The Alaska citizen., 1917-05-07
PRESENT TERM
 OF CRIMINAL,
 COURT IS OVER

COURT IS OVER With the single exception of the trial of the second charge against | Louis Goyette, of which no disposi- | ton has yet been made. the present | term Of criminal court ended yester l day morning with the dismissal, on | the part of the government. of the 1 case against Mrs E. B. Thompson ! the last on the trial calendar. There were twenty-three cases on the cal | endar which were disposed of. with the single exception noted above. Taking into consideration the pleas of guilty entered. including two un- | der one indictment. there were six teen convictions during the court session. Of this number five Of the l defendants were convicted at jury trials. the pleas of guilty having numbered eleven.
 1 Five defendants were acquitted at 1 jury trials They were Stefan Trem- ba, charged with murder in the first i degree; NJ. F. Hall, assault Charles 1 Clair, assault with dangerous wea- | pan; Jack O'Gara illicit cohabita- ton, and Thomas Gallagher, giving l liquor to Indians.
 Exclusive of the five cases above named. the disposition made of the cases on the criminal calender was as follows:
 Joe Polastrini, simple assault, ap- pealed from city court. pleaded gull, ty. fined s75.
 C. H. Henry. criminal libel, ap- | pealed from commissioners court, verdict guilty. to be sentenced Sat urday morning at 10 o'clock. John R. Montgomery, forgery. plea of guilty, sentenced to serve eight months in the federal jail James Bernard shooting with in tent to kill, pleaded guilty, sentenc- ed to seven years in penitentiary.
 Lige Frank, larceny, pleaded gull l ty, sentenced to eight months in the federal jail.
 Charles B. Sweeney, charged as sault with dangerous weapon, yer dict guilty of pointing gun at an other. fined $50.
 George Johanson, maliciously kill ing dog. pleaded guilty, fined $50, Martin Knezevich, assault with a dangerous weapon. verdict guilty. sentenced to two years in peniten- tiary.
 Michael Kostuk and John liar iaks, larceny, pleas of guilty, both sentenced to one day in federal jail.
 Louis Goyette charged shooting with intent to kill, convicted of as sault with dangerous weapon, not sentenced.
 Louis Goyette, shooting with intent to kill, not set for trial
 Mike Bedoff, timber depredations, dismissed on motion of defense, charging faulty indictment
 Michael Kostiuk. burglary. pleaded guilty. sentenced to two and one half years in penitentiary.
 Jim Roland, charged with illicit cohabtation. verdict of adultery. fined s9O.
 Mrs. Rose St. Louis. plea of guilty to adultery, fined $40.
 Mrs. E. B. Thompson. Illicit CO., habitation, dismissed on motion of district attorney.
 Paul Paulson. killing game animal out of season. pleaded guilty, fined $50.
 1AoAdo 1ldC66CiJ 6iNlAS liQuOl to Indians, plea of guilty, fined $200.
 The most important trial of the entire session was that of the case against Stefan Tremba, indicted for the crime of first degree murder, but which resulted in an acquittal. The next in importance was the case against Jim Bernard, who was sen fenced to serve seven years in the penitentiary at McNeils Island after pleading guilty to shooting with in tent to kill. Only two of the other cases brought up this session re- suited in penitentiary sentences. YUKON REPORTS