The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1906-11-21
ARTHUR BERARD
WAS ACQUITTED
ALLEGED fORGER NOT GUILTY
Attorney Snyder's Eloquent Defense
Was u Scathing Rebuke to Sa-
looms, and Had Its Effect.

IL mas long Deen maintained tnat
oratory has no effect upon the Ordi-
nary American citizen, whether it be
delivered from the pulpit or the bar
striking example that the theory
is incorrect is the case of the state
of Washington VS.. Arthur Berard,
heard in the superior court Thursday.
The state was ably represented by
Ira NJ. Krutz, the prosecuting attor-
ney of Yakima county, and the de-
PENDANT, Arthur Berard, was rep
resented by Attorneys Snyder K
Luse. The defendant was charged
with having passed a forged check
upon one Hank Knowles, the proprie-
tor of the Warwick Bar, saloon
on Front street. The evidence was
to the effect that young Berard Sc
cured check from a Mr.. Van Diest,
Il saloon-keeper on Front street, say
ing that lat the present time" he
needed no money but that later in
the evening he might; that after an
hour or 50 elapsed he returned to
the saloon conducted by Van Diest
and asked him to cash the check
drawn to one Desant by A. r. Mead,
been given him by man by the
name of Mead who owned and con-
Quoted hopyard near town on what
is known as the chool Section. Mr..
Van Diest refused to cash the check
and Immediately thereafter Berard
took it to the saloon conducted By
Hank Knowles and, telling him the
same story, that the check had been
given him by Mead, the hop-grower,
for services performed by him, in
duced Knowles to cash the check.
When the check was presented to
the bank upon which it was drawn 1t
was dishonOred.
These facts being before the jury,
young Berard, the defendant, was
called to the witness stand and tes-
titled that he had no knowledge or
recollection about the matter; that
he might or might not have passed
the check; that he, in company with
his father and mother. started out
to find residence or boarding place
and that each was to report at GER
tain hour at the depot, they being
strangers in the city and that being
the only place they all knew where
they could meet to report what
they had found with reference to
a rooming place or residence. Upon
these facts the state and the counsel
for the defense rested.
The prosecuting attorney delivered
an able address to the jury, when
was followed by Mr.. Luse in his ad.
dress, which was to the effect that
no offense had been proven. Mr..
Snyder then addressed the jury at
length, consuming about three-quar-
tiers of an hour, in which he very Sc
verely arraigned the saloon-keeperS
of the city, charging openly that not
only the saloon-keepers present but
that all of the saloon-keepers in the
city were guilty of breaking the
laws of the city of North Yakima
and the laws of the state of Wash
ington at least once every day. He
asserted that there was not saloon
keeper in the city who did not per-
nit with his knowledge open gam
bling; that there was not saloon
keeper in the city who did not keep
his saloon open after hours and, in
one Of the most scathing and ora
torical outbursts that 1t has been
permitted the spectators to hear, de-
nounced the saloon keepers of this
city as being blood-suckers and men
who would ask for the protection OF
the law when it hurt them, but men
who were never punished on account
of their violations of the law.
The jury was out about five hours,
and late in the afternoon returned a
verdict of not guilty. Many people
congratulated the jurors who sat in
the box as well as Mr.. Snyder or
account of the verdict. Mr.. Sny-
der among other things said: 81
have wife and children; / love
them as you love your wife and as
you love your children. They meet
me each evening at the gate. They
Chamber around my neck. They ride
on my feet and hug my legs. and to-
night when go home and am met by
my wife ! will say: Kiss me on the
lips, sweetheart; kiss me upon the
mouth: for today these lips and this
mouth have spoken for what is law,
what is honesty. what is justice. and
against that which Is wrong and de-