Show JURY HEARS S PLEAS Of lA LAWYERS Wf States State's s Witnesses Dispute Defendants Defendant's ants ant's T Testimony Court Instructs Jury and Argument Is Begun WI W WB B. B BRESSINGHAM assistant assistant as- as vv manager of the tie Cull Cullen n h hotel tel and and Barn Barney y t La LaValle LaValle Valle chief jailer of the Butte city jail called as rebuttal witnesses wit wit- witnesses it- it nesses by the state complete their testimony today In th the case of the state against Nick O accused with Steve Maslich of murdering Marko Laus which has been In progress progress ress In Judge Harold M. M Stephens' Stephens court for three weeks COURT INSTRUCTS JURY Counsel agreed that four h hours ur urs each should be allowed for The court court instructed the Jury at 1 o'clock this afternoon and the arguments began at 2 o clock The case is is ex expected expected ex- ex to go t to the jury before Friday Friday Friday Fri Fri- day night Mr Bressingham stated that Joe whom the defendant had stated roomed at the Cullen hMel hel and with whom he is is' supposed to to have left his suitcase at the time he went to Butte last June had not been a resident of the h hotel tel In May June or July Mr La Valle Valle testified that the defendant had not searched ms h himself lt In the Butt city jail when h he had been arrested June Jun 23 3 1919 as s zalo had t testified when he was was' on oio the stand In his his own behalf Following the announcement announcement that the state rested rested its its case Mr Ramage counsel counselor or Jor for the f defense ef nse made a motion mo rno- I tion to the court In which he asked that the jury be instructed ted to return a verdict of n nAt J guilty Counsel stated to the court that he b based sed his motion on the fact that the he st state te teh h had d not conclusively made its case as against the defendant The motion was again denied b by Judge Stephens |