Tonopah daily bonanza. [volume] (Tonopah, Nev.) 1906-1929, 1910-04-28


strike breakers, employed by the
Tonopah and Goldfield railroad
whom he adjudged guilty Monday
OF carrying concealed weapons. The
four defendants were sentenced to
pay a fine of of 500 each, togeth-
er with all costs. and in default
of the payment to serve day in
the county Jail for every So of
the fine. The prisoners were TAX
en- to the jail but how long they
stay there is problematical; for it
has been stated by counsel for the
railroad that the case would be
taken to the supreme court. The
Following is the judgment as pro-
nounced by Judge Averill upon
Hans Legune, one of the defendants,
and is identical with that pronounc-
ed upon B. Allen, r. A. Davis and
George Van Hoesten. the three re-
naming prisoners:
The defendant, Hans Legune.
came into court at this time in per-
son and with his attorneys, Hugh
III. Brown, of the firm of
Campbell, Nelson and Brown, and
James F. Dennis, and appear
ed for Judgment herein, this be-
ing the time heretofore fixed by the
court for rendering judgment
against him. Cleveland H. Baker,
district attorney of the county of
Nye, appeared as attorney for the
state of Nevada, and P. M. Bow
Ter of counsel
The defendant was thereupon
duly Informed by the court of the
nature of the complaint against him
made April II, 1910, in the justice
court of Tonopah township, county
of Nye, State of Nevada, to wit:
That Hans Legune of Tonopah,
Nye county, Nevada on the 4th day
OF April, A. D., 1910, and before
the filing of the complaint herein,
at Tonopah, in the said county of
Nye, state of Nevada, did then and
there commit the crime of carrying
concealed weapons, to wit: That the
said Hans Legune, did then and
there carry concealed upon his per-
son, pistol, loaded with powder
and ball, without first obtaining
permission from the board Of coun-
ty commissioners of Nye county, at
tested by the clerk of said board;
and the defendant was duly inform
ed by the court that his plea of
not guilty to the offense charged in
the said complaint; and of his trial
and of the finding of this court,
declared to him on the 25th day
OF April, A. D., 1910, that he, the
said defendant, Hans Legune is
guilty of the misdemeanor in carry
ing concealed weapons as charged
in the said complaint; and the de-
fendant was thereupon asked by
the court whether he had any le-
gal cause to show why judgment
should not be pronounced against
him; and no sufficient cause being
alleged or appearing to the court
why judgment should not be pro-
nounced against the defendant; and
all and singular, the law and the
premises being by the court seen,
heard, understood and fully con-
sidered;
1t is therefore hereby ordered,
adjudged and decreed, that he, the
said defendant, Hans Legune, be
punished for the misdemeanor of
carrying concealed weapons of
which he was duly convicted April
rs, 1910, after due trial in this
court upon appeal regularly taken
from the said justice court of Tono-
pah township, Nye county, Nevada,
by fine of one hundred dollars
($100.00), hereby imposed by this
court, and made payable forthwith;
and that if the said fine be not |
paid by the said defendant, Hans
Legune, that he be imprisoned in
the county jail of Nye county, Ne
vada, one day for each two dollars |
of the said fine of one hundred dol
lars not paid by him: and it is |
further ordered, adjudged and de-
creed that the defendant, Hans Le-
gune. be forthwith committed to the
sheriff of the county of Nye, state
Of Nevada, and by him detained in
The county jail of Nye county, Ne
vada, until this judgment shall
have been fully complied with and
satisfied. And it is further ordered
hat judgment for costs be entered
against the said defendant.