The Grangeville globe. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho) 1907-1922, 1916-02-24
Wilder Case Resulted in Ac-
quittal-Other Court
Matters.
SHORTENS JURY TERM
Casady Wins in Suit for Fees
Against James Stuart in
District Court.

A. Wilder, the young man from the
kooskia section who was arrested
over year ago on charge Of lar
ceny of livestock, was acquitted in the
district court Tuesday when a jury
which had listened to the case all day
brought in verdict of Not Guilty."
at 10 o'clock in the evening. Wilder
was charged with having slaughtered
a heifer which was alleged to be the
property of a neighbor A. w. Ander-
son. The young man admitted having
killed and butchered such an animal
but contended that he owned an ami
NAL Of the same description and be-
lieved at the time that he was killing
his own stock.
The Wilder case was called Tuesday
morning and was the first jury case
of the term. The men who served on
the jury were Guy Ferree, Henry ].
Howser, Lawrence J. Upton, M. b.
Geary, Hans Peterson, o. z. Soder-
burg Frank Eastman, o. r. Munroe,
Frank M. Groom, J. J. Janasco, Mat
Gilbert and Charles Hemphill The
case was prosecuted by County At
torney NJ. Reese Hattabaugh, and Will
der was defended by Attorneys S. 0.
Tannahill Of Neperce and A. A. Hols-
claw of st. Maries.
Attorney Sues for Fee.
Few civil cases In the history of the
court for years past has attracted
more interest than the action insti-
tuted by Attorney w. ii. Casady
against James Stuart and wife Of
Kooskia which was on trial before
Judge Steele and jury in the dis
trict court Wednesday and Thursday.
Casady brought suit to collect $500,
which he alleged was due him for
services rendered the Stuarts. The de-
fendant, who is Nez Perce Indian,
was represented in the case by Hon.
J. l.. McClear, United States district
attorney at Boise, and Clay McNamee
of Lewiston. Casady's case was con-
Quoted by Hon. James Il. Ailshie, for
mer chief justice Of the state supreme
court.
Considerable expert testimony as to
what should constitute reasonable
fee, under the circumstances in the
case, was introduced ON both sides
and number Of attorneys and coun-
selors at law were brought up from
Lewiston to offer their opinions in the
case, along with local legal lights.
The attorneys called to the stand by
the plaintiff as experts in the matter
were Judge Daniel Needham and
Judge B. +. Tweedy of Lewiston and
Hon. w. n. Scales of this city, while
the defense called Attorneys Il. O'Neill,
Alex kasberg and j. l.. Harm of Lew
iston and James DeHaven of Grange
vile. Hon. Theodore Sharp, superin-
tendent of the Nez Perce reservation
and Indian headquarters at Lapwai,
was also witness for the defense.
The questions in the case were of
great interest to attorneys and laymen
alike and the court room was com
fortably filled with spectators during
most Of the sessions of the trial.
Practically all the members of the To-
cal bar were present. The Globe rep
resentatiye counted a total of % at
torneys in the court room at one time
while the trial was in progress. The
case was given to the jury for consid-
GRAFTON at noon today. This concludes
the jury work for the term which will
probably be adjourned next week.
The jury in the Casady VS.. Stuart
case was made up of the following
well known citizens: NJ B. Geary,
viii Hartman, o. P. Soderburg, Lew
renee j. Upton, o. r. Munroe, Frank
Nj. Groom, Hans Peterson, Frank
Eastman, Mat Gilbert, Lonnie Bales.
5. Nj. Howard and John A. Bentley,
and at about four o'clock today re-
, turned a verdict in favor of Mr. Cas-
ady in the sum of $4,000, and mas
much as $4,000 was paid prior to
the suit, makes total fee of 100000.