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Show possesion. This defect the defendant's defend-ant's attorney took advantage or, butl the prosecution showed the Intent to break the law. The judge scratched his bead and then decided to put the accused under $250 bonds, but finally out of consideration for the youth of the defendants and It being their first offense, he decided that If they would put up the cigars for the crowd be would rail It all off. Only then did the hunters tumble to the fact that they bad been made the victims of a practical Joke. A large crowd was at the trial. The attempt to get them out hunting hedgehogs on the Ice neit winter will probably fall through. A SPORTING EVENT. Two Young Man Caught Snipe Hunting Hunt-ing After Dark. E. C. Clark and II. S. McClusky, two young surveyors engaged on the line of the proposed railway from Delta, were Initiated Into the sport of snipe bunting on Monday night. From some of their friends they learned that snipe could be caught at night In sacks; that the snipes would not cross a canal, and If the hunters were stationed at the Intersection of two canals the snipe could be easily driven Into the sacks of the walling hunters. As the sport looked good to them they were taken out about five miles north of the town to a likely spot In company with "Doc" Baymll-ler. Baymll-ler. 8. noblnson, Frank Beckwlth, Fred Cottrell. II. S. Bucknell. Win, Kilpack and F. Funk, who were to drive the birds into the sacks of the hunters. The auto that took the party out was leJt at the gravel hill and the two hunters with their sacks proped open to catch the birds were stationed on the bank of the canal. After waiting patiently with their sacks until they were pretty well chilled along came Herman Munster and Frank Helse and arrested McClusky McClus-ky for breaking the game law. Clark disappeared In the greasewood when 1 his companion wss arrested. Ths hunter was given a avere lecture on the anlout.ne of his offense. lis ; plead ignorance f the law and said tiiere was another bunch of fellows ' with them. V When search was made It was dls cover-'l tui the party had disap 1 tered with fie auto and the youns : I;untis had to walk back to town, ar-. ar-. riving some time after midnight feel ! ing pretty hot even If It was a cold n-.sht. Tuesday evening their trial ene off before "Judge" Bramwell 1 with Cass Lewis as prosecutor and t t'istik Beckwlth as the defendants' at omey. A paper from A Ackermar 'as read, charging the accused will 1 nipe hunting at night without a U . cense, but admitting that no car . casses of snipe were found la theli |