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Show PAROWAN JURY CALLS TONIC NOT BOOZE 1 Tried before a Jury in Justice Morris' Mor-ris' court last Saturday on a charre of posession of intoxicating liquor, Ray Rowley was given back a part f a bottle of Padre's California wine ' tonie which the City Marshall had taken from him and used as evidence. Rowley appeared in trial without counsel. Re testified that he has stomach trouble; that he purchased the tonic, which, by the way, is labeled label-ed as being 22 per cent alcohol, from one of the local stores the. evenmg the Marshall took it from him; that he drank part of it before leaving the store and put the bottle in his pocket with the intention of "taking another dose" during the danee- The City offered no proof that It was being used for illegal or for beverage bev-erage purposes, and mere possession of it isn't a violation of the law, so the jury, which consisted of S. 3-Whitney, 3-Whitney, Jed Orton, Morris Lyman and Joseph R. Bentley acquitted him. Justice Morris intimated that from the evidence, he would have been warranted war-ranted in directing a verdict of not guilty even before the defendant testified, testi-fied, except that the defendant expressed ex-pressed a desire to have the ease go te the jury. City Attorney Durham Morris represented the City in the case. |