The Bismarck tribune., 1928-11-30
POTTER TRIAL
IS SCHEDULED
COURTS FIRST
December Calendar Has 46
Criminal, 119 Civil Cases
Listed for Trial

The trial of Raymond E. Potter
on a charge of first degree murder
in connection with the fatal shooting
of Oliver Webb Oct. 27. will be the
first one heard in the December jury
term of Burleigh county district
court.
+. E. McCurdy, states attorney,
said today that he would make a
motion when the court convened to
have the Potter trial come first.
II will then move that all persons
held in the county Jail at present
face their charges in the court i'm
mediately following the Potter
case," McCurdy said. He said that
the other cases, in which defendants
are out on bonds, will not come up
until the latter part of the term.
The longest calendar in the history
of Burleigh county district court has
been prepaved by Charles Fisher,
clerk Of court. The calendar for the
December term has As criminal
cases and 119 civil cases, 64 of the
civil cases being old cases.
4j Criminal Cases
Defendants in the criminal cases
and the charges follow: +. E.
Erickson, operating a motor vehicle
while drunk; Isaac kujola, grand
larceny; James Field, engaging in
the liquor traffic; William Jackson,
engaging in the liquor traffic;
George Miller, grand larceny; Su-
sanna Becknoll, engaging in the
liquor traffic; Heino Siirtala and
Elmo Pihlaja. disposing Of mort
gagged property; Johnnie May Per-
kins, immortality in the first degree;
Claude Rossen, keeping and main
tanning common nuisance; Mrs.
Claude Rossen, engaging in the
liquor traffic; Henry Stevens and L.
H. Stevens, removing mortgaged
property; Carl Miller, operating a
motor vehicle while drunk; B. J.
Perkins, assault with a dangerous
weapon; l. P. Baker and George H
Russ, jr., receiving funds in an in
solvent bank; Gilbert Semingson,
malfeasance in office; Isaac P.
Baker, receiving funds in an insolv-
ent bank; Arthur c. Wilkinson and
George H. Russ, jr., embezzlement;
/. p. Baker, Benton Baker, A. c,
Wilkinson, George H. Russ, jr., and
Gilbert Semingson, conspiracy in re-
ceiving funds in an insolvent bank;
l. p. Baker, G.. H. Russ, A. c. Will
kinson, Benton Baker, Gilbert Sem.
ingson, and F.. B. McAneny, conspir-
acy in receiving funds in an insolv.
ent bank; !. p. Baker, George H
Russ, jr., and A. C. Wilkinson, re.
ceiving funds in an insolvent bank;
Frank Moll, two statutory charges;
Clarence Olson, desertion of his fam.
lily and a minor child; H. johnson
third degree forgery; J. Ryan, thirC
degree forgery; Minnie St. George
immortality in the second degree; F
J. Seeba. perjury; Raymond E. Pot.
ter, murder in the first degree; Har.
old r. Calkins, statutory charge
E. M. Walla, embezzlement, forgery
in the third degree, and grand lar
ceny; Archie Burkhart, receiving
property under false pretenses; Johr
Parker, receiving property under
false pretenses; NJ. 2. Kint, receiv
ing money under false pretenses
Harrison Brooks, statutory charge
Herbert Piercy, statutory charge
Peter Baker, statutory charge
Wliffor Sperry, w. J. Sperry, ant
Roy Sperry, grand larceny; F. L
Loomis, keeping and maintaining !.
common nuisance; A. B. Carley
keeping and maintaining a common
nuisance; Andrew Calandria, immor
atty; p. E. Cham ~, disposing o
mortgaged property; G. E. Wheeler
operating a motor vehicle whil'
drunk; A. C. Small, receiving prop
erty under false pretenses.
A civil case is being brought b,
| the estate of w. E. Martin agains
r. B. Murphy, F. E. Diehl, w. J
Church, Joseph A. Kitchen, Berth'
r. Palmer, G. A. Fisher, John Steer
and the late John ]. Lee. The plain
tiff is suing for money damages al
legged suffered in the sale Of som
land near the state penitentiary.
The court will convene at 10 .. n
Tuesday, Dec. 4, according I
Charles Fisher, clerk Of court. Forty
six jurors are ordered to report :
2 p. m. the opening day. Judge J