The Alaska citizen., 1911-03-13
DO|NCS IN DISTRICT COURT

The frs ,r.mna! case of rh, pres, B. tenn ~as called on 1ucSda! when k I,.f pudds appeared for 'r.al uu charge of stealing a dog at iju. SIgurz The dog belong, q to Deputy Marshal QGiuer and disap- Teare3 about he time that Doids auI Tom Patterson were passing tar ugh un their way to the Indian river ..Iu.r, An order was made for a special ycuira f ten men. the following being fhc special ycnire men. AlrCy Darling. r. :. Peterson W. ! Campbell. C. F. Dunbar. w M. Reagan. E r. EnE'ebrecht. H n Fountain. and R ". Calderhead From .h.S, aui the regular panel a jury va, speedily selected and the case went 70 trial in fLe afternoon Tie government in reduced many witnesses in an attempt to show that no35- was an accessory af.er the fac [. the theft If the dog alleged ', have Teen made by Patterson. but he fact was not established and i' took fhe jury tut 45 minutes to re turn a yerdict of no, guilty. The yer die. Was arrived at Wednesday af- t,ruora.
 On Monday John Curry. of Fair banks. Red-r O. Wcstenyik of C,ear$: Ludwig L Ingebrghtsen, of Fairbanks. and John H. Wingfeld were granted their final citizenship papers One other applicant was examined but his answers to the questions put by the court were not satisfactory.
 F. H Lessineer and Peter John son of Panama were indicted by the grand jury on charge of giving or selling liquor to Indians. Bail in each case was fixed al $2.000 Deputy Marshal Hansen is at present on his way back from Fort Gibbon with the prisaLers.
 The D poe City bank on Monday instituted suit 10 forecloSe on a mortgage given by F. B. Lemere. The complaint states that on May 2l, 1907. the defendant executed his note fir s64946. payable three months later a the Dome bank. This Mas secured by a mortgage on a
 Ie-auarter interest in lower No : below. sec. nd tier. right limit, of Dome creek Only S2o on the note is alleged to have been paid.
 \. A T. Johnny. of Fort Yukon. who was indicted by the grand jury for forg ry. pleaded not guilty on Monday and his case was set for trial on March 2.
 Al.,r being out for three and one-half hours the jury irving the case of Henry Cook V. Charles ]. Robinson and H. B Parkin. trustee for the creditors Cf c. j. Robinson. inter y,nor. brought in a verdict to the effect that Robinson was insolvent Cn July 1> and also on August 4 or four months lefore the adjudication of Robinson bankrupt By this yer dict the plaintiff will take his pro rr.a of the returns of the estate The plaintiff. pri~r to the filing of the ' titiun by Robinson. had brought suit for debt and taken an attach ment against the property for debt. The trustee for he creditors inter vened and claimed that Robinson was insolyent al the time the at tachment was levied and that the attachment made Cook a preferred creditor.
 On motion of 'he district attorney rhe case of ne Uri,al States vs. D. F Fitzgerald indicted as Tom Butler. was postponed until July r., because of the inability of Thomas R Howard the principal witness, to attend Howard is still suffering from the effec's of the gunshot wound alleged 10 have been inflicted by Fi'zg raid. and he will not be able 10 travel for some months yet. His