COURT HELD BY TELEPHONE

Marlborough Express, Volume XLI, Issue 293, 12 December 1907, Page 6

COURT HELD BY TELEPHONE

With thirty-five miles of hill and plain between the Judge and the accused, Justice Carroll, of Cheyenne, Wyoming, recently heard the case of Albert Bristol, charged with assault and battery on the person of Miles Fitzgerald. The defendant entered a plea of guilty, and the Judge imposed a fine of £3 and costs. It appears that on the previous day, at the Bard Ranch, three miles from Cheyenne, Albert Bristol pulled Miles Fitzgerald off a rowing machine and gave him a severe thrashing. Fitzgerald telephoned to town a complaint against Bristol, and a warrant for the arrest of the latter was issued. Bristol, when informed by telephone that he vtas wanted for "assault ! and battery, took up the matter with Attorney Ross, of Cheyenne, retaining him by telephone. Attorney Ross ap- ! Reared before Justice Carroll and said .Bristol desired to enter a plea of guilty. This plea was received by the Justice over the telephone, and he imposed a fine of £3 and costs by telephone. Bristol informed the Court that he would send a cheque for the amount of the fine by first mail.