The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1883-07-26
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| a Conviction at the state Capital Under
the ProhIbit0ry Law
Topeka Capital: Saturday morning
the trial of the whisky cases was re-
sumed, and IN the morning the cxamin-
alton of witnesses was concluded IN the
case of The State vs.. VIM. Zimmerman,
charged with vioiaunglhe sProhibitory
Law"
/ Anumber of WITNESSES were examined,
the testimony being of the same general
character as that of the day before. near
" all of them testifying TO the fact that
they had purchased drinks Of some de-
scription At the place of business sup
posed to be Kept by VIM. Zimmerman.
Some of them were very uncertain as to
the peculiar properties OF the aforesaid
drinks. Moreover there was consid-
cradle doubt expressed as to whether the
said VIM. Zimmerman had at any time
during the time in question dealt out,
personally, the seductive fluids. The
connection OF the aforesaid Nm. Zim:
norman with The saloon which he was
supposed to run and control, seemed,
from the evidence, 10 have been envelop
ed in much mystery. This was proba-
bly, owing To the somewhat disturbed
state of mind of some of the witnesses,
induced by the effect of the befoggIng
liquid which they had absorbed into
their constitutions at the time VIM. Zim-
norman, the defendant, was placed upon
the stand during the, progress of The ex-
animation, and made number of state
ments which would lead one 10 infer
that he was in no way connected with
the saloon in question, and had.not sold
any liquor, himself, since the prohibit
tion law went into effect. The general
inference that would be naturally drawn
from his testimony would leave the I'M
preston that VIM. Zimmerman had
long since gone ont of the saloon bust
ness proper, and had only for some time
past had his general offices in the front
part of the building occupied by what
was supposed to be his saloon.
Alter the examination of the witnesses
closed, the arguments OF the counsel
were heard, and at the opening of the
afternoon session Judge Martin read
his instructions to the jury. The in
structiOns were quite lengthy and were
very pointed in their application to the
case in hand and the testimony during
the trial. The judge gave the jury the
usual instructions in regard to the
laying aside of all personal preju-
dice and trying the case solely
on its merits and rendering a
verdict in accordance with the evil
dence. He also made the usual state
ment that is made in cases of this kind,
the state, and, that unless the testimony
brought out upon each count was con-
elusive, that the jury must bring in a
verdict of not guilty upon that count.
On the whole, the instructions to the
jury had been carefully prepared and
were forcibly and ably delivered, the
counsel of either side not objecting TO a
single point.
During the delivery OF the instruc-
tions the court room was crowded with
spectators anxious to CLEAN all possible
information that might lead to deter
mination of what the verdict might be,
and at the close the jury retired in
charge of the bailiff.
1t was half past two when the jury
went out, and after seven hours deliber-
alton, they succeeded in finding YER
dict which surprised even the most san
guine OF the friends of the prosecution
The following is the verdict as returned
by the foreman:
STATE OF KANSAS, 60
Shawnee county.
In the District Court, in and for the
County of Shawnee and State of Kan