The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1912-02-16
A|uRsn u CASE Is UP
Murder Trial Occupied Attention oil
The Court This Week
MAY GO TO THE JURY TONIGHT
State Rested at Noon; Defense
7s Has Only Few Witnesses
to Examine

The February term of dis
trlct court was convened on
Tuesday morning by Judge A.
(I. Burr and the first day was
spent in the arraignment of
those held for trial for criminal
cases. The first case taken up
was that of State VS.. Almyra
Hursh on a charge of murder
in the first degree, and this
case has occupied the atten-
tion of the court up to the
present time but will popbably
go to the jury this evening or
early tomorrow.
dn State VS.. Grover Stalnak-
er, on a charge of keeping and
maintaining common nuis-
ance, the defendant was ar
raigned and pleaded not guilty.
Carl Ehlke, held on the same
charge entered a similar plea.
Herman Hermanson, of Overly
charged with keeping intoxicat-
ing liquors for sale, entered a
plea of guilty but sentence has
not yet been passed. Clarence
w. Hinck, charged with main
tanning a common nuisance,
filed an affidavit of prejudice.
Charles J. Johnston, charged
with keeping Intoxicating
liquors for sale, entered plea
of not guilty. Tim DAILY, held
on the same charge, made the
same plea. In the case of
State VS.. Thomas Dunn, James
Wilson and Frank Irwin, charg-
ed with robbery, Irwin entered
a plea of not guilty, and the
court appointed Attorney ]. A.
Chase of Westhope to defend.
In the cases of State VS.. Yarrow
and State VS.. Bennett, both
charged with violation of the
prohibition law, pleas of not
guilty were entered.
In the case OF State vs..
Arthur Hall. charged with per
jury, Attorneys Haraldson Of
Lansford and McGee of Minot,
appearing for defendant, filed
what is known as double
barrelled affidavit" alleging
prejudice against court and
county which will necessitate
the case going to another coun-
ty. 1t will probably be taken
to McHenry county. This case
grows out of the assault and
battery case in which Jesse
Bales was the complaining
witness and in which Arthur
Hall was convicted.
The Hursh Case
Considerable difficulty was
found in securing a jury for
the trial of State vs. Hursh.
The Jury panel was exhausted
on Wednesday. and on Thurs
day about a dozen talesmen
were examined before the at
torneys were satisfied with the
jury Those who are sitting on
the case are as follows:
E. III. Kunkel and Allen
| Ashley Of Wayne township;
Peter Halvorson Of Cut Bank;
George Gilmore Of Hastings;
Albert Rude Of Tacoma: a. N.
Ayers and Charles Goheen Of
Newburg; Richard Williams Of
Chatfeld; IL G. Whiting OF
Elysian; Clarence Proud oi
Antler; Ed. G. Theis and A. w.
Bowen of Souris.
! Much OF the evidence in this
case is of a nature that ,forbids
it's publication and also Of such
a nature that, on motion o1
Bowen. & Adams, attorneys for
the defense, the general public
has been excluded from the
court room during the giving
of testimony.
The charge against Almyrs
Hursti may be summarized al
\ follows: That on the morning
aof October 10, 1911 she gave
birth to an illegitimate child;
!. that she threw this child int
the vault 6f an outhonse where
lit came to it's death by drown
ling 81 suff ocation.
DT.J "a. johnson was th.
4 first witness and testified thai
he and Emil Johnsgaard re
moved the body and took IL t
Z his office where a poet-morten