, 1876-02-12

had Tls1oGe 61copuou peon aht.tu' uHsf, IT,
osrvanss Of dorcrnment. aecof.i.ng 20 .!eis
evidence They eorroborascd hiayheHs tess,
nnonJ almost rnecanicAlly, and tho thing shppea
along no cssfIy thai outB!dots began to thank
Haneon lad beon swearing most seree'oIan.s,y' Ia.s,ys'
sucn clean swearing by officials was unusual,
and Supervisor tf.wiey and hofonnte-neos.t
Crape becano trillo curious to- eco that ma
chinrrs At Antioch They ~ sPpsa AWAY 9u''
INTERESTING FACTS WE'VE DiscoFEhEn.
according to the ovtdcnce subsequently gwen by
Nj. IawioY. That lock mentioned ~ Mr. may
tsw VA faun1-son ~ w.s tno - sapo: .ha .n. a ~
proyeL 10 DO plcco OF ne1iblo hoor-iron, and
thas Btaplo "whlc., couldn't ba forced out +"
yic,lei 10, sontlo pressure; lhc si,do ,s "ss -
as 1@ AZ. s as s4s s.rsn n ss gs a ssna e.
md that bag Of moal. which Mayhew SAID
"conl4ln't 20 through In two weeks, Il pokcd
E,ta ,,a,, st'si'" was about a minute IN passing
a rian OF tho opout wss mstlo nul has aided
In tGo trial since. And having found tha
feasible way Of preparing and us!ng extra
mashetA attention wah next drhwn to tho oistcfn-
room, md nir. llhvley, having baeia shut shoro;
poured watcr through. Now ask yoa TO look
at this for moment. 4 wi.neBa tosttiiss certain
things were donc. Impossible. Rsy hortlo Or
paid otfiuia!s. And tlen tzuatod sgents q ti,c
careless or was tho mead Of tho slsti1lcr huppiol
by tho testimony Of mcu In Government emp!oy9
Now, for 1no'nent. 10 Will look At
THE Drl1En EVIDENCE IN THE c!eE'
It wne shown by tho books and rnnetess t9s, o.
tho freight cIarks, aud sgents Of tho Gentfa,
Pacific lsallroal Company, that moso Whlsky hsa
bsen brought from Antioch to San Ffanelsco thaa
| wan evidenced By Mr. Jost's books hna I'll answer
thereto believe it was ins;ased that 1nany of
tlsso rbisLy barrels wero tut! of-watcr. 1t waa
| shown again by Jeet's own bouka that the satno
stamps wcto usod aga,p and again. and the tn-
cepIous colnaol argued that. tti putting down 80
many figures. r,;sAkos woro very lltoly to OCCUR.
How odd .ha. ,l,cso errors should alwaya DO on
| tho aitlu fayotug tho party making them. TAa
arguments veto malo by COUNSEL last week. and
OH Monday Of ths wcvk, and, strange to say.
now oyidonco WAS 40 brought n,so tho case dur
| Inc Ito closing arzumont Ut tie Distrct-Attor-
ucy tint Il was hold by tho Judge that de-
feadant's counsel should DO allowed 10
axpiain what aeomed fatal to his case.
VIZ: that biz. own books ackno"'odRed
produced fur moro whisky than accounted for.
ihu explanation MAS that ehttnkngo, dirt, etc.,
would eccreasp tho Weight fully per cent.
Judge lloitmnnn gaFo hts ~. 9Hnasgo Haa yestsfaay.
slated shat alter q comparison between tho
amount OF gran purchased, ~ shown BY the
''purcl,aBe and supply Book," and tho amount
recorded ~ used Y the ''Cso gook," "thsro VA
| poun is. Which bad not been accounted for bJ
him. rh!s WAS 5i.o QUO pounds moro on tho ado
| Of Tho prosecution than shown before. Tho
counsel for tho dofenso did not dispute the &C.
curacy Of tloso hSurcs but tried to parry thor
effect ...... .-....- .---.
