The Glasgow courier. [volume] (Glasgow, Mont.) 1913-current, 1922-02-17

On Friday, February 10th, on mo-
tion of the County Attorney that he
did not have sufficient evidence to
warrant going to trial Case No. 324,
State of Montana V. Joe Olson, was
dismissed.
Case No. 5129, State of Montana,
ex. rel, w. D. Rankin, Attorney Cen
eral. v. Ffank H. Martin, the setting
was vacated and the case was set
for trial for March 14th; attorneys
for both sides stipulating to waive a
jury trial in this case.
Case No. 4833. J. w. Barr v. Valley
County was tried to the Court, with
out jury. Evidence was adduced and
time was given she attorneys for fill
ing briefs before the matter will be
decided.
! Case No. 4834, Caroline w. Lick V.
Valley County was tried to the Court
without a jury. Evidence was ad-
duced and time was given the attor-
neys for filing briefs before the mat
ter will be decided.
! Those two cases are ones in which
the plaintiffs are suing Valley County
for back wages which they claim is
due them, claiming that under the
law they were filling the position of
Assistants" instead of CLERKS" and
were therefore entitled to receive
$137.50 per month instead of $4,000
per month, which amount they billed
the County for and collected from the
County each month while they worked
for the Clerk and Recorder and County
i Treasurer.
In Case No. 5000, Irene Four Times
v. Growing Four times, being di-
vorce action, defendant withdrew his
answer and the case went by default
; and decree of divorce was granted.
4 There being no cases for Saturday,
Court adjourned from Friday p. m.
until Tuesday morning at 9:3O. Mon
day being observed as a holiday for
Lincoln's birthday.
Court convened Tuesday morning
at $3.50 a. m.
On motion of Mr.. Roberts, Cases
Nos. 337 and 338, State of Montana
v. Ralph Gilmore were continued un-
til February 18th, at $3.50 a. m.
Case No. 4579, Emerson -Branting-
ham Implement Company v. George
Grice was called for trial. The de-
fendant Grice failed to appear and
his default was entered and judg-
ment rendered for the plaintiff.
Case. No. 4635, Horace Waters v.
Chas. f. Behner, ct al, was called
for trial and the plaintiff failed to
appear and his default was entered.
Evidence was offered by the defendant
and judgment rendered in his favor.
Informations having heretofore been
filed against John Horner and John
Thurman charging them with viola
tions of the prohibition liquor law.
the Court set Wednesday afternoon
at 1880 as the time for entering a
plea. At the time set both defendants
entered plea of not guilty.
Wednesday morning with Judge C.
D. Borton presiding the case of State
of Montana v. Jack T. Kind was call
ed for trial. The County Attorney,
assisted by Norris, Hurd, Rhoades &,
Hallett appeared for the State and E.
N. Hill and Hurry & Kline appeared
for the defendants. This is case in
which the defendant was charged with
grand larceny, having sold certain
stallion which he had mortgaged to
the Valley County Bank at Hinsdale.
The defendant claimed that the STALL
ion was not included in the mortgage
and he so told Mr.. West, the cashier
of the bank. After being out about
an hour the jury returned a verdict
of not guilty.
After the Kind case Judge Conner
heard the case Of Millie Blachnik v.
Alois Blacknik, etal., without a jury.
This was an action for setting aside
deed and mortgage by the defendant
to his brother. The defendant failed
to appear at the time of trial, and
judgment was rendered for the plain
tiff.