Imperial Valley press., 1909-09-04
Must Spend Five Months In County Jail and Pay the
 Sum of $500
Attempts to Release Shaw and Orury on Habaes Corpus Petitions Prove Failure--May Plead Guilty and Get Suspended Sentenees-Still Remain in County Jait.

of Rrawley, was sentenced by Justice Nice. of that town, on Wednesday, to five months in the County Jail and a fine of $500.
 Thus another decisive step has been taken in the sustaining of law and order and the stamping out of illicit selling of intoxicating liquors in Inn perial county. Credit is due Deputy District Attorney Phil D. Swing for the vigorous manner in winch the Brawley cases have been prosecuted. and to Under Sheriff w. M. Buck, for his efficient work in securing evidence necessary to a conviction.
 The Hansen case it will be remem- bered, is the outcome of the drunken TOW at the Meade place, just outside the Brawley townsite, wherein light ed lamp was thrown in one mans face and he and two others were burned by the ignited oil so that two deaths resulted
 The Press has heretofore set forth the facts concerning the arrest of five members of the gang, and the es- cape into Mexico of the man who 1t is alleged threw the burning lamp at his victims
 The trial of Hansen on the charge of aiding and abetting a place where intoxicating liquors were sold in vio- lation of the county prohibitory law took place before Justice Nice, at Brawley last week. The deputy Dis trict Attorney was assisted by ex- fense was represented by c. l.. Brown, of Fl Centro.
 The case went to the jury att 3 o'clock on Thursday afternoon and a verdict was not reached until g o'clock the next morning. The yer dict was guilty. with recommenda- tion of clemency It was ascertained after this verdict was made public that it was a compromise verdict, as all but tone man on the jury were in fav- or of conviction. while he held out un- til the recommendation as above was adopted.
 The evidence showed d lax condi- tion of affairs existing at Brawley for several months past. It showed that for weeks past Hansen had been re- ceiving large shipments of liquor at Brawley; that they had come marked to I'll" and labeled as ginger ale" but were shipped from the Maier Brewery at Los Angeles; that the draying company at Brawley had talk en these shipments to house in the control of Hansen. and later had car ried them as needed to the Meade house. that Hansen had given his check to the railroad company and to the draying company in payment for the shipping and hauling; and that Immediately after the fire in which the three men were burned Hansen had the liquors at the Meade house hauled out and destroyed. The uray- man testified that in eacn case where he hauled barrels of the ginger ale" to the Meade place, the barrels were Immediately opened and that he was treated to some of the contents and that 1t was beer
 Hansen did not appear on the wit ness stand.
 On Saturday Attorney Cox again ap- peared on the scene in matters con nected with this affair, by attempting to secure the release of J. A. Shaw and Clarence Drury on habaes corpus proceedings, alleging that the bail fix ed by Justice Nice was excessive. Each man was held on two charges, and in each charge the bail was fixed at s25O, or $500 for each man.
 The habaes corpus petition came be- fore Judge Franklin o, cole, of the Imperial County Superior Court, who promptly rejected it, stating that he saw no reason to declare the bond required an excessive one. These men with two others implicated in the Brawley trouble are now in the County