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Show A WAR FOR WATER. IT WINDS UP BEFORE JUDCE ZANE AND A PETIT JURY. Sneak Thief Sinclair Senteneed to Three m Years in the Pen The Prisoners Switch Their Taeties and all s Plead Not Guilty. Q I I The settlement of the question of water rights among the denizens of Mill Creek had ,4 an innings before Judge Zane in the case of f the people against Andrew llilbert who was held on a charge of assulting William Pike a jj neighbor. For some time prior to August last on the occasion of the altercation there t hail been desputes and peirodieal warfare in which all the ranchmen along the ditch iu MX question were arrayed. Pike and the defen- dant were among the most prominent in tho jl war and iu August nut near the dam at w Inch the supply leading todefendauts housa ar.d kitchen was abruptly cut off. llilbert ordered Pike to raise the dam board and started to catch hold of him whereupon Pike raised his shovel and was knocked down and beaten. The ease was submitted without argument ar-gument Assistant United States Attorney Stephens appearing for the prosecution, and Judge Saia McDowell for the defendant. The jury were out but a few Minutes am finding a verdict of guilty, Hilbcrt wa4 lined $15 and costs. Sinclair Sentenced. Deputies Burbidge and l.econ came in frrrt the county jail shortly after 10 o'clock, followed fol-lowed by a motley troop of alleged law breakers w ho had been ordered up for sen- tenee and arraignment. Under ihc link column came Sinclair, who recently pleaded i-d guilty b having entered the hou'se'of May Hail atid taken therefrom a trunk, the con. tents of which were removed and shared with a confederate named Smith, who wai acquitted by the jury. Sinclair testified to having worked four days during a residence of lour months iu ion, w hereupon he look to the highway. Trior to this he was arrested ami convicted on a charge of petit larceny, but asserted with some degree of satisfaction 1 hat conviction convic-tion in a police court was no blot ou a ramb. Icr's escutcheon. The court presented hint with three years and Sinclair joined the ganqj in the zoological cage to be removed to tho penitentiary. Arraignments Galore. Dan Sinclair, the enterprising burglar, who was discovered in an attempt to vandalize van-dalize the Jenkins block on October 2nd, and -n ho shot at the officers while making an effort to escape, was brought in and entered a pica of not guilty. Destitute of funds, Astoruey Buttcrwortii was appointed to defend him. Fred Williams, indicted for robbing. f ante J luirkiu of 15. entered a pb-a of not g:ul!v, and, pleading poverty. Will Stewart" csj., wns appointed to defend him. Thomas Williams, indicted for house, breaking on October 6lh. entered a plea of not guilty and Mr. Dinning was appointed to defend. Harry Hall, a wrinkled 'inner, and James Cummings. who. in company v ith Arthur Snmh. made a raid on Si hi'vitski's second hand cstahlisbmens and recovered in overcoat, over-coat, nine pairs of pants and four oaU and vests were dragged up and entered a. pita of not guilty. Mr. Finch was appointed to defend. James Rice, who entered Thomas Hep. port's dwelling October ti and departed with a gold watch belonging to Mr. (Jeppon " wife, another belonging to MrJicpport, and that he wotild furnish his own counsel. jJlc.SU 1 Ian lion ml liver. Alonzo McMillan the alleged horse thief w ho was arrested st Missoula and brought ' back by Sheriff Burt, had his exaiuinati'oi , before Commissioner Greennian this morni ' ing and was he-id to the action of the grand Injury In-jury in the sum of fsoo Tjlt. outlook fo ; him is extremely di.-iual iis be is unaPic t , produce the biil of -ale which be eniims t.j have had at the time the animals wcr die f posed of, while the w iiness w horn he claims I sa w him in posses ion of it has absented himself from the country. L Court Elites. 1 Charles Quaiistrom was admitted to citf zenship. Louis Roeeo a ml son w i re fiu"d 5 and : costs by Commissioner drceniiian for dis- turbanee. Iu the ca.-e of the people against P. X. Taylor, charged with disturbance the defend- ant was discharged. ; Counsel in the case of Rohrrl Bowman, 1 who recently pleaded guilty to unlaw ful cohabitation, co-habitation, and was sentenced lo six months i imprisonment, reopened 1 be c ase today ai'd i unorder was i-stied to have the prisoner i brought into court. In the case of the people against William Freeman, charged with unlawful cohahita-) cohahita-) lion, the jury, yesterday afternoon, upon thij " instructie.il of judge Zane, entered a 'vcrdicli t of not guilty. It was testified by the d-jugh. i ter of the polyganiotis w il'e that" Ihc parties had not lived together for eight years, r The arguments in the church cases wvra concluded last evening and t.'ie matter sub. mittcd to Master in Chancery Ixifbor.row, who will now go to work" ou the report which must be submitted to the court in January. It w iil probably tie filed the last dav of November or the first week in December. Decem-ber. The fight between Ben W. Driggs. Alex, ander Johnson and the district attorney promises U be decidedly interesting. Drigg ' and Johnson are both indicted for forgery and each is emphatic in accusing the oiip'r of taking the liberty with Judge Hoge's signature. sig-nature. Johnson declined lo make an effort ef-fort at securing bonds and went to the penitentiary peni-tentiary pending his hearing. Driggs furu- -- ished the necessary sureties and Was discharged. dis-charged. Before Judge Anderson. The following orders were made hy Jiulgcj Anderson in the sky parlor of justice: H. V. Miller vs H. P. Dw ver, ordered that money levied ou by the sheriff lie turned over to the court. Wm. Eekerly vs Eriek Kijillstrom, order to skow cause. V. Schcvin vs. William P. How e ct al. ; demurrer de-murrer set for Saturday. Charles Nelson vs. J. AV. Hamm ctai.; amended complaint filed; hearing on motion mo-tion to quash writ of review set for Satur-daj |