Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1906-03-29
PACKERS TO COFREE.
All individuals Are Declared to Be
Immune from Prosecution.
CORPORATIONS ARE HELD FOR TRIAL.
Judge Decides That GaFaeid COM
PEELED the Parties to GIVE Evil
dence, Therefore No Charge
Can stand Against Them.

-. x,rI,S xrya,.o tndfotnn nv the federal
$3.50 ,,,r,, Iost GUNNER mon charges
= ha,,,o a. consniracv n restraint Of
,roda ana commerce were Wednesday
rr.rted ,mmunitv from criminal pres
sc,,t,on under the Indictment While
M ind,vidnals are 10 20 free the in
dictmerts found against the corpora
t,ons ~ witch acme Of the indicted
,na,w,dna,s are members and others
~ amnlovaa are 10 stand.
A decision tn the above effect was
handed down Wednesday afternoon by
nudge = Otis Humphrey in the United
states district court The arguments
l. tbo case concluded shortly after 8
o,ciock and Judee Humphrey at once
commenced the delivery Of his opinion
n was oral and the Judge spoke for
,earlv an hour before giving the slight
os, Indication ~ what the ultimate de.
,is,on wo,,h he He reviewed the case
NJ length In all its hearings. cited all
tbe essential facts which had been
hrorpht ont and concluded az follows:
"IInder the law in this case the i'm
munitv pleas filed nv the defendants
will he sustained IA tn the individuals
ana denied az tn the generations. the
ARTIFICIAL nersons and the iurv will
And n favor os the government as far
az tba cornorations are concerned and
oooln,t Tho government az Far az the
,nd,vid,,ola are concerned"
Ho decided IN favor Of the hackers
in tba,r contention that thew were COM
nalled NV III government 10 finnish in
,,rmot,op saving that pndar no cir
or,,.+oroas could a - contamn,atad
hot tho dosordor+s a. +bo coso hal
volunteered evidence He declared
-. a. mo-, ar,Aont tha. all 10 nc in.
format,on Mad hean comne,led The
oorvt hold +hot tha crucial foot in
~ oosa mos tha in+orv,ow a. +bo chi.
oae,o cI,,h botu,oon Comm,ss,oner car
ala 80 -onrasor.ot,vo. ~ 4ha rocL.
~ ~, a., a. oo,,r,, 80 ,,,h,oh 4ha ooruio-
siorar o,,.l,ned Ma rouo,.s ana indicat-
n - az nao,,ars thot ho wos ohlo n
$500 41,o,,, J, s,,,ro,,da,, 4, sorrn o+ion IN
H. nortr,ort 10 thov dooiInod - F,r.
nish =
na,.,ro ~ ro,,,,.,on - 80 doc,s,or
-. aa'... -. o.Fsn,soa -. ~ soso-d
ants ond nrmo,ouS .nectotors nd
ward Movie ana Tdwa 4 aw,st wera IN
oo.,st ~ ho4r s,at,ad hannI,,, whar
~ doo,s,on w.s onno,,ncad og-
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1.e M. ~ 80, Snu so Sos
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'na. .Ae .Ae.eA's 800 ~ y
aeaAne' euen ivy o,o"u0u 'oeotuoA
auu ooneuoou " sAaAo nanuS ~ llsu-
.u"4 Vons a'uia.ln ne at.orneyS ~,
tne deienoahts were aaso hishly pieaseu
anu wien ele uecision nad Deen an
nounced tney snook nands an round
ana tnen nastened 70 the jury Dox %
snake nands with the Jurors, VINO mad
been excluded from the courtroom DUR
ing all OF the arguments made in the
case. and who returned a verdict In
accordance with the directions OF the
court.
Immediately following the dismissal
Of the jury, District Attorney Morrison
raised the question Of the date for the
trial Of the corporations. He asked
that the case be set for trial and that
1t commence within two weeks. This
met with a storm Of protest from the
attorneys for the packers, who insist
ed that they would not be able to pre-.
pare for the case before the fall of
the year, pleading the number OF wit
nesses which it would be necessary TO
bring to Chicago, the strain of the
present trial, and various other rea-
sons.
After some discussion Judge Hum
phrey directed that the lawyers agree
among themselves upon date and
notify him of their decision next
wa.k \, "a avnoo.aa .hat .ho to4a1
number 90 w,tnssses ~ tb,s tS,sI
vhan !. ha,,ns MI, n,,n.s.s =. 49,.
!, eo0 T,ha a..orUan. -. ~. a. n.o ss.s
ao~,n-os u,os.sasey -. '.e $50. $500 80
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