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LECLAIR GETS TWO YEARS•ClROWLEN’S BAIL APPLICATIONSTOOD OVER.Tony Leyden of Fernle Sentenced toSix Months’ Imprisonment forEscaping From Custody.P. McL Form of Rossland, acting. i • . , •- ‘ .county court judge, had a busy•• ^ • • ,***’' ‘ * ' * ... **- , ♦ . • •time yesterday in chambers, and in the disposition of the criminal cases which have accumulated sincethe last assize court.* . ♦ . 4In chambers there was a long' .. ■ . 'j \ •’ •' * •* * *. . ‘ --'—I.'argument over an application of the defendant in the, case of Lin-/r' % • * ’* • r '*'*/• ■ y . ‘-.N“ . • • * . ••burg. vs. McPherson to set aside a garnishee order. In this case the •plaintiff, the keeper of a Rossland livery stable, had served a garnishee orderupon the . Granite mines- to secure a claim of $2.50 for. the . hire• ,i '*,• • ■ ... .....of a rig in February last, as well as the sum of $60 as damages to the same - through % the horse running away, r Objection was taken to theprocedure with ^ respect I v to ‘the amount claimed for damages on they-•. * . • • . * * — • ..ground that it was hot a debt thathad been, determined. - Decision upon the point was reserved, v In the estate of Thomas Marks, the well-known banker : of Port Arthur; auxiliary -probate was granted under the will of the deceased conveying some lots in the city of Sahdon to the heirs of the• deceasedr r \; f rv'0'• t Frank ; Rowlen , and 1 Frederick Bloomfield, the prisoners committed to 9f^d;:ttoir^ial upon the chargevof robbing Charles Johnson on Sunday morning,-were brought up for eilectioh^f:; They tjury,.ahd their cases will ’ therefore go^pverf tin til i the next assize. ^An application - for bail was; made on' behalflt; of jfche prisoner Rbwlen, and a lehg tliy arg umen t took pi ace be=:vyv.'-a'x, ^ •, • \SrAtween' the prisoner s counsel anuA.;M. Johiisbhi wlio appeared-foL’ the, |crown, with the result ^tliat the.. 7? - ‘ ' . : »■* • • * ••• -application for bail was set over until the returri of county coiirb judge Forih next week;: ■In the case of Rex vs. Leyden, in which thb prisoner,-Tony Leyden of Fernie, was charged with theft and also with escaping from custody, a plea of not guilty was entered to both charges. ; The prisoner said lie was not ready to ; go on with the theft case owing to the absence of a material witness, and the same was adjourned until the 17th install t; * Upon the charge of escaping from custody the prisoner was found guilty and sentenced to six ..months9 imprisonment.In the case of rex vs. LeClair, inwbiclrtheprisoiier~PeterLeGlaii‘r|~was charged with an offence against section 178 of the Criminal Code,R. M. Macdonald for the prisoner entered a plea of not guilty. The hearing of the case occupied two hours. LeClair was found guilty, and sentenced to two years’ imprisonment. A. M. Johnston conducted the case for the crown,George Pearse, the Lardo man, charged i with breaking into the warehouse of G. O. Buchanan, was brought up for election and asked for a speedy trial, the same beingset for Monday, July 8th.
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Nelson Tribune
Nelson, British Columbia, CA
Sat, Jun 08, 1901
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