The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1919-03-07
COURT TERM AN
NULLED AS RE-
suit OF new
LAWS
County Division, Black Capsule Law,
and the Creation By Legislature of
New Judicial District, Terminate
Term of Court.
C. E. CONFER TO BE NEW JUDGE

The March term of the District
Court in the Seventeenth judicial
District, in and for Sheridan county,
Montana, came to an abrupt ending
Thursday, as the result of several
events.
In the first place the legislature
has just passed law providing for
the mailing of an entire new jury
lists in the different counties in the
state and providing a new method of
drawing the jury. The new law is
known as the Black Capsule Law and
was drawn and passed with the idea
in view Of preventing the packing of
future juries by interested parties,
and is said to be the result of GER
tain recent events at Glasgow and
other parts of the state. The law
provides that the county assessor
shall make a list of all of the citi-
zens of the county qualified for jury
service and each name shall be writ
ten on slip and sealed in black
capsule and placed in a box from
which a jury is drawn in such a way
as to- prevent hand picked juries. The
law went into immediate effect there
by abolishing all juries drawn under
the old law.
In the second place the division of
Sheridan county disqualified large
number of the jury drawn under the
old law who might have been accept
ed by stipuation of litigants had tn
panel left been sufficiently large.
And finally, the seventeenth judi
cial district is being and probably
now has been divided, placing Sheri-
dan and Roosevelt counties into an
other district, known as twentieth
judicial district, giving the power of
appointment of a new judge to Gov
| ernor Stewart who in all probability
will appoint the Hon. C. E. Conner of
| Medicine Lake who stands ace high
with the Stewart crowd, and which
| gentleman made himself famous dur
ing The past unpleasantness as a
member Of the Sheridan County
Councii of License.
Judge Hurry arrived in Plentywood
Tuesday afternoon, and attended TO
considerable chamber work that ev-
ening and Wednesday morning ap-
pointed new county commissioner to
succeed Commissioner Anderson re-
sisncu, and called the case Of Arth-
ur Charleswortn VS.. Duluth Brewing
and Mailing Company. A jury was
called. qualified, but later dismissed
and tie case tried before the Judge
aith the 1esu:' that the case was
dismissed.
The jury was then dismissed, bL
Judge Hurry il trying court cases
and demu11ers and pleas and viii
probably r,inaiy. in Plentywood the
remainder Of this and all of next
week.
! The rev JuGge will probably be
l.sosn on the joh and new jury vii
be called as quickly as the tlack
capsules arrive and the necessary
, procedure can be taken and will ther
proceed until the large Sheridan
county calendar is disposed of.
i The jury panel was composed OF
; the following jurors:
Hank X. Karn, Outlook; Knut'
Knuteson, Homestead; James Hen
ming, Outlook; John Kraver, Home
stead; John Nelson, Kahle; Fred K
: Daw, Westby; T. P Lidahl, Plenty
, wood; Edward Sherman, Reserve
Meluin Tronson, Outlook; Otto Jar
. stad, Medicine Lake; Ole Anderson
: Plentywood; C. A. Dohaltz, Daleview
, w. N. Downing, Scobey; Elme
r Phelps, Redstone; Arthur kazek
: Plentywood; C. E. Lundquist, Ante
: lope; Peter Lekvold, Scobey; B. Lar
: son, Westby; John Reinslader, Doc
ley; F. L. Mortenson, Westby; w. J
> Morey, Plentywood; A. P. Van Worst
Antelope; Albert Hoveland, Westby
f Leonard Marlene, Scobey; Geo. 6
0 Karson, Scobey; w. E. Honenck
D Scobey; C. Eberling, Westby; j. S
/ Goodale, Whitehall; James Gentry
! Medicine Lake; Clarence Cluster
Scobey.