The Grangeville globe. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho) 1907-1922, 1909-06-30
Three Men Charged With Gam
bling are Found Guilty.
FINED SUM OF $1,O16.7O
A Vigorous Prosecution---Cases
Are Appealed.

There were two very interesting
state cases tried at the court house on
Monday and Tuesday of this week.
The first case, which came up be-
fore Judge Jaques, was that of A. n.
Ingram, of Elk City, charged with al
lowing gambling in his place of busi-
ness; and the second was that of
Mike Bagley, Jack Miller and Ed
Smith, charged with gambling, which
was tried before Justice R. r. Hotch-
kiss on change OF venue, County
Attorney Gilmore appeared for the
state and Attorney +. M. Griffith for
the defense.
The arrests were made by Deputy
Sheriff w. G. Blown last week at
Elk City on complaint of Jack Hayes,
of Dixie, who charged that he had
lost a considerable sum of money and
a pair of mules to the three defend
ants in a game of stud poker in In
gram place the latter part of May
while in an intoxicated condition
Deputy Brown was absent from
Elk at the time the game was said to
have taken place, but he was strong
corroboratiue witness for the state on
statements afterwards made to him by
the defendants, and TO his positive
and unequivocal testimony is greatly
due the results of the cases. Mr.
Brown in cross examination stated
that he had seen gambling going on in
Ingram's as we'll as other places, time
after time, with money in sight, and
when asked why he as an officer, had
not arrested the parties in the game,
replied: Because | was there alone
without witnesses other than tin
horns, who would naturally stand to-
gether, as they are doing in this case,
and | would have made fool of my
self and thrown the county in for sew
eral hundred dollars costs; but have
brought them here now when there
is some show to convict.
The defendants all testified directly
against the statements made by Hayes
and Deputy Bro own, stating that there
| was no game, SO far as they knew,
played in Ingram place on the night
under discussion, nor had they ever
seen any gambling in the place at any
, time.
In reply to a statement made in the
argument for the defense, that there
!, is gambling in every saloon in Grange
vile, Cottonwood, White Bird, and
! all other towns in the COUNTY," Pros
:. ecutor Gilmore repleds Il demand
6 of the gentleman making that state
!. ment that he as law-abiding citizen
produce the evidence he claims to
have, that the yiolatorS of the law may
be brought TO justice, and | promise
; that they shall be prosecuted with
> promptness and dispatch
: In the case of A. N. Ingram the
: jury brought in verdict for the state
IS after some ten minutes deliberation,
C and Judge JAG ues fixed the fine al
e $3.50 and costs, amounting in all to
e S300.70. Mr.. Ingram announced
II that an appeal would be taken, which
s. was later done.
n In the case Of Bagley, Miller and
70 Smith, which was carried before JUS
a tice Hotchkiss on a change of venue,
=, the jury after retiring brief period
s. found them guilty also, as charged,
'e and Mr.. HotchkisS fixed their fine
y at $500 and costs, which totalec
at 1898. SO each. This case was also
L appealed, the complaint being made
to that the jury had been packed.
Messrs. Ingram, Bagley Miller anc
ft Smith returned to Elk City WedneS
" day morning, as did also Dupety Sher
Of if Brown, who goes back there under
r guarantee Of salary by two or three
m of the merchants.
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