The Glasgow courier. [volume] (Glasgow, Mont.) 1913-current, 1922-02-10

Case No. 355, State of Montana v.
z. j. Foust, which was on trial last
Thursday and Friday went to the jury
Saturday morning and after being out
about two hours the jury returned
verdict of not guilty. The County At
torney, assisted by Norris, Hurd,
Rhoades & Hallett had charge of the
prosecution, and Hurry, Kline & Slat-
terry appeared for the defendant. In
this case the defendant Foust was
charged with the larceny of cow,
belonging to the Roosevelt Brothers
who live in the vicinity of Nashua, and
that Defendant Foust later in the year
of 1920 sold said COW to one Free
mont Gideon, one of his neighbors,
when he was leaving here to reside at
Bonners Ferry, Idaho. The defendant
claimed that the cow in question was
not the one he sold to Gideon and that
Gideon was mistaken as to the identi-
fication of the cow.
On Saturday afternoon case No. 352,
State of Montana v. John Kotoduzski
was called. The County Attorney ap-
peared for the State, assisted by Nor
ris, Hurd, Rhoades & Hallett, and the
defendant was represented by j. o.
Weaver. This was case in which the
defendant was charged with abandon
ing band of sheep belonging to
George Fawcett, which he undertook
to herd for him in the fall of 1921.
The defendant, who is a Polander and
does not understand English, claimed
he was not put in full charge of the
sheep but was to work under the direc-
ton Of one Emil Pry, another sheep
herder, and that on the second day of
his employment the said Emil Pry told
him if he didn't know what to do to go
to Hell out of there, so he proceeded
to leave; coming into Glasgow and
going from here to the city of Mil
waukee, Wisconsin, and where Sheriff
Hall found him and brought him back.
The jury took the position that he had
abandoned the sheep and returned a
verdict of guilty.
Monday afternoon case No. 355,
State Of Montana v. Alsa Sisk was
called for trial, and the County At
torney made motion that the case
be dismissed, for the reason that the
main prosecuting witness in the case
had made written request that the
case be dropped and in view of the
fact that if she took the stand the evil
dence would be insufficient to warrant
going to trial. Upon that statement
the Court dismissed the case and exon
Grated defendants bondsmen. This
was case in which the Prosecutrix,
one Irene Bertha johnson charged
Sisk with assault, with intent to COM
NIT rape, alleged to have occurred on or
about Nov. 2, 1921, at the Oakland ho-
tel in Glasgow. Mrs. Johnson former
ly lived at different places in the west
en part of the state and had not been
in Valley county but a short time
prior to this. The defendant Sisk has
been here for sometime and lives on
farm near Baylor.
Judge c. D. Borton having been
called to Livingston to try a case
there, Judge C. E. Conner of Plenty
wood was called in to assume Juris-
diction and try few cases while Judge
BDrton is away. Court adjourned
from Monday p. m. until Tuesday p.
m. until Judge Conner arrived.
Tuesday afternoon, at 2 p. m. with
Judge Conner presiding, case of State
of Montana v. Dorance Smith was
called for trial. The County Attorney,
assisted by Hurry, Kline & Slattery,
represented the state, and Norris,
Hurd, Rhoades & Hallett appeared for
the defendant. This is the case in
which the defendant Smith took some
shots at Sid Vollin about the 9Th or
7th of January Of this year, while they
were both down at the Johnson place
on the Missouri river, south of Nash
ua. About five of the shots lodged in
Vollin's body. Defendants counsel
stated that they were not in position
to proceed with the trial at this time,
and upon stipulation of counsel for
both sides the case was continued over
the term.
Tuesday afternoon the case Of State
of Montana v. Alonzo Taylor was call
ed and jury selected and Wednesday
and Thursday was spent in taking evi-
dence, the case going to the jury
Thursday afternoon. County Attor-
: ney and Norris, Hurd, 'Rhoades & Hal
lett for the State and C. H. Roberts
for the defendant. This case was tried
in July, 1920, and the jury at that
time disagreed. The defendant Taylor
is charged with the theft of colt be-
longing to Peter A. West in the winter
of 1920, which the officers found on
Taylor's place, which is about twenty
miles north of Nashua Many wit