East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1908-01-20

At last, after many attempts on the
part OF the defense to block the
states proceedings, A Perard, the
sheepman, came to trial this morn
ing and a jury of IL is now listening
to the testimony whereby the state
expects to prove that he stole sheep
from C. A. Johnson after altering the
brands upon the same. Perard is
being defended by Colonel J. II. Ra-
ley, while John McCourt Is conduct
ing the prosecution.
Three Years for Boys.
Before the trial of the Perard case
began this morning Judge Bean sem
fenced Harry Kelly and Arthur
Payne, recently convicted Of having
assisted in rolling a man in the ten
derloln district, and the penalty i'm
posed should deter others who are
disposed to do such things. Three
years each was handed out to the
boys and accompanying the same was
a otief lecture.
You have been convicted by a
Jury Of larceny from the person, -
said the court. This is a very Sc
riuus crime and / need only add that
the next step would be TO kill a man
In The event he resisted. / trust that
hereafter you will refrain from such
conduct"
Both Kelly and Payne are youthful,
In appearance at least, and they
seemed to take their cases lightly,
but the three years term given them
had salutary effect Just after
sentence had been imposed Attorney
Prutt. In behalf of Payne. said he
would shortly file a motion for new
trial.
Walter Davis the Indian, who was
arraigned on the 18th. this morning
plead not guilty to the charge against
him.
Shull Lost License.
Late Saturday afternoon w. ID.
Snull, proprietor of the Brewery sa-
loon. was fined total of 5000 for
selling liquor to minors and also lost
his saloon license. He was charged
with selling liquor to boys on four
different occasions, and he was given
a fine of $50 for each offense. The
forfeiture OF his license was manda-
tory under the state law.
Willie Hoskns, the Echo lad who
fought with his school teacher L. w.
Kee!er, was fined $50 for his mis-
conduct.
Grand Jury Report.
This evening or tomorrow the
grand jury will bring in their final
report and return such indictments
as they may have. The report itself
will be purely formal and 1t is under
stood there will be more not true bills
than indictments.
Willard Brown, former bookkeep-
er for r. Harris, will not be indicted,
so 1t is recorded, nor will Dave Law
ender. marshal of Weston. though
that official will likely be criticised:
II is also now feared that not true
bill will have to be returned against
f. S. Skidmore, the show case bunco
artist However, he will be held on a
CnaTRe from ludnu VI washington
where the laws will make 1t easier
to convict than here.
The Perard Trial.
In the Perard trial but little pro-
gress has so far been made owing
to the length of time given over to
the examination of c. A. Johnson,
the prosecuting witness. Mr.. Johnson
was the first witness called for the
state after the jury had been select
ed. He repeated the story told by
him at the preliminary examination
of Perard in the Justices court. He
was closely cross-examined by Colo
mel Raley for the defense and the
cross examination was resumed when
court reconvened this afternoon.
The following is the Perard jury:
r. ]. Crigler, F. M. Kent, ]. r. Beam,
A. e. Troyer, c. I. Lawler, Ed Dupuis,
d. w. Wilder, e. A. Snyder, r. e.