Show JOHNSTONE NOW ON district court convened monday morning at 10 a m tho the first caso case on tho the do kot being tl latof joo joe brown and J john ohn gray grayl charged with burglary considerable difficulty was opo in getting a jury and it was lato late before taking testimony began it was near six when the ease was w as given to tile jury and court adjourned immediately thereafter after being out 45 minutes the jury reached an tin agreement anil court with wa convened reconvened re to hear it tho the jury brought brou glit 1 in v verdict of guilty of 0 bur glary in the 3rd ard degree digree the penalty for which Is from 0 mos to 3 years judge christensen announced that sentence would bo be pronounced wed morning tho the suit of betty botty bell vs johndell was heard and tho the plaintiff was granted an interlocutory decree of divorce div orco with costs of court proceed ings tuesday cortil morning ing tho the caso case of ed B johnstone Johns tono ebara charged td with first degree murder was tailed lied and tho the work of empanelling a airy u was begun tho the entire day was spent in securing jurors acceptable to both sides and when court adjourn ere were nine men in the box that had been passed by both sides tho the lista jurors on tho the regular panel having been exhausted a special of 24 was ordered summoned and wednesday morning tho the attempt 0 to secure the other three men was resumed the special was exhausted exhaust ea without securing an additional guior and an additional venire of 29 was ordered dered drawn these jurors reported this morning and at the hour of going to press the jury was not yet comp complete lotof the crime with which johnstone stands chaigen chai ged was committed on the night of the of sept 1912 johnstone accompanied by louis Fosset fc way driving 0 vo o helper from castle gaio A short distance from the former town they overtook two young men brigham taylor Tay lorand and ronald beardall who were also bound for helper the two young men stepped to one side to let tho the wagon pass and johnstone jumping to the conclusion cl lie claims that an attempt to hold him up was being made drew his gun and ahot them both leg was broken and taylor was fatally wounded and died a few tow r hours later joe brown and john gray convicted of daylight burglary were brought up for sentence wednesday morning and after a lecture from the court and in consideration of their youth were given light sentences gray aged 18 was given 9 months while brown two years got oso ono year gust karas arrested in schofield and cli arged with third degree burglary who did not appear when his evis so was called and whose bond was declared forfeited was brought in tuesday night and turned over to the sheriff by his bondsmen ho he was arraigned wednesday morning and given until two that afternoon to plead when his case was called at 2 his counsel asked that his labs case be put over until next term which was ordered done |