The Glasgow courier. [volume] (Glasgow, Mont.) 1913-current, 1921-03-18

District Court convened Monday
morning, March 7th. at 10 a. M, with
large jury venire in attendance and
took up the trial of civil and criminal
cases for the March term. The court
continued in session until Wednesday
afternoon, March 18th, when all cases
having been disposed of the jury was
discharged and court adjourned.
Case No. 33, State of Montana VS..
Paul Buckman, was the first case cal
led on March 7th. This is a case in
which the defendant was charged with
illegally voting at the last general
election in the Grain precinct. Lincoln
Working, county attorney, appeared as
counsel for the state, and Messrs. Nor
torneys for the defendant After the
jury were sworn and empannelled and
the State had started to offer evidence
the defendants counsel objected to any
evidence being introduced on the
ground that the information, as filed,
failed to state an offense against the
State of Montana. After arguments
of counsel for the respective sides, the
Court sustained the objection to the
introduction of testimony under the in
formation as filed, and the jury was
dismissed and the defendant released
from custody and his bail exonerated.
Case No. 332, State of Montana VS..
Paul Buckman was then called This
was case in which the defendant was
charged with fraudulent registering as
a voter. In this case the county at
torney moved for dismissal on the
ground Of lack of sufficient evidence
The motion was granted by the court
and the case was dismissed and de-
fendant discharged from custody and
his bail eXonerated.
Tuesday, March 9Th, case No. 1907,
r. l.. Cornwell VS.. John B. Payne, di-
rector general of railroads, was called
for trial. Messrs. Norris, Hurd,
Rhoades and Hallett appeared as coun-
sci for the plaintiff and the defendant
was represented by l. Parker Veazey
and r. H. Glover of Great Falls, and
Messrs. Dignan & Shea of Glasgow.
This is case in which Mr.. Cornwell
was suing the Director General of
Railroads, as agent, for damages sus-
tanned by him for loss in market price
and shrinkage of bunch of cattle
which he had ready to ship to the
Chicago market in the fall of 1918,
which said shipment was delayed for
two weeks on account of the failure of
the United States Railroad Admins
tration to furnish cars at the time they
agreed to furnish them at Glasgow. A
large number of witnesses We're sworn
and examined for both sides and this
case consumed all of Tuesday, We'd
nesday, Thursday, Friday and until
Saturday noon, when the case went to
the jury At 1:30 p. m. Saturday the
jury returned a verdict for the plaintiff
for the full amount sued for, to-wit:
$2995.00 and interest since August 9th,
1920.
The court then called Case No. 1879,
r. f. Hamry VS.. Rhodes Printing Com
pany and w. f. Rhodes. The plaintiff
appeared in person and by counsel,
Norris, Hurd, Rhoades & Hallet, and
the defendants failed to appear either
in person or by COUNSEL and the Court
then ordered the default of the defen-
dants entered for failure to appear at
the time of trial. This was an action
in which Mr. Hamry was suing the
Rhodes Printing Co and w. E. Rhodes
on promissory note for 100000 and
Judgment was ordered entered for Mr..
Hamry upon the evidence submitted.
Case No. 1881, R. f. Hamry VS.. R.
c. Arnold, was then called. The plain
tiff appeared in person and by counsel,
Messrs Norris, Hurd, Rhoades & Hal
lett, and the defendant failed to appear
either in person or by counsel, and the
court ordered the default of the defen-
dant entered for failure to appear at