Jamestown weekly alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1882-1925, 1893-09-21

innumerable times, and the sentiment OF
the community is against the foolishness
and nonsense of the law. This prohibi.
ton law has been on the statute books
ever since the admission OF the state to
the Union and yet this is the first
time that jamestown jury has ever had
a case before them. Why? The public
sentiment Is against such farcical pro
ceedinR. The men who appeared on the
stand to convict this man, (pointlng to
the prisoner), are not ft to convict
pointer dog, even. There has been no
evidence produced, he said IN closing,
that the liquors defendant Is charged
with selling we're Intoxicating when
witness took 35 or 40 drinks during a
day.
The jury retired at o'clock, after be-
ing carefully charged by the Judge.
NOTES.
A good attendance at court all day,
including a number Of ladies.
There will be no lack of amusement
and interest as long as the b. p. cases
are on trial.
The certivarl case was called up this
morning and was postponed until
authorities could be produced to show
the jurisdiction Of the judge.
The porcine case is being fought with
a great deal OF skill by both sides, and
every point fought for. To every objec-
tion Of either side, or ruling of the Judge,
an exception is taken to prepare the way
for retrial or throwing ont of the cases
on technical errors.
From Mondays Daily.
After being out q hours wrestling
with the subject, the jury inthe Dan
Buckley blind pig case agreed upon a
verdict of guilty. Judge Rose was
immediately notified, the attorneys in
the case called, and the verdict delivered
about o'clock yesterday afternoon.
Atty. Nickeus appeared for the coun.
sci for the defense and requested a stay
in the proceedings for three days, but
this was overruled by the Judge.
At the opening of court this morning
Atty. Baldwin appeared in behalf of the
defendant, Buckley, and requested the
court to grant time in which to make
exceptions, motion for new trial and mo-
ton for arrest Of judgement until after
the hearing OF the whiskey cases at the
close OF this term. This request vas
granted by Judge Rose.
The counsel for Geo. Game, another
liquor case, appeared before the court
this morning and stated that the defend
ant was sick Saturday and yesterday,
and kept getting worse; that physician
had been called in and that at present
he was unable to leave the house to come
to court, but would be able to attend
later on, probably in a few days or a
weeks time. The court announced that
a recess would be taken until the 26th
inst, or week from Tuesday. It was
agreed upon that the case would then
come up the first one on the docket
The attorneys were instructed, in the
interim, to prepare their cases 80 that
they could be heard and disposed OF one
after the other as rapidly as possible
The jury was also excused to the same
date. ~
judge Rose stated that those cases
from other districts which had been sub.
mltted to him in toto must be decided
by Monday next or at least five days be-
fore the first Of October. This would
occupy the attention OF the court to that
date so that recess would be necessary
! COURT NOTES.
Thos. Kelley was arraigned before
Judge Rose this morning and plead moi
guilty to the charge Of burglary. Attor
ney E. NJ. Sanford was appointed to de-
fepd the prisoner. Gus Lieber was sub
poenaed as q witness in the case to
identity the stock of goods in the build
ing and probably for other purposes.
Saturday evening at about 8 O'Clock
Sheriff Eddy and his son, Deputy Port
Eddy, raided the place OF Geo. Game on
Front street and secured a small quaint
ity OF preserves"
Those jurors that we're excused from
the last jury "for cause we're told by
the court that they need not return
They are D. G. Griffin, Chas. Morrow
and Wm Farley.
A Pleasant Occasion.
Saturday evening the Knights OF Honor
hall waa the scene of one OF the most
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