Serving Southern Jefferson County in the Great State of Montana

Ledger Looking Back 25 Years: 6/9/1999

June 9, 1999

Jefferson County Attorney Valerie Wilson filed a motion with Montana District Judge Frank Davis on June 7, accusing Davis of abusing his discretion when he ordered a new trial for Jason Marker. Attached to the brief, Wilson submitted ten signed affidavits of the jurors who convicted Marker as proof that the jury was not confused when it reached its verdict.

This month, the Silver Star post office celebrated its 130th birthday, and the people of Silver Star planned quite a party. Sometime between 1867 and 1869, the first log cabin was built in what became Silver Star, and on June 1...

 

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