The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1903-06-12

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when he bought BY the glass and Is
cents per bottle. ... 4.
Pat Daley took the stand and swore
that as deputy sheriff he helped to
search the building occupied by defend
ants and that during said search they
found two barrels of labelled goods
and four barrels without labels to-
gether with an internal revenue Ii
cense. This license was then intro
duced in evidence. il +.
Frank Bauer called in his own de-
fense said he had never sold intoxi-
eating liquors that he knew Of. He
said they were running a pool room
and sold soft drinks and cigars. He
sold Atkins malt and moose but no
beer. He said they kept no beer for
sale. The, e,labelled goods found on the
premises we're intended for their own
use iii their homes and came their by
mistake of the drayman, Dan White,
and had been there only from noon of
the day of the seizure. On cross-ex-
animation witness said the malt came
to them without labels and that it
was this stuff that Aitkens drank.
When asked why he did not stop the
drayman from unloading the beer at
the place Of business he replied that he
did not knvw the beer was on the
dray until after it was unloaded and in
the building. Witness said it was nee
essary to have an internal revenue
license to sell malt and moose. When
asked by the court if he was willing to
swear that no one got intoxicated on
the stuff he sold he said he could not
as he did not know. .1 Hi 80
Robert Momberg was called and his
testimony was identical with that OF
Bauer. Dan White was called and
testified that he had instructions to
take the beer in question to Momberg's
house, but delivered it at the pool
room by mistake.
William Minor was called by the de-
fense and testified that he drank whis-
Ekey with the complaining witness out
side the building during one of these
days.. sl#,,8 l.,.g
! Ray Williams swore he got the smell
ofwhiskey off the breath of complain-
ing witness. Defense rested.
State called g. Gunderson who swore
that he drank this unlabelled stuff and
saw complaining witness drink it.
P. j. Ferguson was called and testi-
| fed to the same facts
Case went to the Jury Their verdict
was guilty.
q Yesterday afternoo oon Che Judge 70
ceived con1mnnica cation ffom the jail,
in which Joe Qua claimed that he was
unjustly punished and had no money
with which to hire an attorney to rep
resent him. Qua was brought into
court and the court appointed E. B
Goss to look into the matter. Qua is
serving a term Of ninety days for wife
beating.
Considerable time was taken up yes
terday afternoon in arguing a de-
murrer in the case of the State VS.
F. G. Falkenstein charged with will
fully excluding vote legally rendered
The matter will come up this morning
for further consideration. +
In the case of George Dixon VS.
David Hutton on money demand, the
plaintiff was given Judgment in full q
| his claim. KIN, @
| In the case of John Boyer VS.. Julel
Perrin court gave Judgment for de
fendant. ,s
| Judge Palda has had occasion te
impress upon several people the fac
that he means business and vii
brook no departure from proper de
cornm and no delay in answering
process On Friday afternoon Chas
Davis was summoned as a juror anG
did not appear. He was arrestet
under orders from the court and fines
$40, which he paid Saturday morning
Some Of the bar have been severel,
reprimanded for tardiness.
# 5s n " NEW CITIZENS. g
The following persons took ous citi
zenship papers during the week; Cath
crime A. Cameron, 9. O. Ekrehagen
4 John III. Dalen, Ole B. Holden, Johl
Handle, Fred Beberdorf, Mat Miller
Mike Z Holseth, Martin Berg, Eric
Hasem, Sarah .. Hawn, Ellen Elie an
/ Thor. Ekkrehag gen.
New e Governor.
Many amusing things are brought on
|in .the exaninati ion of candidates 70
citizenship. And vet some Eof then
have a serious side as vel one whicl
makes us wonder if orlrs laws governin,