The record. [volume] (St. Maries, Idaho) 1913-1918, 1915-06-04
First Session
OF District Court
CALANDAR CALLED AND CASES SET
Cunningham Pleads Guilty And Is Sentenced City
Cases Are Argued

The first term of the district
court for Benewah county was
opened in this city Tuesday with
Judge r. N. Dunn presiding.e Tn
judge called the calendar to as
certain what eases were ready
to be heard. Attorney VIM. d.
Keeton announced that the case
of Kathryn Vaughan against her
husband, Harry NJ. Vaughan, had
been withdrawn.
No jury having been drawn for
this term of court Judge Dunn
entered an order directing the
sheriff to summon thirty persons
To serve as jurors for the term
and directing them TO report at
ten O'Clock next Monday morn
ing. I'm response to the order
sheriff Leaf has summoned the
following persons to serve as
jurors for this session of the
court:
w. II. Yearout, Charles Zieg-
litz, w. c.. Lewis. Willis Fought
Clyde Long, Bert Allen, James f..
Dairy, II. +. Roe, George Mitchell.
Mitchell Bolton, Oscar Olson, j..
r.. Mannon, Steve Carmon. NJ. l..
Loveall, Joseph Lamb, George
Kcister. Paul Kiesling, Clark Rem
fro, George Holmes, II. II. Abr, A.
ID. Reid, Charles Cromwell, M. S.
UrquharL John Bolton, John A..
Vail, A. A. Darknen, r. r.. Goude,
+. G.. Martin, j. r. Thomas.
Judge Dunn called the Grimm
al calendar and a number of the
defendants were brought i'm and
aIraigned. G. w. Cunningham.
charged with drawing checks
without funds, pleaded guilty and
asked To be sentenced at once.
He has been i'm the county Jail for
two months waiting trial and
Judge Dunn sentenced him to
serve thirty days nore in jail and
pay the costs of the case. The
case of the State VS.. John Murphy
accused of assault with intent to
commit rape was dismissed by
! County Attorney Elder.
The judge directed that the
criminal eases be tried before the
other jury cases and set them for
trial i'm the following order
State VS.. Jones, second degree
murder, State VS.. Cash, bootleg
ging, State VS.. Jahnke, maintain
ing common nuisance, State VS.
Galloway, maintaining common
nuisance and State VS.. Brother
ten. There are three cases
against Brotherton.
In the cae of the State VS.. Frank
Schultz. charged with maintain
ing a common nuisance. the
clerk was directed to enter the
name of r. c.. Highsmith as at
torney for the defendant. MablC
Iavelle and Edith Reynolds charg
ed with maintaining common
nuisance, had previously plead
guilty before Judge Dunn al
Occur d'Alene and had receiv,s
their sentences and the cases wer,
ordered stricken from the calen-
dar.
The Judge heard arguments ol
the counsel i'm the eases of Aidu-
kovic, ct al, VS.. The City of st
Maries and Lashbrook VS. the
City of St. Maries. These cases
are similar and both were up on
q demurrer of the defendant anC
amotion to strike out certain par
argraphs in the complaint. Tay-
lor & Hull appeared for the city
and f. G.. Highsmilh for the
plaintiffs. After listening to tho
arguments Judge Dunn took tho
matter under advisement and viii
give his decision later. Judg,
Dunn, having some matters com
ing before him in Coeur d'Alene
adjourned court Wednesday moor
until ten o'clock Monday morning
ut which time the Jone murde,
trial will be taken up.