are the plaintiffs attorneys.
For Desertion.
| David e. Brown last week brought
suit against Minnie Brown to secure
divorce on the ground of desertion.
The parties were married at Hector,
Minnesota, in 1894. The plaintiff asks
for decree and the custody Of the
two children. J. J. Jewell and c. j..
Marshall are the plaintiffs attorneys.
Secures Decree.
Judge Cheadle has granted a decree
of divorce in the case of Mrs. Maggie
Manning against James Manning on
the ground of desertion. The Man.
lnings were married at Elk River,
Minnesota. The plaintiff was repre-
sented at the hearing by Ayers &
Marshall.
Another Divorce.
A decree of divorce was granted
last week in the case of Dorothy Hop
kins against John w. Hopkins, the par
ties being residents of Dover. They
were married at Great Falls in 1907.
Cruelty was the ground on which the
decree was awarded. Anton D. Strouf.
of Stanford, was the plaintiffs attor-
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