Golden Valley chronicle. (Beach, Billings County, N.D.) 1905-1916, 1914-04-24
STATES ATTORNEY WANTS TO RE
PROMOTED TO COUNTY JUDGE

70 complaint and caused the arrest of Toseph P;esk
or iega voting at the recent city election this max
ing the third arrest date on this charge The as+
arrest is almost ridiculous and onlv means the exns
OF another district court trial. as Mr. Piesk waived ex
animation to the district court when taken before s
tice Heath ~0'e 'u'-
Mr. Piesk has been resident of Beach with his
family tor about five years and owns home in the
city. He was challenged election day and expert
enced some difficulty in swearing in his vote on ac-
count OF the peculiar form of affidavit used which
compelled challenged voter swear under oath that
ne had been in certain ward continuously for the
past ~ days prior to election AS Mr. Pesik had work.
ed IN bel1eld tor time coming home only on Sum
days. an attempt made through this illegal affidavit
TO Keep him from voting. Any man who had been
been away business pleasure trip prior to eec-
ton would have hard time swearing truthfully to
such affidavit if his vote were CHALLENGED Mr. Pie
sik however, to the affidavit and cast his vote
and now faces criminal CHARGE
1t is alleged that he voted the village election in
Beaed and if such is the case and they expect to con-
vict him this, it would become necessary to prose-
cute him in Stark county instead of Golden Valley A
man certainly cannot be prosecuted in Golden Valley
county tor committing crime in Stark county, least
Golden Valley county should stand the expense of
prosecuting people who commit crimes in other coun-
ties.
But there is something back of these prosecutions or
should say prosecutions If the states attorney
acting in good faith, why did he refuse H. B.
Lowell resident of Montana, for voting in the Beach
election? because H. B Lowell brother of AL
derman Lowell anti-Brinton man and one who voted
right" in the eyes of the states attorney and his
friends? 1t seems strange that only Brnton voters
should be arrested.
The writer approached the states attorney Wednes-
day of this week with the evidence against H. B. Lowell
for illegal voting and the states attorney refused
issue warrant for his arrest The following is the
evidence held by Mayor Brinton against H. B. Lowell
for his voting in the recent Beach election:
AFFIDAVIT OF ANTLBRlNTON VOTER.
| hereby soemnly that | am citizen of the
United States have declared my intention become
such and bona de resident of the State of Montana
under and within the meaning of Section 1870 of the
revised Codes of Montana of 1907 and Section l976
of the Revised Codes of Montana of 1907 as amended
by Session Laws of 1902
(SIGNED) H. B. LOWELL.
Issued By and sworn to before me, E. c. Leonard,
Justice of the Peace Glendve Mont, Sept 3, 1913.
E. c. LEoNARDs CERTIFICATE.
This is to certify that l. F. c. Leonard justice Of
the peace did Sept 3, 1913, issue to H. B. Lowell,
a resident hunting and fishing license, and that said
II. B. Lowell made sworn statement to me that he
resident of the State of Montana the above date
(SGNED:) E. C. LEONARD.
From the foregoing it will be than case
against Mr. Lowell could not fail of conviction, as the
states attorney can secure Mr. LoveIs OWE sworn
affidavit that he was resident of the State Of Montana
on Sept. g. 1913. If Lowell had left Montana i'm
mediately thereafter he would not have vote in
Beach until the coming fall election But MIR. Lowell
did not leave Gendive, where he conducted machn-
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