The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1908-11-13
ROOM WELL EQUIPPED
Sentence Reserved Pending
a Motion.
New Trial is Asked and If 1t is
Refused the Case May 60 to the
Common Pleas Court.


against John knachel in which the
defendant was charged with selling
or furnishing intoxicants in dry
territory was given trial in may
or's court Thursday afternoon from
two until seven o'clock.
Not in a long time has trial
in mayors court excited so much
curiosity among the citizens. The
assembly of spectators grew so
large that the court found It nee
esary to call the trial in the city
council chamber And this room was
occupied almost to its capacity.
After the long drawn out trial
which lasted pearly five hours
Mayor scherff rendered his decision
in a short, emphatic address. The
defendant was found guilty of the
charge and the court reserved SEN
tence pending the hearing of a
motion for O. rev trial which will
take place at o'clock Friday ar
ternoon. II IS very probable that
the motion fcr new trial will be
ovCrrulad and in this case the at
torneys fer the defendant will un-
loubtedlv carry the cose into Com
mon Pleas court O. the grounds Of
error The minimum fine which
| con he imr~sed rnon Enachel Is
$50 while the maximum Is 5000.
The triol was an irteresting one
lin every detail Attorneys Louis
! Meyers end George NroGraw acted
los counsel 'rr the defendant while
the state of Ohio was presented
hy Attorneys James Fvmcn. Elmer
r. Boyd and J. w. Thompson.
Four witnesses were examined
by the state while there were three
presented by the defense. The
main point brought out in the
trial and the one which was large.
" responsible fer Knachels convic.
tiou, was the fact that It was prov
en- beyond q doubt that the defend
ants bona fde residence place was
on Edwards street while the whis-
key which he had in his possession
was stored in a room, net his own.
over the STAG restaurant o7 north
Main street. In this room, KnecheI
gave a glass Of whiskev TO Frank
Schaffer, TIE merchants poliqe-
man, this evidence having been un
denied.
The evidence showed that Knach-
el had a room which he rented of
Iva Smith, where he had guam
tity Of whiskey The police had |
him under suspicion for some time |
and had laid several traps for him
'uron different occasions. When
merchant policeman Frark schaffer
was on the witness stand he testi-
fed thpt be was IN KnaNhel's room
Saturday night, November 9TH AMI
aside from taking a drink Of
Knachels "booze" he claimed TO
have seen him puttirlr pint bottles
OF liquor in his pockets. Shaffer
claimed that Knacbel would fill
his pockets, go down on the street
and return for more bottles. There
was only one supposition left for
the court 10 decide and that was,
Krachel either sold or gave away
the whiskey or drank it himself
IN case Ct the latter, he would
have been too drunk to return to
his room.
II was a case of circumstantial |
evidence throughout but the chain
was nrDarentlv unhroken and II |
wqr lo't r. Navor scherf to render
. vo~dirt 10 guilty.
Tho motion ror q Now t~'al wqs
ovorruled Nv Navnr Soher'F at ?
o'olcnl, Fr'dav afternoon whprauron
tho ot'ornevs for the dasendant inn |
mrdiatoIv Gted hill ~ exceptions
An attempt win he made n carrY
tho case iut9 Common Pleas court
on crowds of error, rss
Mavor Scherff sentenced Knachel
N nay a fine Of $50 and costs the
latter StFqregating $40. Owing TO
The fact that It was the first offense,
the court assessed the minimum fine.
Thomas McDver caused the splen-
lid record of the city to he broken
last evening when he made him
self the first drunken victim OF the
police department in the time that
The town has been boozeless.
Tom couldn't stand the pressure
md after drawing his monthly sal
lry hied himself for the popular