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Show ANOTHER TRIAL OF PEARCE'S CASE. A Ui.agaeement a. to the Guilt of the Prohibition Mayor. Si'bingfield, Ill.t Jan. 22. In the United States court today the jury in the case of the United States vs. William Pearce reported inability to agree and were discharged. This is the second mistrial'nf the case, which has attracted considerable attention on account of the position of the defendant. Pcarcc was at one time mayor of the little city of Hoopesto... in Vermilion county, and was elected on the prohibition ticket. He was also part proprietor of ,i drug store, over the of which, it is illloged, liquor was gold in violation of 4eUnited Statesjaw. |