The circle banner. [volume] (Circle, Mont.) 1914-1939, 1920-10-08
Three. Men Sent
To Pen
District Court In Session This Week.
curd, coar, and Wilson Found
0uttty, aSIoof Pleads Guilty
TAlt Sentenced Yesterday

The past week has been busy one
in Circle with term of district court
In session, Judge Hurley presiding.
The first case up was that OF the
State VS.. Chag. Curd of Nina who was
being tried on grand larceny charge,
it being alleged that he had stolen a
horse from man by the name of Jud
Miller, who resides in the same COM
munity.
It seemed the horse had been stol-
en- last winter sometime and origin
ally had brand of T. ", the v being
below the T. This brand had been
worked over to heart and vented by
running a bar through the heart. and
was pretty smooth piece of work.
The horse had then been sold to anoth
discovered by stock inspector j. A.
Miller, which lead to Curds arrest.
After both sides had presented their
case, 1t went to the jury Monday eve
ming about 800 o'clock and the jury
was but until midnight returning 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 de-
fendatt was represented by. Florence
Stephens.
The case Of the State VS.. Chas Goar
was tried on Tuesday. This also was
a grand larceny case, the charge be-
ing that the defendant had stolen two
black mares belonging to Herman Pi-
pal who resides few miles south OF
Wolf Point. These horses had origin
ally had = brand of H lazy P, and this
brand had been worked over to B lazy
D. They hAd then lateer been branded
with Mr.. Goar own brand and sold
to a AferY man at Oswego in whose
possese$on they were when recovered
by UAdsr Sheriff, Floyd Davis and
stock 3hs3sctpr J. A. Miller.
ThiS skenf =. .the jury rusedag
evening nd ! verdict rendered at 100
A. M. "Wednesday, the jury finding the
defendant guilty, but left sentence to
be fixed by the Judge.
Tho. defendants attorney in this
case was F.sP. Leiper Of Glendive and
Oliver Phillips OF Circle, while the
States side was handled by Thompson
and Hoover.
The grand larceny case of State vs..
DAILY and: Spencer of Sand Creek which
is also supposed to be some kind OF
a horse stealing affair, was continued
and win be UP next term Of court.
One case was settled out of court,
that Of Malkhch VS.. Murphy regarding
shipment of some cattle year ago.
Wednesday the hearing in the case
of State VS.. N. B. Wilson, Jonn Sloof
and jesse Gardner came up. These gen
tlemen We're charged with assault IN
the second degree it being alleged that
they had beat up" man By the naJne
Arthur, Calder, q resident south OF
Oswego. ~
On motion of the deferdapls attor-
ney, the case, was seperd-ed into three
separate cases, that of Wilson beng
tahen up first.
In this case 1t was alleged that the
three defendants met plaintiff ana
wife In the road near the Neidering-
house ranch. That they stopped them
and entered into conversation
regarding colt which the
Calders had with them which they |
claimed belonged to Wilson and Cald-
ders claimedthat Wilson attacked him |
with a a,willoy club, and when he tried
to get his gun which he had in the
wagon box, they took it away from
him and ordered him out of the wag-
on and Wilson beat him mercilessiy
with the club. Defendants then order
ed Mrs. calder to drive on and she
being frightened did so. They then
.oped Calder and tied him to the
hamc of one Of the mules Of Gardners
p,am and forced him to run along side
for about a half mile up long
steep hill. Then placed him in the wa
gon and tied him to the back bolster,
and after taking him to some OF the T
neighbors they took him to Wolf Point
whore they turned him over to the
deputy sheriff. At Wolf Point Calder
wa examined by doctor who found
his back and arms black and blue
with bruises and one of his ribs in
iured. Shortly afterwards the defend
ants were arrested.
This case went to the Jury Wednes-
day evening and about nine o'clock
the jury returned with verdict OF
guilty, and sentence in this case was
also left to the Judge. II
Yesterday or Thursday morning /,
John Sloof was tried AMI he plead
guilty. to the Charge of asa, III 10 the
second deeree but eentence was sus-
peAded by the Judge owing 70 the fact
that its4ppAared that Mr.. Sloof did not
have ll1nch 70 do with the matter.
Jes1p GaSNSer did not appear, doc
tor's CAetiffke being produced which
MOVED thAk Gardner was Ill and un-
able to. be present, therefore his case
had to- be continued.
Attorney for plaintiffs was Florence =
". Stepheas nad Thompson and Hoov y
u States ~.
Th6 ca1e q Pete Rodell W. Sigurd &
An4osUoas winch wa 10 come MP Thurs 3
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