Los Angeles herald., 1891-05-28
THE COURTS.
THE INDICTMENTS FOUND BY THE
FEDERAL GRAND JURY.
the Indicted in the Itata Matter-The
Charges-Court Notes.

Reporters were yesterday allowed to
read the indictments returned Tuesday
by the United States grand jury in the
Itata case. The document is a triple
header and includes charge against
Ricardo Trumbull in addition to Burt
and O'Farrell. There are eleven counts,
all implying the same thing but with
slightly different phraseology. The ac-
cused are informed against and charged
with having fitted out, attempted to fit
out, procured to be fitted out and being
concerned in the fitting out of the war
ship Itata at an anchorage in the Pa
ci6c ocean near Catalina island and two
miles therefrom, which warship was in
the possession OF certain congressional
party who were belligerents against the
republic of Chile, a nation with which
the United States are at peace.
1t takes about six pages of
legal cap to state that much, and the
document then goes on, with the same
circumlocuLion, to charge that the ac-
cused increased the force of said insur-
gents by supplying them with 10000
rifles, 10000 bayonets and 100000 cart
ridges. All Of this, it is charged, is in
violation of the neutrality laws of the
United States, as set forth in sections
52S3, 52S5 and 1886 of the Revised
Statutes.
The indictment is based upon the tes-
timony of the following witnesses !:
George E. Gard, A. E. Higgins, III. N.
Morse, G. A. Spaulding, John r. Berry,
Eduordo Telling, E. +. Jones, A. w.
Marsh, E. 2. Flint, William Downing.
Richard Trant, James Keith, Albert
Blair, Clodomero Umeres, Frank Jay
ores, William r. Condit, A. A. Polhe
mus, John A. Green, Henry Waters,
Edwin L. Cook, William NJ. Howley,
Henry G. Downing, l.. W. Storer, R. r.
Haines and S. B. Hynes.
Yesterday forenoon Attorney Geo. j.
Denis, for Captain O'Farrell, went be-
fore Judge Ross, and asked that the
bail OF the latter be reduced from $10,-
600 to $4,000. This was done, and Cap
tain O'Farrell presented bond and was
released. Trumbull has been arrested
on the indictment in San Francisco, and
will be brought to this city as soon as
possible to give bail in the sum of $10,-
900. The bail of the two deserters, Tel
ting and Humerls, was yesterday re-
duced from $500 to $500, but they, as
we'll as Mate Cain, and the crew of the
Robert and Minnie, all of whom are
held as witnesses, are still in Jail.
COURT NOTES.
In department one yesterday Judge
Shaw passed sentence on G. A. Kent,
who pleaded guilty Monday to an as
sault with a deadly weapon ON Officer
Valencia, and committed him to Folsom
for one year. George Opberts, who also
pleaded gailty to a similar crime in the
same court Monday, was sentenced to
three months in the county jail.
In department five, before Judge Nc
Kinley, the case of Lent VS.. Brookshire
was dismissed for want of prosecution.
In department six, Judge Shaw al
lowed Louis Higuera to withdraw his
plea of not guilty, previously entered,
and to plead guilty. Time for passing
sentence was waived, and Higuera was
sentenced to San Quentin for one year.
In department six the case of A. d.
Childress vs.. j. Welfare was stricken
from the calendar.
In department four the case of Bar
clay ys. Severance is still on trial. The
plaintiff closed it's case yesterday, and
| the defendant is now introducing testi-
mony.
The introduction of rebuttal testi-
| mony commenced in the Leonis will
case yesterday, counsel for the contest
ant, Nettie Pryor, having closed her case
shortly before noon. The legatees will
finish introducing testimony today, and
argument will then begin.