The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1920-10-14
CRIMINAL CASES IN
COURT AT CIRCLE
THREE WRONG-DOERS FARE ILL
AT HANDS OF income
COUNTY JURY
Circle Banner)

n In Circle with a term of distric
court in session, Judge Hurley pre-
J siding.
The first case up was that of tn,
! State VS.. Chas. Curd of Nina, wh'
was being tried on a grand larceny
charge, it being alleged that he hac
stolen a horse from a man by the
name of Jud Miller, who resides il
the same community.
1t seemed the horse had been stol
en- last winter sometime and origin
ally had a brand of T. ", the v be-
ing below the T.. This brand has
been worked over to a heart and
vented by running a bar through the
heart, and was a pretty smooth piece
of work. The horse had then been
sold to another party in whose pos
ession it was discovered by stock in
spector ]. A. Miller, which lead to
Curd's arrest.
After both sides had presented
their case, it went to the jury Mon
day evening about 600 o'clock and
the jury was out until midnight re-
turning a verdict of guilty" leaving
sentence to be fixed by the judge.
The States side of the case was
handled by attorney Thompson and
his assistant, H. A.. Hoover, while the.
defendant was represented by Flor
ence Stephens.
The case of the State VS.. Chas.
Goar was tried on Tuesday. This
also was a grand larceny case, the
charge being that the defendant had
stolen two black mares belonging to
Herman Pipal who resides a few
miles south of Wolf Point. These
horses had originally had a brand of
H lazy P, and this brand had been
worked over to B lazy D. They had
then later been branded with Mr..
Goar's own iron and sold to a livery
man at Oswego in whose possession
they were recovered by Under Sheriff
Floyd Davis and stock Inspector j.
A. Miller.
This case went to the jury Tues
day evening and a verdict returned
at 200 A. M. Wednesday, the jury
the defendant guilty, but left
sentence to be fixed by the judge.
The defendants attorney in this
was F. P. Leiper of Glendive
and Oliver Phillips of Circle, while
the states side was handled by
and Hoover.
The grand larceny Ease of State
IS. Daily and Spencer of Sand Creek
which is also supposed to be some
lind of a horse stealing affair, was
continued and will be up next term
# court.
One cas- was settled out of court,
hat of Malkuch VS.. Murphy regard
ng shipment of some cattle a year
go.
Wednesday the hearing in the case
f State VS.. N. B. Wilson, John Sloof
Jesse Gardner came up. These
len were charged with assault in
he second degree, it being alleged
hat they had beat up'' a mar by
ne name of Arthur Calder, a resi-
ent south of Oswego.
On motion of the defendants at
'rney the case was separated into
lree separate cases, that of Wilson
cling taken up first.
In this case it was alleged that the
lree defendants met plaintiff and
ife in the road near Neidering-
ranch. That they stopped them
entered into a conversation re-
a colt which they claimed be-
nged to Wilson and Calder claim
that Wilson attacked him with a
Illow club, and when he tried to get
S gun which he had in the wagon
X they took it away from him and
dered him out of the wagon and
ilson beat him numerically with
e club. Defendants then ordered
Calder to drive on and she be-
: frightened did so. They then
ped Calder and tied him to the
me of n of the mules of Gard
team and forced him to run
ing side for about a half mile up
long steep hill. Then placed him
the wagon and tied him to the
bolster, and after. taking him
some of the neighbors they took
a to Wolf Point where they turned
4 over to the deputy sheriff. At
IF Point Calder was examined by
DOCTOR who found his back and
as black and blue with bruises and
of his rihc ini,rod CLo-1-