The Glenwood post. (Glenwood Springs, Colo.) 1897-current, 1920-12-04
way OF TRANSGRESSOR|
Is HARD ENOUGH
Wolators Of Law are Severely
Dealt With by the Judge
Of the District Court
SEVERAL ARE SENTENCED

Since our last report but little bust
ness has transpired in the district
court, but among other actions Judge
Shumate has sentenced several defend
ants who were found guilty by jury.
In the case of the people v. Edgar
Ditman of Kimpall Creek, charged with
placing his brand on his neighbor .
cattle, jury discussed the case at
some length and then agreed to dis
agree, and the case was continued 10
next term, when the defendant will be
required TO stand another trial
. Domenick Duez of Cardiff entered a
plea of guilty to charge of bootleg
ing and was fined 5000 and costs, which
fine and costs he paid.
Mrs. Clara Thornton of Glenwooi
also entered plea Of guilty to the
charge of bootlegging and was fined
800 and costs, which she promptly
paid.
In the case of w. j. Williams, pro-
prietor OF the pool hall and cigar store
on Grand avenue a jury soon found the
defendant guilty on two counts, that OF
operating gambling business and that
of permitting gambling in his place Of
& business, and the defendant WAS fini d
$50 on one count, and on the other
count he was fined 5000 and committed
to the county Jail for three months,
but the Jail portion of the sentence was
RENTED during good behavior and the
proper conduct of his place of business
Williams fine and costs amounted to q
total of $29S. 80. portion Of which he
paid Friday morning, giving bond for
the remainder.
In the Oh case of j W. Zimmerman
vs.. Daniel Flynn, charged with acct
dentally branding four head of cattle
belonging to Zimmerman, and refusing
to pay for same, jury found the de-
PENDANT guilty and assessed the cost
or damage at $l94 and costs. This case
has been hanging fire for three or four
years and had been referred to the ex-
ecutiVe board of the stock association,
which appointed a board of appraisers,
which fixed the damage at $50, on the
evidence which convinced the appraisers
that Flynn had branded but three OF
the plaintiff S cattle. Flynn refused to
pay the award and he was therefore
forced into court, the plaintiff this time
alleging the unlawful branding of four
instead of three head of Zimmerman g
cattle, and fixing the damage at more
than the original award.
In the case of A. e. Hamblet VS..
The D. & r. G.. Railroad Co., because
of serious damag to plaintiff g son,
Woodrow, through powder explosion
made possible by the carelessness of
the company in leaving their powder
house so that ingress to same was easy
instead of meeting the requirements Of
the state law, "A settlement was reached
by which Hamblet was paid an agreed
amount in damages and expense which
he has sustained by reason of the seri-
GUS accident.
A similar case brought by George
Preti was settled in similar way, but
the damage to the Preti boy being much
less than in the Hamblet case. the
amount of damage was less, although
the award in neither case wns made
public.
Tn the case of the application Of ".
]. Lockard and the Multa Trina Ditch
Company for an adjudication on the
Multa Trina ditch from Divide Creek,
and which application was resisted BY
Smart, stobaugh 4 Harris, owners o.
the Smart ditch, who claimed that the
petitioners sought to appropriate the
right Of way Of the Smart ditch, and
further that the ,ditch would not carry
the additional water which the Muha
Trina claimed for It, Judge shumate
: ruled in favor Of the plaintiffs and
awarded a total so second fest to the
consolidated ditch, 80 feet being Al
lowed to the Smart and 80 feet TO the
Multa Trina portion. This was IN I'M
usual case and 1t WAS hard fought on
both sides, Darrow and Dollison repre-
senting the petitioners and O. W. Tsy'
lor fighting for the protection Of the
protastsnts.