The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1908-10-10
AaAsA .sALooN KEEPERS PLEADED
: as6mLTY AFTER ONE TRIAL.
'AABRY RlLEy ALSO GUILTY
No Citizens Papers Granted at ,hi, Term
and Most Of the Civil Gases Were
Disposed Of

IL over with aud with II passes into
history the famous Amasa liquor cases.
These cases aruse from the opening OF
the saloons OF that village after the
polls were closed on election day a year
ago last April .--a-1 $. i-e vp.
The several liquor dealers were on
hand and their. cases called for trial
Monday afternoon. Geo. Premo was
putson trial first. the intention being
TO make II test case. Geo s. Power
appeared fos the defendants. A very
fine line of witnesses appeared for the
prosecution among them being many OF
Amasa's prominent citizens. The
testimony was undisputed and was suo-
stantially as follows the saloons were
closed tight all day Safter the polls
we're closed and the result known, the
saloon keepers were given TO under
stapd- by someone ia. authority that.
the. mi ght open their places OF bust.
ness and they aid so.Iusssenss -sl 81
The testimony -was.a ses direct that
Judge. Stone suggested there be no ar
gument as there was nothing to talk
about. ,s sa ~ .tla ial1c.
In his brief remarks 10 The jury the
judge stated that While the oeense
seemed 10 be technical one and that
the furnishing of a person OF a techni-
caIlity may seem pncalIed for when
there are so many, and so much more
Hagrant violations that might receive
attention. yet the law was upon the
statute book and both beand the jurors
had taken an oath to see that they
were enforced. he stated that there
was nothing, 50 far as he could see,
'-for the jury TO do bat to bring in a
verdict OF guilty.
The jury retired and after being out
about an honr returned saying that
they couldn't agree, Judge Stone
would listen 70 no spch talk and order
ed them back to their room admonish-
3 ink lhChi W tLC fOoNb bhog
took wnen they were chosen jurors.
The jury went back and soon after
wards afgeed TO verdict Of guilty.
The other three dealers then pleaded
guilty. and the Judge. in view OF the
circumstances, gave bat light fines.
Harry Riley was arraigned and
pleaded guilty to the Charge Of bar.
glary and was given from nothing less
than six months and lot more than
fifteen years in the Ionia Reformatory.
In the, case Of ,-ths people Us William
Karp the jury disagreed. Karp tried
TO pass some spsReEE which, BE- tound as
hiEown sndswas arested storrbryiDg ITO
obtain goods under false pretense - He
il not particularly ihflgsta and there
wasisomeuqusstin1 as 10 his fuli, Hifi-
dertsndinTl t1at lihesasas abont,c- Mfs
nisBHswHs apBeihtedvto defeBd hfm
ana the' Jury wraDsicd a fJny tfme
over trF AFFAIR hntiiiy lettibg zhitrf on.
TEln Case 6f dloF ". TrypofiS, pfain.
usss sGfks SSEtt'wsS EerRi co0psafss asi q 2
defspsLsnts, wsps. 10 tue, juy$ and the
Judge psderea. a. veIatct, TOR the dsien,
dant --.,s. .,.-,.-,
he. CASE Of. e;Abbsa,.ys the Nmth
Western Railway Co. cyas On I su N
Tuasia yaafternooszs. Rha a ira fn kjilestsa
teanssebmg ging.7to fiE Gibne and the
pafses coulah t.e8fne 20 aaseefseh4nt
upoi assttIehefis,- ~ GiBbs tued. 'sai
fhc company cEaiined that the team
was killed on depot ground. there being
a switch az that point running down
10 the river The Judge after listen.
ing 70 the testimony took the case
from the jury and Instructed a verdict
for defendant ,v, s-.
In, the case OF las r, Flood. plaintiff,
" Edward H. Sensiba. Sheriff of Iron
ceruty. defendant. sensiua got tlecis-
ion Of $50. 9s over Jas Flood plaintin
for the Parks Grocery Co
The case OF the State Bank OF flor,
ence. complainant. vs. Peter Mctiovern.
o. a. was submitted 10 the court.
The case Of the People W Emil iris
and Louis Myer was continued over
until the next term Of court az wa,
also the cases ot Felix Pikosz, plaintiff,
defendant vs. the Chicago Milwaukee 4
81. Paul Ry Fred Wulf plaintiff v.
Andrew Nelson defendant: Cyrus B.
Wakefield plaintiff vs Jas Nanlt Sam
uel'And Fred Nault defendants james
Murphy plaintiff. vs Thomas Anderson
defendapt Patrick Fogarty, Va Eds
May Brnggbacker, et a Patrick Fog,
arty W John Sherrard. Verona Minins
Co, complainant W John Swanson. q