The Julesburg grit-advocate., 1921-10-27
Denver Experts Re-
port Defendant Sane
Result of Inquisition
Prisoner Ordered Transferred to Morgan County
Jail at Fort Morgan to Await Trial Here
Latter Part of November; Number e..
of Other Cases to be Tried
at this Session

The regular October term of district
court convened in Julesburg Tuesday
morning, October 25th. with Hon. L.
c. Stephenson of Fort Morgan the
presiding Judge, and Miss Carrie
Burke official court reporter.
Monday, however, Judge Stephen
son heard some naturalization cases,
and the petition of Archie Mcmillan
for citizenship was granted. The pc
tition of VIM. Sattler was denied on
technical grounds due to the fact that
one of Mr.. Sattler's witnesses failed
to qualify relative to knowing the
petitioner continuously for the speci-
fled required time.
At Tuesday mornings session the
schedule of the court was somewhat
upset due to the trend of events in
the case of The People VS.. ]. ]. Baker,
an action brought by DISTRICT Attor-
ney Roy T. johnson, charging Mr..
Baker with first degree murder as
the result of the shooting of Ralph
Rozell, former business men here,
last July. Attorney George Hastings,
representing the defendant, presented
a motion to the court asking for a
continuance of the case, on the
grounds that an inquisition first be
held inquiring into the sanity of the
defendant. Judge Stephenson granted
a continuance and the trial was set for
Monday, November 28th, therefore not
coming up for trial at this session.
1t had been planned to hear the
murder case at this session, and
large list Of petit jurors had been
summoned to appear on this account.
A number of jurors, who furnished
reasonable excuses, were excused for
this session, but will be notified to
appear at the term of court to be held
beginning November 28th. Several
jurors were excused for the term.
Leave was granted the district at
torney to file information against
Omer C. Flora upon charge Of mali
cious mischief, and capias ordered
issued forthwith. The defendants
BOND was fixed in the sum of $4,000
to be approved by the clerk of the
district court.
The next order of business was the
call of the docket and the various
cases set for trial. The jurors We're
excused shortly after the opening OF
court Tuesday afternoon to appear
Wednesday morning at ten o'clock.
The afternoon session was consumed
in disposing of several civil matters
not requiring a jury.
Court convened Wednesday morn
ing at ten o'clock. The panel of petit
jurors was reduced to twenty-four,
those comprising the latter panel, he
ing excused Wednesday to appear
Thursday morning at nine O'Clock.
The remaining jurors Of the original
panel of eighty were excused for the
session, to be notified to appear at
the session Of court to be held the
latter part of November.
An inquisition was held Wednesday
morning conducted by Drs. Delehanty
and Niehouse, expert alienists from
Denver, who had been summoned up
on the request of the court, to exam
inc j. J. Baker, charged with the mur-
der of Ralph .Rozell, relative to the
defendants sanity. The alienists
made report of their findings to the
court to the effect that the defend
ant was sane, after expert examin-
alton made by them.
Following the report of the alien
lists, j. J. Baker was brought into the
court room and arraigned upon a
charge of first degree murder. Dis
trict Attorney Roy T. Johnson, Deputy
w. H. Pound and Special Prosecutor
Attorney Isaac Peltor, the latter be-
ing from Akron, represented the pro-
secution and Attorney George Hast
ings of Grant, Nebr., representing the
defendant
When arraigned before the court
Mr. Baker plead not guilty to two
counts charging him with first degree
murder. Upon hearing the plea of
the defendant Judge Stephenson set
the date of the trial at ten O'Clock A.
NJ, Monday, November 28th, 1921. in