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SELENA DAILY INDEPENDEI)ED. REHBERGIS ACQUITTEDVKTt'.U DCI IIII.K %TINM KOI'lt IIOI UNJl H\ Hr.TlltNN \ \ KH1)1(T OKNOT til II T\ .SECOND TRIAL OF CASEfenilHdt I lit* Shoot I iiu Wn* l)on«* InSelf •Defense rail nt ( Iona* Itungel)eft*u«lfiu( Once Found Guilty tiutlSa'dIoua'amI to Five Year*.After deliberating four hours, 1 lie jury in the ease of Edward Rehberg, charged with assault in the first degree, hist evening brought In a verdict finding the defendant not guilty. NVarly all of tin4 evidence for the defence was submitted at the morning session A»f the court, while the greater part of the afternoon was devoted to tin* arguments of tin* attorneys. The jury retired with the evidence at 5 o’clock, returning at 9.An OIaI Case**The trial v as the outcome of a shooting affray, which occured March 3, 1906. at the divisor ranch in the Little Prickly Pear valley. Kehberg was charged with having fired a re-l volver six times at John Geier, Ed Chambers and Charles Newqulst, three ranchers. One of the bullets lodged in Oeier’s thigh and one in Chambers' hand, the others flying wild.■ ■The original information was filed by former County Attorney A. 1*. lley* wooaI. KA’hherg was tried, found gull-Ii ty, and given a sentence of five years• in the state penetentiary, but Judge J. M. Clements granted a stay of judg*| ment and subsequently a new trial. The verdict rendered last evening was |Bythe result of tin* retrial of the action.In tin* recent trial County Attor- ( ney H. S. llepner was handicappedby tha* absence of Chambers, one of! t It a* complaining ami most importantwitnesses. For reason of tin* serious j illness of Cnambers at Illinois, in could not be brought here.Shooting \t Clour Ituitgc.After the conclusion of Kehberg's testimony yesterday morning, Mrs. E. L Kenck of Spokane, the owner of the ranch on which the shooting affray olt; -11 cured, was called* Her testimonycoroborated that of the defendant’s to the extent that (Jeier, Newcjuist and Chambers started tin* fight, that the shooting was done at close range dur-l! ing tiie scuffle, and not at a distance, 1 I as was contended by the prosecuting attorneys. The testimony of JohnDuffy, who was present at the time, was practically the same as that of Mrs. Kenck.The defense next introduced the testimony of Nela Strandberg, Dixon j Duffy and Mark Heaney, to the effect ibat the complaining witnesses' had made threats against the defendant at tliff* rent times.Joseph Tabeau testified that Cham-L
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Helena Independent
Helena, Montana, US
Wed, Nov 24, 1909
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