The Glasgow courier. [volume] (Glasgow, Mont.) 1913-current, 1922-06-16
NOT GUILTY"
IN Smith Assault CASE
After Remaining Out All Night Jury Brings in Verdict of
Acquittal for Nashua Young Man Charged With the
Shooting of Sid Vollin Last January. - Many Cases
Are Continued Over Present Term Saco Case Is De-
cided in Favor of Plaintiff Bank

District court convened in Glasgow
Monday morning, June IL, with Judge
c. D. Borton presiding.
Some fifty-three jurors reported for
duty, five or six Of whom We're ex-
cused for good cause shown to the
court. -
The case of State of Montana VS..
Dorance Smith was called and a jury
selected. Monday, Tuesday and We'd
nesday were spent taking evidence and
the case went to- the jury Wednesday
evening. After being out from p.
m until $3.50 a. m. the jury returned
a verdict of mot guilty."
This was the case in which Dorance
Smith was accused of assault in the
first degree upon Sid Vollin on the
5th of January, this year, at the Hen
ry johnson ranch near the Missouri
river. Sid Vollin, Dorance Smith, Carl
Johnson and William Nybakken had
spent the night of January at the
johnson ranch and during game of
cards dispute arose between Vollin
and Smith as to how the game was
played, and during the dispute Vollin,
it is alleged, slapped Smith with his
open hand across the face. After that
the game was finished and the boys
went to bed for the night. The next
morning the boys were about the barn
doing the chores and when Vollin was
cleaning out the barn with a garden
rake, he alleges that Smith came in
and said he was going to town to have
him arrested and he said, "alright,"
but he said, II thought we settled last
night" whereupon he claims, Smith
said, "No, it is not settled by a damn
sight," and pulled gun and started
shooting at him, and he clainms he
shot him four or five times, after
which he was brought to the hospital
at Glasgow, where he remained for
some time. Smith claims that while
he was in the barn Vollin started for
him with the garden rake and he told
him to stop, and he didn't stop, so
he pulled the gun and started shooting
in self, defense, shooting the first shot
to the side of Vollin, and then when
he did not stop, shot at his arm and
after that shot straight at him. At
ter the shooting Smith went over to
the Nessen place and told Mr.. Nessen
what he had done and asked him to
go over to Johnson's and do what he
could for Vollin.
The case of State of Montana. v,
John Horner was continued on stipu-
lation of the County Attorney and at
torney for the defendant.
Case of State of Montana v. John
Thurman was dismissed.
Case of John Yeager v. X. Cassidy
was continued over the term on mo-
tion of the defendants attorneys.
Case Of State of Montana v. Russell
Mcintosh was continued over the term
on motion of the defendants attorney.
On Thursday the trial of the case
OF First National Bank of Saco v.
Cred Martin and other was taken, iu-
ry impaneled and the forenoon spent
in taking evidence. This was an ac-
tion to foreclose a mortgage that the
defendants set up claim of fraud.
At the conclusion of the evidence the,
plaintiff made motion for judgment
on the ground the defendant had fail
ed to establish any evidence of fraud,
and such motion was granted by the
court. and the jury discharged. On
Thursday afternoon the court began
the trial of the case of State v. James
Nc Cormick, which is a petit larceny
case appealed from Justice court. Af-
ter the jury impaneled, the court ex-
cused all the remaining jurors for the
term, this being the last case left for
trial.
On motion of the County Attorney
the two cases of State of Montana v.
John Margarit were dismissed.