Browning chief. [volume] (Browning, Mont.) 1941-1953, 1941-02-28
Judge Metes
Out Jail Term
To John Sim
Trial OF Kosher On
Morals Charge Set
For Saturday A. NJ.

John Sim, charged with receiving
stolen property. was found guilty by
jury in the district court Tuesday
evening at 9 o'clock. The case. which
began Monday morning and which was
first on the docket, went to the jury
Tuesday afternoon. Celebrating con-
-!nued for over four hours.
!. was prosecuted by Wilbur Wer-
ner, elected county attorney at the last
general election. 1t was his first jury
case as a prosecutor. John J. Greene,
Cut Bank attorney. represented the de-
PENDANT.
1t was the first time under the 1899
legislation providing jury duty for wo-
men that Glacier county ladies sat on
jury. The jurors included Thelma
Crawford, Clara Walter. Dorothy &C.
bert, Rudolf Lozing, Fred Bleisner.
Frank Falconer, Roy Nelson, C. c.
Campbell, H. w Peterson, David Nor
gan, Marty Wolff and NJ. A. Dins-
more.
States witnesses were Ernmers Berg,
Oscar Sorenson, Gilman Poore. Jack
Hyde and Jess Harlan, and the de-
tenss's John Sim and Albert Halvor-
son.
The information charged that Sim,
who operates a small second-han
store and junk shop in Cut Bank. had
knowingly purchased from Gilman
Poore and Jack Hyde on January u,
1910. stolen property consisting of
generator. carburetor and fan with
water pump attachment.
City Police Chief Jess Harlan tes-
ti:y!ng for the state said that in his
periodic check of Sims register of pur-
chases he saw the names of Poore and
HYDE and suspicioned them as having
sold property that had been stolen.
Greene sontended that inasmuch as
Sim. through his register. had not at
tempted 10 conceal evidence of the
transaction. he had acted in good faith,
believing that the property was law
fully owned by the sellers.
Poore and Hyde in their testimony
said that Sim showed no concern as to
their legal ownership of the property,
implying that when the transaction &C.
CURED he had his tongue in his left
cheek"
The property, it was testified to. had
value of approximately $40. sale to
sim bringing Poore and Hyde SIPS.
Judge R M Hattersley. who pre-
sided at the trial. sentenced Sim to
three months in the county jail fol-
lowing recommendation of the jury
Kosher Arraigned Tuesday
Tuesday morning Oliver A. Kosher,
charged with lewd and lascivious con-
duct involving a minor child, was ar
ra!gned. He entered a plea Of not gull
" County Attorney Werner said yes
terday that his trial would come up at
the Saturday morning session. His at
torney is S. J. Rigney
Wednesday morning a civil case in
which Charlotte Morris was suing J.
W Perrin on an account, was settled
OUT OF court.
Burglary Case on Docket
Investigation OF the burglary OF the
POtter'S Meat Market at Browning on
February l9 10 determine whether or
not Alfred Juneau was implicated in it
IS still under way. Juneau and Hiram
Upham were picked up on suspicion.
the latter confessing his guilt He was
sentenced to one year in the state pris-
on by Judge Hattersley Monday.
ContenGing that Juneau was impli-
Gated in the deed. the state has filed
information against him.
Court term. the first for over year,
is expected to be over by the middle
OF next week. This is predicated on the
belief that several civil cases, the tail
end Of the docket. may in the mean
time be settled out OF court