Show BENSON ACQUITTED A Verdict of Acquittal by a Jury and Two Thousand Cases Nolliod SAX FRANCISCO Nov 12In the United States supreme court today a jury acting under instructions from Judge Gilbert acquitted ExSurveyor General John A Benson against whom charges of fraudulent fraudu-lent surveys and entries of government lands in the state had been pending for several years A nolle prossequi was then entered in over 2000 cases against Benson The jury also acquitted George Perrie John D Hall and Jumes McNiel tried in connection with Benson The court continued con-tinued a number of other suits bearing on alleged land frauds until January 1893 |