Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1898-11-22
ALLEGED Speakers
County Court Engaged vii
a Charge Of '
SELLING
The Bride !. ccgu;,o y Sunday Ice fur
The Street Car Traffic Interruption.
Funeral Services. Thanks.
giving Forecast.

The County Court was engaged ,c. |
tertay all day With the trial Of the m |
peal case of y. ID. Saser who Was ti.c !
500 by Justice l.. p F'urness in ihea, !
bus last week. for selling liquor withat,tl
license Ut his store near lhe Jus!al |
simpson Hospital. TIE appellant wa
represented by. Mr. L. e, Niniita eue
commemorative attorney Collier cp-
resented the prosecution. The case was
molly contested on hotlN sides thus5
drawing the case out to greater le9Stlii
than was anticipated. Court convened
at 10 o'clock. and with the exception q.
an hour and 4 quarter, it was engh a-ed
all day. and even then tile taking Of les
timony was not concluded. Court nd
Journcd. however, until 10 i. NJ. today
in order that the Jurors. Who lived ~
SOME distance. might reach home before
dark.
The defendant entered 4 plea of not
guilty. the jury was cn1pancled and Tho
opposing counsel made their opening
statements of the case. setting forih
what they proposed to prove.
Then the taking of testimony hogan
Constable Sheen and Officer. Mastin OF
Phoebus, were pat on the stand and &c:
scribed the arrest of Mr.. Sagcr ana ihcl
search of his premises made by them at;
that time, detailing the finding of & va-!
riety and considerable quantity Of liS :
uors stored in the attic at tho building,
used as stnrehoUse. The Witnesses
were closely cross examined by the ut
torney for the defence.
The commonwealth then put on the.
stand Messrs. Robinson and humphrey
of the Josiah Simpson Hospital. ana =
colored man named solomon Henderson
who testified positively to having
bought liquor from Mr.. Sager himself
and paid him therefor, MIR. Robinson
stated that he had bought a drinl, eac'
for himself and friend ard paid ffteea
cents therefor. Mr.. Humphrey hati
bought oysters ana a glass of beer. pay
ing for them % cents. Henderson, &.
witness who was not introduced in tIr
former trial. keeps Il store near Mr.. Sc-
gers and testified 10 having bought li,-
uor from him.
During the dinner recess Commons
wealth's Attorney Collier bought half
4 4 I'd 4 Nd leePs
III court putting the restaurateur on the
stand to testify that he bought them TO-.
is cents and that this was the morlse,
price. The restaurateur evidently dc!
not know when he sold the oysters that
he was TO be usc(! rs 4 Witness
MIR. Sayer hir7srlf Was The first Wits
ness in his own behalf Tie denied hav-
ing sold any one liquor at his store near
the hospital. but admitted having givcr
it away To his friends Tic WIS under
The Impression that he Was no; even in
liIc ltuSt ~ TIE lillle lGSSt'- it.sb Al
legged that they bought liquor there.
Much of his testimony reiatei! to his; eff
forts to procure license ia sell near In..
hospital or to transfer his wifes lia3:or
license from InorhuS to the new store
He stated that he had retained counsel
to secure such permission or q new II
censc if possible. The witness was sub
jected to Il long and close cross -cya,ni-
nation. the questions in the main reiat-
ing to his efforts to procure license ana
To tn" time when he was or wa: not Al
his store. .....
Severa! other witnesses dennsed fa5
the defence, persons who Wcr" frequent
| or custonarily about the house rs en-
| rloyccs. None IF them had erar seer.
any liquor sold in thn place. MI were
| subjected to 4 rigid crIss-exa nina ton
by the prosecution.
The defence wished to introduce Mrs
Sager, the wife of the defendant, but
| she was not present. 4 fact which pro
voked Il discussion between counsel Mr..
Montague maintaining that he had nor
| had adequate notice of the date set for
| the trying of the appeal and Mir, Collier
| arguing that the defendant had Sutf-
| cient notice, as an evidence of which he
| produced his bail bond. Ha maintained
| that it was not the custom of courts Ia
notify attorneys.
The court, however cut short the Legal
| collouuy by adjourninG until 10 X N
| today. when the trial OF the case Will BE
| resumed. ..n r