Plentywood herald. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1908-current, 1927-09-23

@. What is the latest you work at night?
A. Eight o'clock.
O.. Well, who takes care of the work aftel
that?
A. | beg your pardon there. / work until elev
en- o'clock at night when we change shifts every
day.
@. You say you work until eleven o'clock every
A. Not every night; every third night. >.
@. What are your hours when you work until
eleven o'clock?
A. From seven to nine; twelve to one, ther
from six to eleven.
@. You always quit on the dot at clever
o'clock? I
A. Practically. {.
@. Well, when the silver and glasses aren'
done up, who does them then?
A. We don't do them then. 1t is done by the
girl in the morning.
MR.. ERICKSON: That is all.
CROSS EXAMINATION:
Mr.. BABCOCK: @. None of the girls in the
dining room work over eight hours a day?
q. And during those eight hours, you have
permission to take time to eat your own meals!
A. Yes, sir.
@. So as a matter of fact, instead of working
a full eight hours, you probably work mostly sever
hours?
A. I imagine, yes.
@. Nobody ever asked you to work more thar
eight hours a day?
A. No.
@. That is your regular hours, eight hours?
A. Yes.
@. And they change every day so the day you
go on at six in the morning, the next day you don't
come on so early?
A. Yes.
@. 1t is regulated so you have eight hours q
day each?
A. Yes.
@. And it is divided so you have three girls
on at noon and three at supper time?
A. Yes.
@. And none of the girls work over eight
hours?
A. No.
Mr.. BABCOCK: That is all.
Mr.. ERICKSON: That is all. The State rests.
MR.. BABCOCK: Defendant rests.
THE COURT: We will recess for ten minutes
The Jury will not discuss this matter with them
selves or with anyone else, or allow it to be dis
cussed. We will recess now until-for ten minutes
WHEREUPON, at 3:15 P. M. Court took a re-
cess for ten minutes, at the end of which time Court
reconvened with the same parties present as here
tofore noted, at which time the following proceed
ings were had:
THE COURT Defendant ready?
Mr.. BABCOCK: Beg pardon?
H CURT: Ready?
Mr.. BABCOCK: Yes, we're ready.
Mr.. ERICKSON: Yes.
Mr.. BABCOCK: Defendant Rests.
Mr.. ERICKSON: Any motions?
Mr.. BABCOCK: No. / will leave it to the Jury.
WHEREUPON, the County Attorney made his
argument to the Jury, which was as follows:
Gentlemen of the Jury: | will just read the
statute over again for your benefit. Breads statute
hereinbefore referred toy. The punishment in case
you should find the defendant guilty of this crime
is not less than Fifty Dollars, nor more than Two
Hundred Dollars, or be imprisoned in the county
jail for not less than ten nor more than sixty days
or both such fine and imprisonment. You gentle
men-it is up to you now, gentlemen, to declare
whether this defendant is guilty or innocent of the
crime charged. If you find him guilty, you may
fix the punishment or assess the fine. If you de-
sire to leave it to the Court, you may do so also.
What | am banking on in this case is the evidence
of Mrs. Gunderson. From her own testimony she
claims she comes to work between six and seven in
the morning and works until one-thirty. You can
at least get in six hours of work at that time, and
she further testified she came to work between five
and six in the evening and worked three or four
hours, so it is easy to get in over eight hours al
lowing time off for meals. For instance, you can
get at least between nine and ten hours every day
allowing an hour off for meals, at least nine hours.
OF course, she has the privilege of SO working. 1t
isn't a crime for her to work over eight hours if
she wants but the Legislators saw fit to pass this
statute prohibiting women working more than eight
hours in any kind of work. Probably this law isn't