Show LOSES IN FIRST SKIRMISH governments efforts to punish alaskan coal land Loca locators tori may come to naught seattle the government on man lay lost its first battle in tho the effort to punish the alleged fraudulent lo 10 acors of alaska coal lands judge cornelius 11 II hanford in the united states district court in overruling tho motion to instruct the jury to acquit charles V F munday earl E S legley ind archie sustained all the tha vital points contended for by the defendants fend ants tho the ground on which the court refused to grant the motion to acquit acqua t was not raised by counsel for either cither side aide in the suit but by the judge him self it leaves tho the government so little room to stand on that it is said to bo be practically assured that the prosecution will mill be dropped |