Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1911-12-22

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Dorsey's argument. He summed
up the defenses made by MIR.
Dorsey's arguments. He summed
up the defenses made by Mr..
Dorsey a % Others have viol-
atede the law. (2) Mrs. Bradley
owns the Commercial Hotel. go
a badger fight the night of the
raid The last being the only M
on which any evidence had been
submitted and that was a fake, a
delusion and a fraud. An effort was
made to prove an alibi for John
son. but il was too trifing to con-
slider. Admitting Cotant's evil
dence to be true Johnson had at
least 25 minutes to go from the
bar room to the lookout's chair
where he was found when the raid
was made. There we're two stages
in a game of faro the shutting Of
the cards at the beginning and
tipping up of the casekeeper and
slipping the buttons back iI. place
at the close of the deal. Both Of
these steps were going on when
the officers entered the room.
Another defense was that Reno is
rotten. He came from Reno and
Dorsey from San francisco. There
was more rottenness in San Fran
cisco in a minute than there was
in Reno in a year.
He closed with an earnest ap-
peal to the jury to do its duty and
bring in a verdict of guilty.
Judge Curler concluded at 20
minutes TO 6 o'clock and Judge
Taber read the instructins and at
6 o'clock the case was submitted
to the jury.
The jurors went to supper and
on returning to the jury room
began considering the case. At
sos they reported an agreement.
Judge Taber, the attorneys and
defendants we're notified and the
jury filed into the court room.
When asked if a verdict had been
reached, Foreman Woolverton an
nounced the verdict of not guilty.
The jury was then excused until
10 o'clock Wednesday morning
and court adjourned until that
hour.
When court convened this
morning the question of setting
the cases against All Jim and Jack
Maher was called up. All parties
agreed that it would be impossible
to get a jury to try those cases
out Of the present panel and Judge
Taber excused the jurors from
further attendace on court. The
court finally set $3.50 this after
noon as the time for setting the
All jim and Maher ca.es for trial.
The defense in the Mahcr case
asked for the appointment of a COM
mission to take the depOsitions of
the four New Workers who were
caught at the roulette wheel at
the time of the raid. This matter
was set for $3.50 o'clock.
Before adjourning court, Judge
Iaber commented upon the verdict
returned by the jury last night.
He said that while it is true that
individual jurors sometimes do
wrong intentionally he could not
say that the IL jurors did wrong
Intentionally last night. Whether
they made a mistake or not. he
did not believe the jury did wrong
intentionally. lie did not think that
jurors generally have the right
idea Of their duties. When jurors
say they will go by the law and
evidence in a criminal case,
counsel have a right to believe
they will do their duty and not be
Influenced by outside matters. He
hoped that what he said would
influence jurors hereafter to be
more careful in answering questions
touching their qualifications TO sit
on a jury. What ne said was not
a disapproval of the jury's action,
but to impress jurors of the neces
sity of being more careful when
under examination.
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