The daily sentinel., 1910-01-25
ALL MOTIONS BY THE DEFENSE
0VERRULED.
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AODhAAhNNA iAOhA Phht OhOs
| ritory on December "a, the date of
the alleged offense.
AT once Attorney Rozzelle objected
| for the reason that the complaint
against johnson does not charge the
| Illegal sale of liquor in Grand juno
ton, but charges him with violating
the state law; and he maintained
that IL is therefore necessary for the
prosecution to show that the county
of Mesa-not the city of Grand juno
tion-was dry territory on December
"a.
Attorney Rozzelle cited other OBJ
jections. He advanced numerous ar
guments and cited number of de-
cisions.
However. his objections were all
overruled by Judge Sullivan, and the
certificate was admitted as evidence
H. +. johnson. the father of the
defendant, then testified to owning
the building occupied by Johnson,
and to renting 1t to young johnson.
Officer Knocke, employed as a de-
tective by the city prior to the raids
on the alleged Bookkeeping joints and
who is the star witness for the prose-
cution. was then called to the stand.
Attorney Rozzelle objected to his tes-
timony, but his objection was over
ruled.
Knockes testimony was practical
ly the same as that at the trial in
the municipal court and as has been
detailed by The Sentinel. He told of
purchasing beer at the johnson place,
of drinking beer there, of purchasing
other beer and other liquor at diff
ferent times with money given by
Mayor Todd, and of turning this IL
quor over to Todd.
knocke was severely cross exam
ined by Attorney Rozzelle. but he
made an excellent witness for the
prosecution.
Police G.. b. Welsh took the stand
and largely corroborated Knocke's
testimony and gave other evidence
against the defendant
The court adjourned for the noon
recess while Chief Welsh was on the
stand.
The interest manifested in the trial
Is really remarkable. The court room
has been crowded all day. few la
dies, mainly witnesses in the case,
have been in attendance.
Tomorrow the case against w. Il.
Gould, charged with a similar Of
fense, will be called for trial.
This afternoon court reconvened at
o'clock. Following Chief Welsh on
the stand quite large number of
other witnesses for the prosecution
We're examined. Each witness was
put through severe cross examina-
| ton by Attorney Rozzelle for the de-
fense. The testimony of a number of
the witnesses was very strong and
convincing while that OF others
amounted to very little.
Among the witnesses examined this
afternoon were City Commissioner B.
| w. Vedder, Officer Herman. Officer
Darling, A. B. Campbell and several
others. In several cases the testi-
mony conflicted concerning some de-
tails. No witnesses were permitted
In the room only as they were called
to testify.
The trial will not be finished to-
night unless an evening session is
held.
In all there are a score or more of
witnesses for both sides.
V. B. Lee Is spending the day in
the DeBeque country.
Today J. NJ. Stewart transferred to
for 81 900.
julius Schmidt of the Schmidt
Hardware Company is spending the
day in Price. Utah. on business.
This afternoon license to wed was
issued to G. p. Patten. of Palisade,
and Mary E. Kelly. of Grand juno
ton.
I ]. R. Wilson, the architect. is a
business visitor to Iona today. He
is overseeing the construction of the
new school building Mt that place.
At meeting of the Carpenters
Union held last night the action of
the committee appointed to meet
with the contractors was ratified.
This finally concludes the contro-
versy.
Today the city physician warns the
people of the city to boil all water
used for drinking purposes, as a pre-
caution in view of the fact that there
are several cases of typhoid fever in
Grand Junction.