Old Butte Justice Courts and Night Court Tales
reminiscences recall colorful episodes from Butte courts and saloons. Constable Cosgrove detains knife fighters and two frightened Chinamen over a fine as townsfolk trade jokes, while a later hangings prank at the Elks lodge and a make‑shift night court reveal rough frontier justice and social misadventure.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Butte
Jimmie Brennan
Justice Courts
Old Butte
Medin
Tommie Cosgrove
Phil Harrington
South Butte
Tom
Leonard
Charlie’s
Brennan
Phil
Cosgrove
Deer Lodge
Milwaukee
Owsley
Court upholds Bourquin bootleg convictions in three Montana cases
U S circuit court of appeals in San Francisco affirms convictions of Fred Violette and Peter Moret of Missoula for moonshine and related offenses and upholds John Samlin’s nuisance conviction connected to a Missoula raid. Court rules the information covered the charged offenses and affirms the district court verdicts with sentences set to issue after the mandate.
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Circuit Court of Appeals
San Francisco
Montana
United States
John L. Slattery
Fred Violette
Peter Moret
Missoula
Slattery
Violette
Moret
John Samlin
State Supreme Court
High Court
Helena
Circuit Court of Appeal
Violette and Moret
Russell and Medin
Heyferon and Patterson
Frank H. Hunter
Miles City
McIntyre and Murray
John Sama
Collector of Internal Revenue
Commissioner of Internal Revenue
United States Vs
Montana miners protest inequity in government silver purchases
Hon Charles S Muffly of the Montana Mining association charges a rule favors Denver while Helena assay office buys gold, pays $20.67 an ounce for gold but only market price for silver, forcing Montana miners to ship silver to Denver to obtain $1.00 an ounce under the Pittman act. The ruling, he says, imposes expense and delay and fails to honor the act’s intent.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State
Commonweal
Suydam
Charles S. Muffly
Montana Mining Association
Montana
Helena
Montana Mining Associaton
Treasury Department
Denver
United States Assay Office
Assay
Department
Washington
Express Company
Colorado
Freezone corn remover promises painless relief
An advertisement claims Freezone quickly relieves corn pain with a tiny bottle sold by druggists for a few cents. The product supposedly removes hard corns soft corns and corns between the toes and calluses without soreness or irritation.
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Byron E. Cooney
Elks’ Lodge
Daly Bank
Johan Smith
Charley Holly
Leggat
Murphy
Anaconda Road
Miranda
Supreme Court
Abrams
U. S
Pittman
Postum Cereal Company, Inc
Battle Creek, Mich
Bayer
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