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alleges that Elwell keeps bottling place
out on the Roadstown road, and there he
frequently sold beer in quantities less
than five gallons There was some diff
Guilty in getting just such jury as was
satisfactory to the defendant and to the
State.
The first nail driven was hammered in
good and hard by Robert Corson. FIRE.
quently, said he. Elwell had sold to him
beer in small quantities. getting as little
as half dozen bottles, and as much as a
dozen. He paid for the beer at the rate of
fifty cents dozen.
Upon cross examination it was en-
deavored to be shown that Corson made
the complaint against Elwell, because he
refused to allow him beer in quantities
less than two cases. Mr. Mitchelps
cross examination was very searching
and considerably embarrassed the de-
fendant. Mr.. Corson denied positively
that he had made the complaint against
Elwell, and said he had never told
anybody that he had gotten the beer. He
denied that he had told anybody that he
Corson for some money. He admitted
that he had been arrested once for drunk
enness.
Christian Heisley said that he bought
beer out at Elwell's place, upon two occa-
sions. Once he got dozsn bottles of a
man employed around the place and gave
him fifty cents for it. Another time Chris.
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party and secured something like four
teen or six teen bottles. Neither time he
got beer, did he get it of Elwell. In fact
did not think he had ever seen Elwell
before. The man he secured the beer of
seemed to be in charge of the place.
Noah Clark, hack man, said he was
acquainted with the location of the beer
bottling place kept by Elwel. Clark
said be had been at the place several
times. Clark said he had gotten beer
there in quantities of two cases. The
manner of his purchasing was to engage
two cases, take one case, pay dollar for
it, and sometime afterward, possibly a
week or two, he would get the other case
and pay dollar for it.
This was about the line of testimony
given by most of the witnesses.
Thursday Afternoon.
William Polhams is guilty of stealing
hundred dollar railway chain from the
ship yard of the late John Russell, at
Leesburg. That was the verdict of the
jury this afternoon. The jury was out
some little time, put it finally agreed that
the States case had been fully proved.
This ends remarkable case, when the
charge alone is considered. One man,
Frank Ma6era, has already pleaded
gully of helping to steal the chain.
William Polhamus' brother and another
man were tried upon the charge and
acquitted. All the while Polhamus was
out of the State, a fugitive from Justice.
He was finally located in Newport News,
Va, and brought to this city. He has
been awaiting trial since last October
The trial of Joseph Elwell. charged
with the illegal sale OF liquor proceeded
in the usual orderly manner. From the
testimony OF Robert Carson, which was
first presented by the State, it looked
dark for Elwell, but the subsequent
witness for the State declined to say that
Elwell had conducted his business
illegally. In fact they all denied that
they had ever bought beer of Elwell in
quantities of less than two cases. The
Prosecutor did not show much enthusi
asm as his case proceeded. and after the
trial admitted there was not sufficient
evidence to convict.
John G. Mitchell, for the defense, said
he did rot think that it was necessary for
the defense to present any testimony, but
he wanted the defendant TO appear before
the jury, and Elwell was sworn together
with couple of other witnesses. The
ststement of the defense was so clear that
the jury promptly acquitted Elwell.
The State then moved the indictment
against John Stiles, charged with the
illegal sale of liquor. This was fighting
case every inch of the way, Samuel Ire-
dell appearing for the defendant. A
stenographer was present and made a
record of the case
The State plunged into the case by
showing that Stiles kept place on East
Broad street. IN Mlllville.
Witness number one was Menford
Hoffman. He said that he had bought
twelve bottles in the place and paid sixty
cents for the outfit. He did not buy the
beer of Stiles, but fellow about the place
called AL.
Samuel Stiles had been liberal pur-
chaser of beer according to his testimony.
He had bought of Stiles man and of
Stiles himself. On Christmas day he
purchased four bottles of John Stiles pay
Ing him twenty cents. Upon other occa-
sions the witness said he had purchased
from three bottles on up. A place kept
next door to the Stiles place, the witness
said, was known as the "Hen Roast"
club.
Other witnesses testified that they had
bought beer of Stiles by the crate. The
first crate cost $1.05, the five cents being
for storage. After that the beer was
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