The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1929-04-19
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IN U.S.. COURT
JUDGE PRAY SENT C e S
LONG LIST FROM NE
MONTANA


a busy week melting out sentences
to large number of law violators
in a federal court session. The
first day of the session $50 cases
were arraigned before him and 65
pleas of guilty were entered. Jail
sentences ranging from 30 to go
days were imposed and the fines
ran from 81 to 5000. In a number
of cases the Jail sentences were
suspended and the defendants
placed on probation for a period
of as much as three or four years.
Most of the cases before Judge
Pray were liquor cases.
Roosevelt VioIators
Earl Stringer, arrested in con-
nection with liquor raids on the
Brick Barn ON Front street, was
fined 500 and given so day sus-
pended sentence for possession.
His probation period was fixed at
three years.
n. cliOl duu ClSy
Sturdy, who have been in jail here
for about three months, upon ar
raignment pleaded not guilty, but
Tuesday they changed their plea
to guilty and were each given
60 day suspended sentence and
placed on probation for two years.
AS they already had served 100
days in Jail, they were released.
The manufacture of liquor near
the Snowden railroad bridge was
the charge against them
John Fishback of this city, who
served four months in Jail here
for violation of the prohibition
laws was fined $500.
Comes Last Gets Ten Years
Lucas Comes Last, Fort Peck
Indian, pleaded guilty to charge
of criminal assault Tuesday and
Wednesday was ordered to serve
ten years at the federal peni-
tentiary at Mcneil island near
Seattle. He was charged in the |
Indictment with committing as
sault upon an S-year old Indian
girl living near Culbertson, and as
the result of this the child con- I
tracted a serious disease. He is |
26 years of age. Reservation po-
lice testified that Comes Last was
mo good" Indian and had been
in several mix-ups before, none as
serious as the last, however, they
stated.
Mountain Released
1t is understood that Moses
Mountain, arrested on charge
similar to that against Comes
Last, pleaded not guilty to the
charge and was acquitted. 1t is
that the little girl in
volved would not testify when the
case came to trial
Oscar Wee, also of this reser-
vation, was fined $100 and given a
so day Jail sentence on liquor
charge
Thirteen From Scobey
Several liquor cases originated ,
at Scobey.
John Dudley, Emil Parmaleu, ,
Mike Ward and Lester Flick, :
Jointly with possession ;
and maintaining nuisance at .
Scobey, were each sentenced ac- ,
,ording to the charges brought in {
he information Dudley had four r
counts against him and the judge r
ined him 500 and 60 days on the :
irst, $50 on the second, $50 and
, 90-day suspended sentence on !.
he third and 80 days and $50 on
ourth The sentences will follow =
n the order of the charges. On
he third charge he was placed on
,robation for four years.
Parmaleu, who had three
harges against him, was given 60
ays and 500 on the first, $50 on :
he second and $50 and 90-day g
uspended sentence on the third =
nth a four-year probation period. :
Ward, against whom there were =
wo charges, was sentenced to 80 ;,
avs and to pay fine of $50 on n
he first and S25 and 10 days on =
he second. Flick was fined 500 n
nd given 90-day suspended SEN O.
apoo on hic ono charge -
Joe Warden of Scobey was fined =
200 and given a sentence Of so :,
ays on one count and a four =,
lonth sentence, suspended, on a
scond count The latter sentence
as on a probation period of four II
ears.
A. NJ Morrison, associated with
De Warden's establishment at
cobey, was fined $50 and SEN
.nced to serve 80 days in jail a
William Hudyma Of Scobey was
ned 81 by the Judge. Evidence
,vealed by the prohibition offic-
IS was to the effect that Hudyma
Id already served several weeks
the Scobey Jail
Albert Waller of Scobey, charg-
| with possession, was fined $50 -
Id sentenced to 80 days in the
ascade county jail.
Henry Norby of Scobey, given
days in the county Jail and fin
$3.50. 0s
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