The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1904-04-26
Revenue Frauds and con-
niyance of Revenue
Officials.
BEGGING FOR TIM
Judge Boyd Orders the Case Against
Distillers Charged With Fraud
For Trial This Morning---Fifty
thousand Dollar Damage
Suit Continued.

Especial to the News and Observer.)
Greensboro, N. c., April 25.-When
Federal Court opened in special ses-
sion here this morning, United States
District Attorney Holton, called up
for trial the first thing, the cases
against B. f. Sprinkle, T. NJ. Angle, II.
c. Sprinkle, ]. T. Sprinkle and VIM
Young. These parties were indicted
at the last term of the Federal court
at Statesville, the bill of Indictment
being found by the grand jury there
last Monday. There are ten counts ~
the bill of Indictment: Defendants are
charged in the various counts with
false entries on their books at the gov
eminent in regard to the amounts Of
whisiey they were dealing.in as r..Cti-
fiers, distiliers, wholesalers, etc, with
conspiracy to defraud the govern
ment in that they were conducting
business in various names, out al; the
parties were equally interes1el. In
this connection. it is charged that The
oak Grove Distilling company, the
Milton Liquor company and the Ra' IS
vile Liquor company, We're in effect
one and the same business.
There are also counts in he bill Of
indictment for removing, conceaiing.
>,
collision with officers Of the govern.
ment to defraud Two weeks ago, L
VIII be remembered, a racIifying g:.u-
ger named Davis. after i lorg riol,
was convicted of false returns. in CO..
fusion with the manager of tie Mutton
Liquor company, the amount out Of
which the government Was ;lafr;tu]ed
under his administration alone. IL pc
Rod of two months, being stated :y
the District Attorney as $4,000. Judg-
ment was not pronounced against
Davis awaiting the trial OF anotn ar
gauger, who offciated as alleged, H.
the same corrupt manner, 1T another
period of the company's operatio1s.
1t was expected this morning that the
case against this gauger, w. y. Me-
bane, would be taken up list, as che
bill of indictment against the owners
and operators of the warehouse and
distilleries was not found until last
week. 1t seems that the government
prefers to sandwich the two gaugers
between the operators.
Plea for Continuance Refused.
The attorneys for the de-
PENDANTS, Messrs. c.. S. Brad
shaw and w. p. Bynum, of Green's
boro, and Scott & Reid, of. Reidsville,
made a strenuous plea for a contiu-
ance of the cases this morning to an
other term of court.
They insisted that they had a hard
time to prepare the cases for their
clients, owing to the fact that indict-
ments were only found last Monday.
Solicitor Holton claimed that defend
ants were fully notified of all the
charges in the trial of the case against
Davis: that two of the parties Angle
and one of the Sprinkles had been un-
der another indictment for sometime
i'll the same cases, and 1T would be use
less waste of time to try only two de-
PENDANTS, when the whole bunch could
be disposed of at one trial. Judge
Bynum contended that the bill of in
dictment, as found at Statesviile court,
might turn out to be Illegal, because
one of the grand jurors was not legal
resident of the district and he would
need time to file a plea in abatement.
In commenting on this Judge By
mum declared, that defendants should
have plenty of time to examine thor
oughly into the means by which these
indictments were found, as it was
most important to the proper admins
iStration OF justice, that indictments
should be found by legal jurors, upon
legal evidence, 'uninfiuenced by the
District Attorney, or any other high
err Judge Boyd said the defendants
had had sufficient time to answer to
the bill. and said he would give until
$50 o'clock for preparation. Judge
Bnum wanted a continuance until an
other term, saying it would be inn
possible to make the proper inVesti-
cations necessary to file the plea in
abatement which he contemplated.
Judge Boyd then ruled the case for
trial at once. Mr.. Reid plead for a
pOStpOnement until .Wedne Sday;
Judge Boyd, said he offered until 2:30
o'clock and Judge Bynum had refused
il. Mr.. Reid said he was sure Judge
Bynum had not intended to refuse
any extension of time for going into
the case. Judge Boyd again said,
these cases must be tried and will
be called at $50 O'clock" Finally
Mr. G.. s. Bradshaw made plaintive
appeal for the defendants, and Judge
Boyd announced that he would post
pone the trial until 10 O'Clock tomor-