The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-12-08

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 nder the circumstances, he
 defendant could not announce | seif ready for trial.
 District Attorney Street had given copies If all that he has in his pos session but that there are other doc isaenas not complete and some not 'npe in his possession which he ex- recs prove by secondary evidence.
 hnve furnished them with a copy Hf instrument referred to in tho iic.u nt." the district attorney "I
 ,1e other documents relating to fiesa oweyer, but I do not under
 stand at the law requires me to give % 1e these"
 lNa9 Grubb was not disposed to cell any postponement of the case and bo ssaisl to the attorneys for the de- feneaat that he would permit them to fsre1.an nI ne and re-cross examine wit noises Who have testimony connected f'th book that is being brought 1ncs m New York after it is re-
 Fed He held that the books are ea' end ne Jurisdiction of the court ard ne taef 1t Is not here cannot be used as sroi ds for continuance. He an nouHasd that the court would rule ga nsr 2. continuance. thereupon the machinery of the court was set in mo-
 i and the jury was formed within Ha napr.
 District Attorney Street stated the lf9m the viewpoint of the prose- aufieH t0 the jury, eXcusing himself nn1 eading the indictment in full s1nse is was so voluminous. He said inat flo indictment contains 15 counts eoserinE the same offense.
 u W. Knights scheme to defraud ao eust1mers of Knight, Yancey &
 'e said, was in drawing a bill of exchange payable to Knight Yan- aey 2 co At the same time he would oIsa pill of lading purporting to e1@ fhGG Knight, Yancey & Co.,, had aHFed rom some point unknown to he grand jury. While Guino Gavarati as ssunrant that the bill of lading ,oa fsls he paid the bill of exchange
 ghs livalent of about s75OO and Hs eoitl that he bought was never delivered 70 him.
 HrjeH violation Of the postal law. sfaTah inc district attorney, consisted in fte U Q. the mails to forward forged tHs "a ngs and bill of exchange. In e0n1ilisl1 Mir. Street said. we will prove VH defendants scheme was one at eat lagnitude, amounting to mill d1n of liars. He forged from 15OO to 2ae ilr 1ading for cotton amounting Co g 4B.c'i
 htt1rreF Callahan for the defense made gaHers enial of the allegations in the HGic'rnea He said the defendant is on ciai fnr sing the United States mails a e heina to further scheme of fraud. He eeuisd that the defendant has ever tcteea 6 rsl of lading and that the gov asufaaBf cannot prove that he did this fie eK pst to show that every transaction made by ohn w. Knight was a matter og record i'd the books of Knight, Yancey ,e Co and is open to the inspection of iiia varli
 fNefa arei more than 60 witnesses ir i}e es4e rfd it Is expected that the trial 2iil coesutae at least five more days. Tho atlcgnes re prepared to fight every fnfA ot ground in the case and some oi heif xGecA to be here week. Judge Crpbs srdeed that the first witness be c2ilea but as he did this his attention r..s called to the hour of and court g aa aa3Jiirred until Friday at o'clock Eepresen'atives of several foreign cred ftars of IslA 'ht Yancey x Co.,, are watch. Ing the cas- closely. They are interested io fine rnii ad suits that will be called fat ihe cci lsion of the Knight, Yancey E C1 tislf