The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1904-04-14
Hannigan, Sheridan. Albright,
Lehman and Hartman Ap.
peals Submitted.
STATE DESIRES RETRIALs.
Argument in Snyder Proceeding
Postponed Until "Wednesday
by Agreement of At
torneys.
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REpJB1.rc SPECIAL
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soh .''.. MO. April Five OF 'ne
-. Louis Doodle cases were argued and
submitted to-day in the Supreme Cour,
pS Joseph w. FOLK and Attorneys Sam
b. Jehries for the State. and Chester
Krum and Thomas ]. Rowe for the de-
PENDANTS.
| Ihe cases submitted together on one ar
| Gument were those Of J. j. Hannigan,
| John shetidan F., AIh,igb, Iu,i,. a ah.
mann and Emil Hartman.
| The SNYDER case was continued to next
| "Wednesday h,, o,,s.n,
Attorney General Crow stated In his
| brief. filed with the court a few aays ago
in the first three cases that On ,ccount
! of errors in ,be record thev .ho,,,dd he
| reversed and remandei tn tn. c6,,rt
The ATTORNEYS for the defense IN their
argument TODAY agreed that tho cases
should he reversed on account NJ tho in
for,,.,,,,, % A.. rs-....
,o,Han'on OF .he circuit Attorney not
being verified. but maintained that they
not be remsnded.
STATE wANTS c.Srs
- nIs VIC oAsSs
The State desires 10 have the ca.ez so
bacL for rs,r;eI G,no " ma na'e .ne eases $500 go
oaeA iot ie'riai. while the derense insists
that they should be reversed and dropped,
instead Of refried ~ ff~1'
The I.ehmann and uar,~., ,.sos ,,.-e
argued ard submitted the nnenine arsn-
General sam Ierpy,sS 20 thn ST. ~ ma
repi;ed to cam Nv D. J,Sns @ rop tne ,, S.ate ana
torney Folk c,osei for tha s,.,a ond a.
The main point of contention Was the
,ndictment Ths s,a,e tnsi..os .h Mas IN ~.
indic,ment uas se ,od sue h, ,hsisted tnat Ine
ISe PLEADED dnd ,mnl,Dl,ei'y on the ground that
ersI ne.as .s,uie'iieh' was Hiaoe 10 cover sew
Wr Enir IN hi. .,..,u,. h..o ,ho
court to-day. emnhasined his noS;,ion thai
he he,ieyed in ~ IIa.1 ms possion ~, ,'., .ns'
ma me me. t,n IN tne thtegrity OF the court
hnnd,e e"a. a. -. ene t. tIurI wouiu act upon tne
to the merits OF the cases. e0' '"e
FoLk ON SCFF1C1ENCY
OF INDICTMENT.
Mr.. Folk reviewed briefly the facts in
these cases. and confined his argument to
the sufhciency Of the Indictment He said
mat the onenee Of bribery was corrupt
ants did nor rnsEe eS III OF .nsse oeieha ,.
made 1t in common with other members
and subject to their approval. He called
had recent,v Saciasa % as INC iaSa h., .nat s,,s
men fired into crowd OF eight I,,iin9
four Of them and the court held that The
Indictment was sufiicient because crime
Mr.. Folk said:
Ed Butler Is the party of the Nrst ma RI
in this transaction. and these SisTendanfs
are the parties of the second part. and
are therefore associated together and ara
equally guilty.
1.-TWO men in Indiana made false afl,da-
Wit for the continuance Of a law case and
the courts OF that State held that they
wero properly prosecuted for perjury in
joint indictment.
The Chief Of Police OF Minneapolis,
bribe from fifteen citizens. The Court of
that State held that the Indictment was
good. II an oficer can be convicted for
receiving a bribe from fifteen men ought
not these defendants stand convicted nf
receiving a bribe from one man?"
T. J. Rowe concluded the arguments for
made by Judge Krum as to the ,p.nfss Tss
cheney Of the Indictment.
CONTENTION OF COUNSEL
FOR THD nEFENsE .7.
Judge Krum and Mr.. Rowe contended
that the judgment in the Hanniran c.se
would not atand b.c.,sa @ tho m ma,as.-. .ase sc
the House OF Delegates did not commit
briber,, in apree,n1 IN me. .h. a,h,,,,,,
Kin o.. 49, s,r ee eon ~ pe1ss tne ouour oan
a trust company. as q majority of the
property holders had not rio,od a n.ttt,,v,,
10 the Municipal XssemhIv renue.tpnr aca
ftOn on the franchise hA pr,,
yidss' % '"o Statue pro-
They held that under tho do.tr,,. .,
the Butler case there wa. ne cusma cow "
mitted when The nnenebcrs ~ tha Wauso so u,
DeIeSates so,d Their vntss and ae ,his h;I, VI
MI Folk snsvered hw 90 Sin1 t,s tha, u,,,. nM.,
II the Butler case be 3ood law this 10
different Question In he RufIer case The
court held tbst Tho ordinanca tbst oewe
the hoard the nower 70 n,oIn The 80 se
contract was rniT Tbera wos therasoro
ecnord,s ~ tho ;;,d,,an, w a. a',rt
thst cass No 'ne an}bositW +, u ta .ne poard ~ ~
Health over the s,,htsct " nattar a.. the
confract H.ra tha Mnn,cinaI hssauhI,,