The Alaska citizen., 1911-05-15

United states VS. William NOOS was tried. the defendant being charged with selling liquor without license The trial resulted in an acquital
 The same thing happened in the cases of the |. : vs Con Harring- Ion and McHugh. arrested on simi. lar oharge
 \ victory for the district attorney Was scored when he secured the con victiou of Harrington and McHugh un d gambling charge and they were assessed. 'he former $50 and the latter 90.
 | : vs Fred koda. selling liquor without license Acquitted
 L. S ys Ella Card, violation of game law Acquitted
 r. : vs John Howsam violation If game law. Acquitted
 T. : ys Harold Lindstrom. viola 'iou of game law Acquitted
 T. :. vs. Arthur Williams violation of game law Acquitted
 In the case of the |. $ vs. John Tary the defendant was charged with vagrancy so he could be cared for He has since died al the hos piral He was fined sl5o.
 l. <. vs. John Metzger. Albert Bell and Mclean. trespass Acquitted
 ,j Acquitted
 |. :. ys. John Doe Johnson. lar ceny Acquitted
 T. $ vs. Charles McDermott, as sault Pleaded guilty and fined s75.
 |. : vs. D. l.. Squires. suffering vicious animals 10 run at large. Pleaded guilty and fined s25
 L : vs. Plenka and Aklpal kakof. larceny Exonerated
 U $. vs l.. Anderson. assault and battery. Acquitted.
 T. :. vs. Louis Doumain and Pas quaIe Manicdhi. shooting with in tent 10 kill Doumain hound over. Nanic0ni acquitted.
 l. :. vs. J V. Thomas. larceny Bound over to grand jury T. $ vs Ray Erchinger. malicious destruction of property Acquitted.
 II will he seen from the foregoing that out of the twenty prosecutions in the commissioner court the dis trict attorney has secured the bind ing over to the grand jury of two; and. not counting Tarys case, has had four persons fined. two of whom pleaded guilty. The total of the fines collected has reached $500 Thirteen of the prosecutions were dismissed. bound over. as there is no final dis position made in the cases as yet. and those prosecutions where the de- fendants beaded guilty. ii will be seen that the district attorney won two out of fifteen contested cases.
 In the district court the showing Is no better. Commencing with this term of court the first case was that of the L. S vs DOmnick Mcintyre. kill" The jury returned a verdict in this case of guilty of a lesser offense. that of assault with a danger Ous weapon.
 In |. $. vs. G 4 Prescott the de- fendant was charged with burglary by breaking into a dwelling house" Prescott pleaded guilty of a lesser offense. that of assault and battery
 |. s vs. Tom Patterson, grand lar ceny, Acquitted
 L. s. vs. R. W. Dodds, grand lar ceny. Acquitted
 |. s. vs. William Conas, grand lar ceny, Acquitted
 |. s. vs. Frank H. Lessinger, sell Ing liquor to Indian. Acquitted.
 [. s. vs. Joe Ferris, perjury. Di- rected verdict Of not guilty
 |. s. vs G. A. Prescott, intimidat- ing witness. Guilty after two trials
 |. $. vs. x. A. T. Johnny, forgery. Pleaded guilty.
 |. s. vs. Emil Maurer. manslaught- CT. Not guilty, jury not leaving box.
 |. s vs Peter Johnson, selling li- quor to Indians Acquitted
 |. s. vs. Alice Taylor larceny Ac- quilted
 |. s. vs. John Fitzpatrick, larceny Dismissed.
 |. s. vs NJ J. Sullivan. larceny. Dismissed.
 |. S. vs. G. A. Prescott. larceny Acquitted.
 U. S. vs. G. H. Henry, endeavoring 10 procure another to commit crime of perjury. Instructed verdict not guilty
 Y. s. vs. Wm Reagan. rape. Guil- ty.
 Y. s. vs. Franklin Moses. making false claim against government Ac- quilted
 |. s. vs. Franklin Moses. the same charge. Acquitted.
 The district court record shows that twenty cases were tried and fif- teen of them resulted in the acquit- tai of the defendants. The district at