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Show was exhausted In the Impanelling of the following jury: Ilyrum Fred-rlckson, Fred-rlckson, M D. Beauregard, Petec Christiansen and II. A. Christeuson. The star witness for the city w Ray B. Metcalf, a member of the city council and with the mayor constitutes consti-tutes a liquor committee for the purpose pur-pose of detecting Infractions of the liquor ordinance. He testified t having purchased from defendant . bottle of brandy on the evening ot July 24th last. The bottle of brandy In question was offered in evldenco-and evldenco-and sampled in presence of the court" by the jury and repectlve counsel. The witness was taken through, a. rigid cross-examination which disclosed dis-closed Indiscretions that reflected, on. the dignity of his position of councilman. council-man. The mayor and city marshal took, the stand as corroboratory witnesses. The defendant while testifying gave way to' weeping, and thus precluded pre-cluded full opportunity for examlna-tination. examlna-tination. Her mother also testified. Considerable warmth was evidenced evidenc-ed in the arguments of counsel Upon:, summing up of the evidence. After retiring for nearly one hour the jury a little before midnight brought in a verdict of guilty. Passing of judgment was deferred-until deferred-until 9 o'clock next morning. A second sec-ond case against Miss Thorpe was set for trial at 9:30. By stipulation the defendant rested as to the verdict and pleaded guilty on the second count. Upon recommendation of counsel for the the city the court fixed the fine at $250 In each of the two cases against this defendant together to-gether witli a minimum jail sentence, for which clemency is stipulated, ou the second conviction. BOOTLEGGING IN GUNNISON CRIMPED. City Authorities Land Four Convictions. JAIL SENTENCES SUSPENDED. Fines Paid Aggregate Nearly Eleven Hundred Dollars. The city justice's court this week has been occupied mainly trying cases of illicit liquor vending, Attorney-Lewis Attorney-Lewis Larson prosecuting for the city. Friday last at 4 p. m. a case against M. M. Duggins, proprietor of the Casino Ca-sino Candy store, came on for trial and lasted over Saturday before a jury consisting of William Metcalf, C. W. Perkins, Sr., R. C. Swalberg and Ed B. Childs. Judge Jacob Johnson John-son was counsel for the defendant. He demurred to the complaint on the ground that it was lodged on Information Infor-mation and belief only. Demurrer was argued at length and denied. Considerable time was taken arguing argu-ing the question of jurisdiction, defendant's de-fendant's contentions in the premises being almost invariaby overruled. Leonard Michaelson tesified for the city that he had bought the liquor as alleged in the complaint and maintained main-tained his testimony through a severe cross-examination. Andrew Hendricksen had been subpeoned as a corroborating witness wit-ness for the city but was called Instead In-stead to testify for the defense. The defendant claimed it was nothing noth-ing more than "ginger pep" he had served to the witnesses, but the jury were convinced differently and accordingly ac-cordingly returned a verdict of guilty. Sentence was deferred until Monday Mon-day morning at 9:30. In the meantime mean-time the parties concerned entered into stipulation whereby defendant would abide the verdict and also plead guilty on a second charge. The court then on recommendation of counsel for the city imposed a fine of $299 in the first case and $299 coupled witli a jail sentence of 30 days for the the second conviction. Defendant paid his fines, aggregating $-393, and jail sentence was suspended. By the stipulation referred to a number of other similar indictments against the defendant are witheld pending his good behavior toward the liquor law. Tuesday at 2 p. m. a similar case against Javenta Thorpe was tried, Attorney E. E. Hoffmann of Richfield Rich-field acting as counsel for defendant who is a young girl engaged as clerk in the local drug store. The venire |
