The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1904-01-26
Jury Decides That lie is
Not Guilty of Crime.
THOMPSON WILL PAY THE COSTS
Bonish John, the Russian, Gets Oh
Without Conviction-Russ Is
on Trial.

The case against George Dague was
taken up in the superior court this
morning. Dague was accused in the
informa ton of marking and branding
| Il number of hogs. which it was alleg-
| ed We're the property Oh neighbOl
named George Thompson. Dague was
;,rritigned and the charge read to him
when he entered Il plea of not guilty.
After all the witnesses in the case
except Thompson. who made the com
plant. were excluded from the court
room. the following persons We're Sc
cured as a jury to try the case: George
Wilcox, r. G.. Davies. +. NJ. Barrow.
]. L. Harper. A. l., Pettyiohn, Fred
Cox. d. H. Coffin. d. c. Ea ton, J. J.
Mangan. Charles G. Shumway. r. j.
Tompkins and Philip Remillard.
The state was represented by County
Attorney Wilson. while P. J. Cava-
naugh and J. J. Huffman conducted the
trial for Dague.
Thompson. the prosecuting witness.
stated in giving testimony, that No
vember 49, 1903 a number of his hogs
which were running in a field on his
farm near Ennis station. on the o. r.
Il n, got out of the enclosure and
after he had searched for them eight
days he found them in a pen at Dag les
farm near by. He claimed the pork
ers. and Dague said if Thompson
could prove his property he could take
them away.
When Dague was put on the stand to
2 large number of hogs several days
before from farmer living in another
section of the country. and in driving
them to his farm Some Of them got
away. When he arrived at home he
placed the hogs in a pen and began
marking them by cropping their ears.
While doing this work several other
pigs came along the road and believ-
ing they were his property he took
them up and marked them also. When
Thompson came to his place and claim
ed the hogs he turned them out and
told Thompson to take them away.
The case was given to the jury few
moments before noon and after being
out Is minutes returned a verdict that
Dague was not guilty: that the prose-
cutiOn by Thompson was frivolous
and malicious and recommended that
the costs of the prosecution be taxed
up to Thompson. The verdict was re-
i
today.
Bonish John Acquitted.
Bonish John, the Russian. who was
charged with breaking into and at
tempting to rob a freight car at the O.
z. & n. Co. depot several weeks ago,
was acquitted in the superior court
late yesterday afternoon. The jury
was out about 20 minutes when it ar
rived at a verdict of not guilty.
Russ on Trial.
The case against Robert F. Russ
who is charged with passing worthless
at Wallula. was on trial this afternoon.
Ash was the principal witness for che
state and he testified that Russ had
purchased several small articles in his
store and had paid for them with a
50 bill, supposed to be drawn on a
bank in New Jersey. but which was
counterfeit.
Russ claimed that he was Il barber
and when he was in Wallula was broke
and beat his way to Umatilla, where
he was arrested by Deputy Sheriff
Nave. He denied being in ASKS store
and disclaimed any knowledge of ever
having the bad bills in his possession.
The jury returned a verdict of not