New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1877-03-23

AND TIE BOTTOM DROP, our OF TIE GOyERNMEN1
WHISKY SUITS.

WHISKY SUITS
The tria! of Francis Q. Boyd and Edgar p.
Hu constituting the firm OF r. o. Boyd & Co.. whole
sale liquor dealers who indicted on charges Oh con
fpiracy with Western di,slers and rcciiieI3 ard OF
rpttmg "c.ookcd" whisky the New i or5 market.
caino Ia sudden termination yesterday in TIE United
States District Court by Judge BlacLiords directing
verdict o. acquitta The Governments case was weak
en,d IL the outset by the had faith OF the Witnesses y
C. Hc~nr. Jacob Rehms, and william :. Go!>cn, VINO
were expected 10 give material evidence OF t 7n'&e-
t,us Of the Ring in Chicago, but Who sdid they h"W
rail;1c lcu uut upon the witness stand Nj. Shcr-
man. the Government counsel tried then 10 snow con-
sp!racy by means Of bills q ladGs invoices receipts etc.
bu Judge Batchf ora decided That lc failed L. connect
Inc New York dealers with tie Western RHE l"'oiS
Tie suit ended yesterday was test case and iAr YER
dit VIII probably result III the dis,'nt'mne- CT lro-
cccGipc against several other liquor dealers WHO were
indicted year ago.
judge fatchford said N directing verdict Of acquit-
TAI on Gen. Tricys motion:
Imay as well dispose OF the question now as my mind
attention ana interest Tie different AID he pre-, na-
tons Of ne questions EN9iHtF = cue c'I, "a V
ary for me 70 20 into all The views presented by counsel
49, rce, ,,.,t 10 the cor, pIacy count ~ rho in
' . n j. framed under tic statute which provides
that when two more persons with intent 90 t'Flud
tic United states de al act 70 eject tine ooe"; Of ne
conspiracy alleged, all jhc parties TO conspiracy ~ al
legged shall bee liable to lcnd.y Oh nor less man
81 900 aud not more than 2pO0 ana 20 Iu
1or not than two years Uader ths Stlhie 10 parry
10 "A conspiracy he convicted or the ccAsWruy
ALLEGED unless there g. also proof that ore % NOR OF tue
parties To II had done act to effect the o9ec ot sh
CONSPIRACY The conspiracy count here eye * tht
foUr persons named in the Inuctn nt-Ols"n EASTMAN,
Boyd ana Hill-did in the southern District OF New
York within the jurisdiction Of The Couit. ' eay COM
birc confederate, cOnspiie, and agree t0eclAcr-thit
means with each other ana IN one 20 ~! ii
fbc limited States out Of the internal revenue tax
on 10000 gallons OF proof Srnits Ai!sr IN, tns
making OF the con piracy, the count AYERS thaJ
Golscn and Eastman in pursuance OF the conspiracy,
c,used 10 he removed from the dstery 10 OK.
within the Jurisdiction OF the court large quantity of
sriIts on which the had not been pad IlcH 10 -
alleged a. further act, and ia pursuance Oi lhc cU'-
acy Thar GOlsCa and Eastman removed large qua ltl'
of distilled spirits from diStlleTy WaIehOus NOW
regard as entirely clear that addition 10 inc p!ooI "a
te conspiracy and assuming That there PROOF 10 70 10
The iury this act done IN fuTlhcr1nce Oi the conspiracy
must be substantially proved alleged; inns mas NOt
been done giving the utmost effect 10 TIE evidence inc
Court charge the jury that the evidence la 10 SNOW
that Colseu and Eastman either OF them ccf tu OF
caused be removed any SlllS nom any ~ tHC thice
disiilleries namcd-Cither COOpers, McisCreauS, OF
POwers's. This being 10y view of the conspiracy count,
do not deem 20 say anything ABOUT the
other questions the subject OF the alleged conspiracy
an clearly opinion that there is no evidence TO 20 10
tc iury that and Hill either Of them removed OF
aided and ebettcd the removal OF Splits from me Ost-
ierieS named inasmuch the evidence fails to Identity
any Of the spirits alleged To have been removed. II
seems TO me- therefore that 1t is the duty OF the court
To charge the jury that under the law there no eyeAce
whatever on which the defendants, BOyd ana it can
be convicted under Of the counts IN the Indictment
With these views. therefore, direct the )hiJ 10 ma
verdict for the defendants on CdCn count.