Carson City daily appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1907-1930, 1909-11-03
CASE is HEARD
BY JURY
John PietrO Indicted by Federal
Grand Jury Pleads
Not Guilty

| In the federal court this mOrninS )
of John Pietro, indicted by the federal
grand jury for the crime of selling
whiskey to an Indian. pietrO plead
ed not guilty to the Indictment and
will be given Il jury trial, Attorney
Jas ID. Finch appeared for The defend-
ant
! number OF jurors We're examined
| before the panel was completed TO tie
satisfaction OF the court and the at,
torncys in the case and the following
were selected: b, IL. Mcclure, \.
Compton, r. Fettic, Ii. Dexter, }. 5.
Blackic, Phillips, King, IL. lleiden-
reich, j. Gray. T. SrcInmctA ". Foth-
ergil and Geo. Mcnamara.
Owing to the fact thai $; 'r"ai wit
urSsts III the case will not arrive in
this city until the afternoon local from
Reno the court took Il recess until
2:30 p. m. When the trial OF the
case will be resumed.
The trial jury who will hear The va
riOus cases i'll the federal court for
the present term We're on hand this
morning and will remain in this city
until the calendar has been cleared
which will probably require several
weeks. The jurors not retained on
the cases to be heard today were eN-
.,t
O'Clock.
Court convened this afternoon at
30 which was the time sci for sen
fencing VIM. Dempsey and James
Boyce. who had plead guilty this
morning to the offensr OF selling
whiskey to Indians. Dempsey receiV-
ed a sentence OF 80 days in the OrmS-
by county Jail and a fin" of 500 and
Royce received the same package.
Attorney Richards, representing
James Majors. who plead not guilty
his morning, changed his plra to one
of guilty and asked clemeucy of the
CUurj.
Majors is an old man, siNty-fve |
years of age. and has been Il promi- |
nent resident of Elko county for over
.t decade. AT one time Lr OWendr
I great number of cattle and was con
sidered to be 4 very wealthy man. |
During the past few years luck has !
turned against him ami his cattle, !
land and fortune have dwindled away |
until he has been compelled TO 30
into the hay fields of that section
IF the country to earn Il ivlihoOd.
Last April he was arrested and |
with having sold liquor to an
Indian. In his statement before the
court this afternoon the old man stat
cd that he had given liquor to a half
breed, which he had considered was
not a violation of the law of the land.
lie acknoyledged the Otfrusr but stat
ed that he was able to produce VII |
neSScs to prove that the Indian Wos 4
lalf-breed. He further stated that it
was customary in that section OF the
state for the saloons there to sell
lone sumply what others were doing
every day. After adjournment Of tn"
court His Honor interviewed Majors
and the latter VII be sentenced to-
morning at 10 O'Clock.
The court then took Il recess until /
80 this afternoon.
The trial of pirdro was resumed
,hiS afternoon and two Indians were
called to the stand, the SuuaWs to
" hom the liquor was sold. They teS-
ificd as TO the guilt Of the defendant
\ recess was taken until the arrival
IF the afternoon train when officers
I'adlc and Ilillhousc, who had mad"
the arrest, took the stand and teSti-
fed to seeing the defendant give the
Indians the whiskcy. Pedro took the
stand and through an Austrian inter
prefer stated that the Indians had
aiken the whiskey from his pocket
while he was resting. or something
to that effect.
Arguments were made by platt for
he government and Finch for the
defendant and after the usual in
structions Of the court the case was
given to the jury and a verdict OF
guilty was Immediately returned.