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Show THE COIN MAKERS. W. S. Albert This Morning" Ssn-- Ssn-- Unced loTitoYears' Imprisonment lll-US COJILH 1 1011 lltlAL. TIio t'ountcrfelllu,' Cases Occupy a Crrat Ileal ur Iho Court's lliur. Touiorron' l'rigram. W. (3. Alberla, tho Joliy younf, counlerfelller, a revotlof whom trial asfar nilt had gone appeared In clients) cl-ients) 'a NlH,wus found guilty by IliVt, ury ttlioul C:i:) In tbe afternoon on both counts charged. Tho defendant uaabrought Intocourt nt tun o'clock this morning, for sentence, wlieu At-toruey At-toruey John Lu Taylor reminded Judge Zane of thu Jury's recommendation recommen-dation to mercy. It seemed to blm, however, that the verdict wai a somewhat some-what Inconsistent one, and ho could not understand how tbo Jury could have found It. Counted ail I bo also regret led much tbst Ibo opportunity was uot given him to rej are for u proerderenic,eucuas he bellevej this case warranted. It was scarcely fair to him to forou tbu caso lo trial lu Ibo way the prosecution did. Iho latter iioillon of Mr. Taylor's remarks re-marks bad reference to the oblecllon of tbedlatrlitnt.ornuy to a continuance ou the ground of tbe abincu uf twu material witnesses, one from Ogduu aud onu from California, and whlili oljectlon the court eutlalued. JudgnZ inn ordered Iho defendant to be confined In the penitentiary for ono liar on inch ot the two counts two )eursaltugethir. HllU.'a TUB "KIN(.1N." Tho next cu i called was that of W. A. Ulbbard and Daniel lllnes, 'tuo more members of the counterfeiting gaug. ltlbbird Is au old Jalbblrd aud the inuliiapilug ot tills clan. Thu meu were arrested In this illy un April 15th, nnd upon being searoned nearly SOU counterfoil dollars were found lu llielr posutn-lon, lliuollloeis uuii raiding tbelr rcoma found n complelu oulllt for the minuficturu uf couulerfelt money, Mr. J. A. Williams, ouu or Ibe utter-ne)s utter-ne)s fir thu delendants uow slated thatlllbbard desired to withdraw lilt plea of not guilty aul enter a plea uf guilty to the chargu of counterlell-Ing counterlell-Ing and having molda, etc , In hit ikis-session ikis-session for the purpose of counterfeit-liiif, counterfeit-liiif, It being RgrHl that the charge of having evuulerfdlt money In bis possession pos-session with Intent to utter shuuld bu dismissed. Thla disponed of lllbbard's caseaud lllnes was iiutlip?u trial nn similar charges. Dutrlit Attorney Varlan prosecuted; J. A. Williams und (Jeorgu Weslervelt appeared for the deruulant. The caau was iroceedod with up to thu hour of adjournment and was reaumod thltmoruiug, Uraat p irt of tbo fore noon vt aa taken up with tbu titlinony of Mr. Jetepli A,Walker,aaecretservlceageutlu trie employ uf thu truasury denartmsut, whoexplalued lU'J usee to which Ihe various articles commuting the counterfeiters' coun-terfeiters' outllt, as display eid on thu tables of the court, weru put. lie ex orulned thu several packages of dellim made by the defendants and staled, to tteiiuietlouaof tbu prosecution attor ney, Ihe method employed lu tbumnu-ufacturuof tbumnu-ufacturuof the spurious, Thu defendant Hibbard sat alongside Illuua' counsel the entile uurnlng, walling tobeaalle I naa witness for the de unve. When ho went upon the stand he swore positively tbat lllnea bad nothing whatever to do with tho sllalr, and lllnea himself also made n solemu declaration to the same tiled. Just before tbreo p.m counsel bejau tbolr arguments to Ibe Jury. TO HE l.OOM-1) INTO. In lliocoioof tbo I'eople v.l Wm. Morrow, Indicted for selling lliguor without a llrunse, nud whosu trial was llxed for May 4th, Dl-lrlct Attorney Varlan Informed the court that ur-tilu ur-tilu reprcsontutlons had been made to hlacllicu wblcli bo desired to luvistl. gnti, and tin reforu aikid that tlie cusu be stricken from thu prctint letting. Tho court to ordend. 10M0III10W. Chief Justice Kami will not do anything any-thing with the criminal calendar to morrow (Haluiday), but will devote ilia attention to motions after ho baa made uuother setting of civil Jury cases. |
