St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1895-02-14
HALL NOT GUILTY
OF Publishing a Newspaper in
the City Of st.
Paul.
SENTENCED BY THE COURT
On Other Charges to Read
the Bazoo Every Morn
ing.
SENTENCED BY THE COURT
AND WHAT A ROAST he GOT.
Mock Trial at the Commercial
Club Amusing and Inter-
eSting.

H. P. Hall was tried by mock
| court at the Commercial club las
evening, upon an Indictment charg-
| ing him with the crime of printing
| and publishing newspaper and
| promulgating the notion about this
| city that he is an editor. He was
also accused of kissing his type
writer, an innocent, thoughtless
guilegess machine of tender years
and beauty. The jury acquitted the
defendant of the charge of publish
ing a newspaper, but he was found
guilty Of kissing his typewriter. The
| sentence was a horrible one. He
was doomed to read his own paper
| every day for an entire week.
| 1t was the funniest trial that ever
took place in Ramsey county. The
| commodious reception room of the
! club was packed with an audience
containing many Of the most distin-
guished lawyers, railroad and bust
ness men in the city.
The court was presided over by
J. J. McCafferty. T. J. Fauntleroy
was the prosecuting counsel. David
| W. Wood, of Chicago, editor of the
| Farm, Field and Stockman, con-
| Quoted the defense. r. c. Hine was
| the clerk, and Dick Flournoy per-
| formed the duties of sheriff.
The jury was composed of the fol-
| lowing legal luminaries: Attorney
General G. w. Childs, foreman
| Pierce Butler, Leon Chamberlain,
Henry Johns, John Lane, j. c.
| Nickells, o. B. Lewis, Oar Reese, E.
| S. Durment, G. N. Nelson, Charles
Lawrence and D. F. PEBBLES.
Court opened at Sis p. M, with the
| defendant Hall seated in the prison
er's cage. The clerk announced the
| title of the case to be Estate of Min
nehaha, County of Bob Smith,
against PEPPER Heidsick Hall, -
whereupon the fun began.
''It ought to be Heidsick Piper
| Hail." suggested Jim Nolan, one of
the witnesses.
You'd ought to know, you drunk
ardH' exclaimed Sheriff Flournoy
( ARREST that man, sheriff." COM
manded Judge McCafferty. The or
der was obeyed and
NOLAN WAS YANKED
! before the court, who said:
| you're fined ten cents for insult
| ing the court and Is cents for in
! sulting the sheriff Proceed with the
| case" The fine was paid, and Mr..
| Fauntleroy arose. He began by OBJ
| jecting to the appearance of Mr.
| Wood as counsel for the defendant,
| because he was a Chicago man, and
might not be qualified. At this point
the court fined the sheriff 80 cents,
and then Mr.. Wood answered the
| prosecution in this fashion,:
Il have practiced al twenty-seven St
| Paul bars today and this is the first
| one that has made any objection If
vol want me to show you credentials ]
have here certificate from Messrs.
| Chaplin & Gore, of Chicago, that I have
| been admitted to their bar every day
| for the last ten years. This certificate
| says here that L am man of large ca
| pacity, and a good judge of law and
whisky"
The Court-Deputy, bring some beer
| for the prosecution
Attorney Wood-Doesn't the state
furnish beer to the defendants counsel?
The Court Qoudly)-No, sir
Prosecuting Attorney Fauntleroy
then read the Indictment, charging Mr..
| Hall with treason, burglary, arson and
| other felonies, besides the crime of
publishing during the months of De-
| cember, January and February of the
| years 1894 and 1895 a newspaper in st.
Paul when the city was already bur
| dened with three newspapers. The in
| dictment further charged. the prisoner
with kissing his typewriter.
1.-THE state" began the prosecuting
| attorney, expects to find Mr. Hall
| guilty"
The Court-Why, of course That's
| what we are here for.
Mr.. Fauntleroy-We will first take
up the last charge against the prison
| er, namely, that of kissing his type
| writer. The first question is where did
he kiss her?
The Court (unctuously) - That's a
good point.
| James Nolan was called to the stand
He was asked where he was born and
answered.:
| Born here; that is to say, I was borr
| in Ireland, and then came over here"
"Well, Mr. Nolan" was the consol
ing reply of Mr.. Fauntleriy, you know
| you have Biblical authority for being
| born again.
The Court-Mr. Deputy, bring beef
! for the jury. And beer was brought.
care you a married man, Mr.. Nolan?'
| inquired Mr. Fauntleroy.
Don't l look like it?" responded the
witness.
| SAID HE WAS FAITHFUL.
s-Examination by Mr. Wood
What you have been swearing to is not
true, is it?
The Witness-No, sir.
Mr.. Wood-Do you still say you ara
married?
| The Witness-Yes, sir.
Mr.. Wood-Are you faithful to the
marriage obligations?
| The Witness-Yes, sir.
| Mr.. Wood-What! And you live in
! ST Paul?
Mr.. Fauntleroy-That is the differ
ence, Mr.. Wood, between st. Paul and
| Chicago.
The Court bringing down his gaveD
That's a good point.
| L. H. Alexander was called next. He
| testified that Hall had once told him
| that he (HalD was the best newspaper
man in the state.
I Mr.. Fauntleroy-Did you believe him
| The Witness-No.
| Mr.. Fauntleroy-Did he say his edit
orials were better than Joe Wheelock' S
| The Witness-Yes, sir, he did.
| The Court addressing the jury
| Have the jurymen been paid their fees
| Jury in Chorus-Nci Mo- No!
| The Court-Would the jury like them
| now?
| Jury Altogether-Yes Yesl Yesl
The Court-Ar. Sheriff, fine the jurors
| % cents apiece. And it was done.
| The state rested at this juncture, and
| Mr.. Wood opened for the defense. AL
| though his client had pleaded guilty at
the beginning of trial, Mr.. Wood de-
| clared that the prisoners plea could