The evening world., 1911-03-02
HOLT ANGRY
OVER DELAYS Of
| TRIAL Of YUCCA
Sharply Criticises Methods in
he United States District
Attorneys Office.
NOtSYSTEM, HE ASSERTS.
Sets Trial Day for Ex-C Coroner
Over the Protest of the
Assistant Prosecutor.

This was the dav--sbout the tenth
6ay-sct for the trial or Antonio yucca.
from Corona and leader OF his country
men for Tammany. who is charged with
systematic differentiation OF the I'M
portatlons OF yucca & Co.. dealers IN
Itai1an products at No. ~ West Broad
way. during 1905 and 1907.
But when the case was called before
Judge Holt in the United States Cir
cult Court Assistant District-Attorney
Abel !. Smith once more announced that
the Government was not ready. and
suggested that the case go over until
the April term.
Isaac Tinker. counsel for yucca, re-
monstrated. lie said the District-At-
torney's office had taken a whole year
In which TO prepare a case against
! yucca: that several times he had been
" ummoned TO court for trial. and had
zen at all times ready for trial. \
geek ago to-day the excuse offered or
pt trying yucca was tina. there was a
case in which the unbailed defendants
were in Jail. and the yucca case was
ct then for to-day.
complains Rbout OeIay.
Now. Mr.. Smith has two jail cases
10 try, and then the case OF Munr,e.
the wireless telegraph man, for Monday
next, and says II will take a week." sail
Mr.. Finder. and instead OF tryiny
four cases this week he put on another
case which is exactly like this. " the
prosecution IS not ready to try the c1se
to-day I move that the indictmtnt be
dismfssed."
"But. Your Honor will remember that
the reason we did no, try yucca last
week was that OUT chief witness was
sick a~bed"-oesan Mr.. Smith.
But that sick man" declared Lawyer
Ftnkler. was also chief witness in tho
Bonforte case and has hccn IN curt
every day this week. The trouble hero
Il that there IS no system. NoNody in
the District-Attorney's office knows
where ne is al. and they manipulate and
shuttle defendants about without any
regard 20 their right TO a speedy ~t'"al.''
Here Antonio yucca pushed forward
and. lifting his hand supplementary to-
ward Judge Holt. pleaded in a husky,
tremulous voicei
Your Honor. ! was indicted four
months ago ] nav been ready from
the frst day for trial. In Ave months
a long time in the business world-my
business is ruined, my socia, standing
is ruined, my financial position IS
ruined. The constitution of the land
bays any man shall nave a speedy trial.
I is a grea, injustice that depr!ves an
Vccused citizen OF a speedy trial"
Judge Is Indignant.
Il shall set the case down TO follow
b those two tail cases. and without regard
10 the Munroe case, even though. as
YOU say. some G: the witnesses have
been brought from Australia said
Judge Holt. 1.-THE trouble IS that there
is no system here. I wa scheduled to
sit in this court the whole month OF
February. and Cor three weeks you gave
me no work to do. No cases were ready
for trial. T.:ere L. no system, You
don't have n calendar. You keep shut
hing around, moving cases back and
forth to suit yourselves, w.rh0u: regard
for the lights of defendants"
Mr.. yucca IL charged With under
weighing 227. 900 pounds 81 cheese from
Mediterranean ports duriNg 1885,. 10y
1850 pounds. thus cheating the Govern
ment out of 81, iG2. So I'm tariff duties.