The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-05-15


dictment:
In the District Court of the United States in
and for the Northern District of California.
At stated term of said court begun and
holden at the City and County of San Fran
cisco, within and for the Northern District of
California, on the first Monday in February, in
the year of our Lord one thousand eight hun
dred and ninety-fve.
The grand jurors of the United States of
America within and for the district aforesaid
on their oath present:
That Coils P. Huntington, late of the North
ern District of California, heretofore, on or
about January 10, 1894, in the jurisdiction of
the United States, he, the said Coils P. Hunt
ington, being an officer of the Southern Pacific
Company, railroad corporation, organized
and existing under the laws of the State of
Congress of the United States, entitled an "Act
to regulate commerce." approved February
the 4th, in the year of our Lord 1887.
That at all the times and days mentioned
herein the said Southern Pacific Company was
q common carrier then and there engaged in
the transportation OF passengers and property
partly by railroad and partly by water, under
a common control, upon its lines of railroad
terminal and other stations upon its lines of
railroad in the State of Oregon and the States
OF Nevada, Texas and Louisiana, and the Ter
ritories of Utah, Arizona and New Mexico, and
including the transportation of passengers and
property from the City of San Francisco, in the
State OF California, by water to the city of Oak
by railroad to the town or city of Ashland, in
the State of Oregon, and passing to and through
the town of Red Bluff in the State Of California.
That on or about the 10th day of January,
A. d. 1894, the said Coils p. Huntington,
while he was president of said Southern Pacific
Company, did then and there in the said State
and Northern District of California, unlaw-
fully, willfully and knowingly:make and give
an undue and unreasonable preference and
advantage to a particular person. viz: to one
Frank N stone, residing then and there in the
California, in this, to wit: That he, the said
Coils P. Huntington. acting as president OF
said corporation, did make and execute GER
tain instrument in writing, commonly known
and described as railroad pass or "free
pass" in words and figures as follows, to wit:
Southern Pacific Company; Pass Frank NJ Stone
over lines of Southern Pacific Company, 1894,
c. P. HUNTINGTON.
That at or about the 10th day of January,
A. d. 1894, the said Coils P. Huntington did
deliver and caused to be delivered to Frank NJ.
Stone the said instrument in writing, and that
the same remained in the possession of the said
Frank NJ. Stone until and including the 9th day
of December A. D. 1894, and during all that
period was in full force and effect.
That it was the intent of the said Coils P.
Huntington, when he SO unlawfully, willfully
and knowingly issued, made, executed, gave
and delivered, and caused to be delivered to
writing, pass and "free pass" as aforesaid, that
he, the said Frank M. Stone, should have and
| did have granted, given and made to him, the
said Frank M. Stone, by and through the said
Coils p. Huntington, as president and officer
as aforesaid of the said Southern Pacific Com
pany full and unlimited privilege and OPP
portunity to travel without charge or compen-
sation for the transportation of him over all of
the lines of railroad of the Southern Pacific
Company, which said full and unlimited privi-
lege and opportunity to travel was then and
and advantage; the said Coils P. Huntington
then and thereby did unlawfully, willingly
and knowingly intend that he, the said Frank
NJ. Stone, TO whom the said "free pass and in
strument in writing was so given and made as
aforesaid, could, whenever thereafter he should
be minded so to do, travel and be transported
free OF charge and compensation over all of the
lines of said road of said Southern Pacific Com
pany through and oyer said State OF California