Was clear and plain, aud was In substance that
tie funds Of which tho Government IL said Ia
hayo been defrAulcd, aeo not the chief point OF
iusesept III canss OF this Eiu. bat the official cor
ruutions which socm 10 underlio them, Tho ell.
psuyes 1nNst 10 dishonest whon such things art
| dCno. The wholcaatc dealers must also bc 1la
I NAtkt &ktn.
honest sliktlllos can compete with people on
Eagol In such frands. Ilo eSidonco II, this cas-.
Lea been both written aud verbal. The yerhA
| oyi,iencs lIaB beon tnat Of informors. Juriel
| should receiro their Testimony with a'a;ruas i'n
InsH it ID corroboEatcd. No man tan ailow tha
these fra,ais could hayo been carried on wltliou
completely of tho officers. Tho lloso would b
usclesH without the Storcacepor'a mid. Soma Q
nlpeac!.ctl. Do yoa hcnyo them? It may b
hnrsh tu call in question tho character Ut tliess
luon. And .ct in othor pnces men inr lighe
i'll Official position thai these have connplret
Will aistslls.s 10 detrald tito toyernmnot. Ill
defendant is required to Keep certain books, AIT
do CERTAIN tll:,ss, aud il ho inils to do this |
yo,1 src satisfied he has duno it WITH fraudulent
Intent, tue d.stliefy .nust DO contiscated.
tic exccss Of grain teceised. over grsiu account
ad for as nBod, !s ftauduleu!ly accounted for
your verde. 1nuss be for tho Governments. A
| 10 tho fraudulent uso Of stamps, to knowingt
uaku neo at tAem Q aecond tilno IL ncar!y ces
tain p1oof OF ifand. 1t might occur by &C
' ciueut, and you nre 10 Judge vhethc
it could thna Aappeu so 1nauy time!
uagiis to say tllat ta Claimant JoAk III tho OWE
, or OF Wholesale liqnor store hero, IND roceivo
spirits GniY ftOtn his own d!stllierS, aud the So!
g Of liquor iIlic.1ly hero would strongly tend I
prove lllislt manufacture at Antioch. Ills litt
receipt-buol;a ailon salrs Of liquor ton t!Ines
| one mouth Which nlo not entered OH his hook
. | You must judge whether thss 5ay by 1ccidan
, II you bo!ioyo It WAS done deslgnedly, YOU NJ
then to conclude whether tue liquor thEla col
nas illicit aul camc from j0sts dtstillory Mt .At
tiocll. thought ut 1itst that the Goyern1ner
! ! must establish itB caao 6cToDd reasonable donb
| hut farther reflection satisfies mo tlat pyapof
, | Goranco Ut eyat!eneo is all tllat ia ueeaoa III
:. | civil nc!un, and snctI MI actlan In this. Wila
:l.s Go.rruIneut Gas thoWn probable cAnHs,
) dcTolyes gu tue claimant 10 expIln t1ip fAcss.
r DISAGREEMENT UP THE 1uny'
q As 8 o'clock the jnrf retired. aud canle III II
= | farther inetr1lc:fonS At 5. At l1:j0 Judge uol
man can!e into court, and the foreman announce
that there wnA no probability OF AsHeemeo
i Tlcy Wero lucked up for the night, asd th
o uaoruin9 ut IL o'clock wero discharged. It
: tal,i lint they were eyon!y divided. Tho ca
will be vet for trial aean at aa narIy day
possible, nnu meanwhile two other cnaes no
pending against Jo.t will lo held in abeyapc
= lt special counsel, appointed TO atd IN caIryl,
gu the raycnuo casey. thus fur have declIne
r and tho HGrnts here nro awaiting action a. y "a
= ingtou bcioro tiov take further steps. To 10
u u All innocant outsider WHO a,n Interested alone
y y seoi,g Jnetice dono BY ALL It appears as thou,
= It ne1c Determined among prominent rnen tn
u !. tho Investigations iuto wll,sky nattcsn had go
Tar enough, End that tho vEolo matter Of o1al
inatiun bore had better ceaso.
= ~ GENERAL.