| Show MOHE prosecutions FOB BOOTLEG GRiM joseph man pleads guilan and is fined SO 50 don dan is con I 1 ernest wells of joseph pleaded guilt to selling lelling I 1 intoxicants con cha re tarl tari to liw anil and aas aa fined nare in the opinion of the jur jury y and the officers of the ourt some extenuating e circumstances in this cag caa hence the small tine wm will johnson of joseph callet of peddling hook wa i is tried tiled and the jury deeming tn think that the evidence was insufficient for convie tion ahe officers of the court and the limited number of aca acq wint ed with this cise case however think differently it is ip parent that the same sentiment against bootlegging does not exist in joseph that is 13 found in mani other places it is currently y reported that the town president has haa said that it would be imposible impossible impo sible to find a jury in joseph that would bring br ing in a verdict of guilty ir ip a whiskey selling case no matter what the evidence if this is 13 0 o and the evidence seems to warrant tl tie e assumption that it to la then it is time the friends of tho the prohibition case cas e took up a labor with the ca citizens of joseph and made mada a regular prohibition campaign in that vicinity if it lit is not true then it la is time the law abiding population of joseph knew just what is 19 said of them by their municipal officers don davis of aust alilin in waa tre tried 1 in n the tha justices court of f for b bootlegging t and the jury found the defendant guilty it recommended him to the mercy of the court we have riot not been able to learn just the reasons why this was done it ma mal be that the jury took the same view as aa one nf f our attorneys did in a qi case sime tinier time ou 4 giai I 1 in aint 1 Int been sufficiently punished in the loss losa of nt his stok in trade and thi th notoriety not eriety gained bi the prosecution pro e we do not know wh whether et her this is to become a regular formula in the summing up of bootlegging cases but if it is that is the only kind of caes ca es where it could be used ind aid it Is 13 some consolation to the friends of prohibition that defendants in liquor selling belling cases begin to that there is 13 some unenviable not erity enty in being prosecuted aorl for infractions of the liquor laws |
