Belt Valley times. [volume] (Armington, Mont.) 1894-1977, 1925-01-01


HaAeAa Dse x7.--LA D. Tsoekhark
asemar casends esanty banker. nsx
undsr senAsnes 70 tAe sGaaa priscn Eos
smaksag = false sepert 70 tAs state 20.
psraassasdane Of bamks ~ 10 fAe eondi.
si0n " tAe hginexu Stats bank OF Sand
Cnulsas waa remamdad % the custody
"a Eas sheriKE of Cascade county and
his appzicaAiou 9or raasmss under .
writ Of kabeas corpus was deniad by
ran opinion handed down by the su-
prene court Saturday.
Lockhart had been convicted aftsr
a trial Ia the district court Of Cascade
county upon an indictment ehaxwing
that hes a. o director OF ths hamk,
made . report 20 the superintendent
Of banks On JuDs ii, 1924, which con-
tanned q material statement known By
Iscckhart % be false. II was shown
BY the report that tbs bank did not
owe anything for borrowed money at
fhe Gloss OF business June so, 1921,
wh@rsas IN fact the bank owed sic, 900
"a tba A9idland Nst;on.l hsnk 4 ,vs IN
wnamosia
Altar A0ekhart had been sentenced
be filed an application in the supreme
court for a writ Of habeas corpus in
which ha aIl@gas taet hsa sos,.s..e,,,S., ~ i,
wmm irDawm1 q 49,. 49, s;s,,,.,, 49,. q.
mart onlw Al /. sira-fo,. $50 49, !.
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1aw Ma .,...,.;s.,,s :. --s.-~ rm ~.
naattar vas hoard haforn 49, .,,,,,..,,,,s
eourt several ,veal.r as,n ana - or,,,,
ion. delivered bv Aaaoc;at. Trst,s. w
I. HoIlowmv ae.vi,,.. s,,. .,...,;~. -. :.
was handed down aaf,rv,s.v
The mprenn ,.o,,,s vss,ssss - .....,
the View az tha an,,as..sns ts,.s 49,
sor nf hank q yos ,.s.y.o.s;s1. -.
Sts onmmSsona ana n..asssss.. 'Isssss =
jsstses 10 easose sska .asaI Sssss. -. s.a,,ar
directors cannot sh,sf th.ir Sves :,
what il roiuv an n the ha.lr ths+l
they have NOR. 70 Al tbsn a1a.t ose;
GERS and declare dsv;danda b,,t yor.,
use ordinary diligence n aseertainius
the condition Of The business ana
must exarcisa. .~ortroI~ an, w,,,,e,.v;s
Of it's off1cers
Lockhart had pleaded that he had
merely attssted the aignaf,,rs ~ ths
cashier Of the hank vvto h.d ,,rao.vaa
the report In cuest;or and .s y th;.
the opinion raedu.
ssOur statute does mt ,,,,.no,-t =.
set a premium upor aturi5;tv r. II
director NAV shieId' h;,nssIf ,ah;rd
plea that he "a neolieentlv ;0nor.,,t -
the business Of his bsnE thar ~.
zrosser his irnoranre tha o~a.ta~ ~
.ecuritv from tah;l;tv Ts,,;. !. -
he theory unon ,vh;~h ~. L. -.
.esds His attention /. nscas a.. - :.
: report ana sattest, -.
to bear witness 70. = eertifv. - -
firm to Be txne ana gan,,;ra -
timing sattests Rlaea,r y.aw n;etiors,..
,ays: 1T Is also the tschn;,.sI -,
W which in the practice 4, rsanv osl
he atafaa es.t;t,,;,.- ,,essua ~ - -.
issuance Of tbe ~enui1era.. ana ~. !
,ectnean Of n ro,,v -
at - ou, ,n;n;ov, 4,,.t :, .a,,,.,,...- 1
director 1, atts.nt : ra,.o~. - -.
shss - .tss, - 80 :" I
onable diIvance a. E,,, - -. ~ 80 i.
d.
eport il true az falna ana = ..,roS 4
q Rasnmaid e,at fbs vraar. = 20 80 v
nation arm onan 81 ~. rs.s-aSss. -ss
4 atteatine The rano,.t :, ,-,,..sss.' .
.ockhart vouohed eor : ana i nsysssss.s - q
he absolute tvuthf,,l,,a-- - 49, -...s :.
nenta contained shars;,, .,5 - = ss~4
xtent AT lemnt un,s,. 49, v~s,.,s ..;ss' 80 s
! the meanine n o,,r isw = o
The indictment hsa hs.n s,,-.s.. 10
- 80 =,