Fergus County Democrat., 1916-11-30
THE CALENDAR
NOW ARRANGED
ORDER IN WHICH CRIMINAL
CASES WILL BE TRIED IN
THE DISTRICT COURT.
PETITION IN THE OTTOPAL ESTATE

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der.
| Dec. "A. Fisher. gambling. -
Dec Bert Davis. gambling.
! Dec S--John Dickerson, violating
! Donlan act.
i Dec 9-Harry NJ. Johnson, assault
! Dee 11--C. H. Thompson, forgery
| Dec 12-S. L. Stormwind, appeal
| from Justice court.
| Dec William Lacock, appeal
from Justice court.
! Dec. William Wright, appeal
! from Justice court
Dec 12--Trix Marshall, appeal from
justice court
! Dec. 13-William Ross, statutory as
sault.
| Dec 13A Collins, Jail delivery.
| Dec 14-Parnell Donovan Jail de-
/ livery.
Dec l5-Mike Murphy, attempted
robbery.
! Dec. 16-Thomas Duffin, appeal
; from justice court.
J Dec. Isl. H. Frye, murder.
Dec. 19-R. ]. Munroe, grand lar
! eny.
Dec. 2O--Al Barden. grand larceny.
/ Dee. 21J. Y. Gallagher grand lar
| eny.
Dec. Fiddle McElwee, grand lar
! ceny.
! Additional settings are to be made
| % carry the term to the end of De-
ember.
! iOttopal, deceased. Gus Hodel has filed
| his petition for appointment as ad-
ministrator. ,1
Jurors Served for the Term.
With criminal cases now set for trial
for the period beginning with next
! Monday and continuing to and includ-
| ing December 90, inclusive, the fol-
| lowing list of As jurors has been drawn
to serve. These jurors are to appear
m the district court next Monday at
10 a. m, and have now been served:
G. w. Canon, jr, j. Fimegan, E. o.
Nindschey, Julius Petersen. l.. Spar
ger, A. M. Sloan, J. r. Mcdonald S.
McChesney, W w. Watson, Horace
Phillips, a. l.. Wilson. Lewistown; j.
w. O'Brien. HObson; w. G. Bentley,
Armells; w. II. Chidester. Thomas
, Mason, c. l.. Yost, Winifred Miles
Daily. Tyler; Archie Dundas, C. T. .Ief-
frey, Peter Seilstad. J. S. Parker Den.
ton; A. G. Edwards, r. H. Haney, A
n Nebel, II. NJ. Packard. D. NJ. Good.
win, Kendall; w. Fl. Gregory. Moore;
j. B. Holmes, Benchland; G. A. Kynett
! Moccasin; H. w. Kremer, Buffalo; r
Keller, Rossfork; Sam I.utz. Garneill
\. +. LaSalle. Christina; Harry Mar
lin, Moore; A. d. Peters Windham
Henry Phipps, Maginnis: G. G. Peter
son, Jones; c. l.. Padgett, Buffalo; J
r. Patten, Fergus; B. F. Quaintance
Bear Springs; J. H. Ryan, Utica; ]. D.
Sanger, Gilt Edge; J. NJ. Sullivan
Moore; n. S. Stedman, Armells; ID. Fl
Whitmore, Gerhardt
Civil Action.
The Miller-Linnane company Thurs
day brought suit against John A. Nc
Nance to recover S473.40. Mettler &
Briscoe are the plaintiffs attorneys.
The jury term of court opened NJ
: Monday but there was nothing fol
; the jury to do, as Frank NJ. Stephens
J who was to have been tried on
charge of assault in the first degree
entered plea of guilty. He was sen
fenced by Judge Roy Ayers to from
one year to eighteen months in the
penitentiary and then paroled Or
June last Prof. Frank McMinimy
OF the Hawthorne school, and one o
his older students, returning from
trip to the Snowy mountains, were
caught in storm and took refuge
at the cabin OF tile defendant, located
| near the Harlow ranch. While in til,
place Stephens returned from Moore
lie had been drinking and chased Nc
Minimy and the boy firing at then
2 with his rifle Ross Brown had hi
attention attracted to the situation ant
3 TOOK stephens into custody. 1t is ex
pected that the defendants experienc,
+ will be sufficient to prevent him from
ever committing such an offense again
k Davis Pleads Guilty.
]. Bert Davis, charged with gambling
r pleaded guilty and was given 100 day
II III the county jail. Owing to extenu
= at1n9 circumstances he was paroled.
:, Anderson Sentenced.
w. f.. Anderson pleaded guilty to
:, charge OF grand larceny and was sen
:. fenced to from one to two years il
Il the pen.
| In the case of \. l.. Larson. charge,
with demurrer, the defendants demur
II rer to the information was sustaine,
J. and the state was allowed to file
: new information.
Restored to Capacity.
# Joseph d. kipe the former hote
r, proprietor at Moore, who was sent t.
the asylum several months ago an,
discharged later as cured, his troubl
being entirely due to long continues
indulgence in drink, was examiner
and restored to capacity.
New Suits Filled.
William Soderquist and others hay
|. brought suit against l.. d. Womeldor
r to secure the cancellation of a &C
r partnership for the breaking an
= planting OF 200 acres of land owne
II by the defendant; to refrain the dt
d lendant from disposing of the graf
e harvested from this field and for tn
r sale of the grain and division of tn
# proceeds according to the contrac,
:. Blackford & Huntoon represent th
r plaintiffs