The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-07-14
WOOD AND RHEA
GET 10 MONTHS
Judge Waddill Sentences Broad
Rock Distillcrs to Prison Term
and $500 Fine.
ONE YEAR FOR WILLIAMS
Beer-Runner Gets Shorter Term,
bur Is Fined the Same
Amount.

+ formerly owner and manager. respee.
lively. OF the Broad Mock Disti!lio.,
Company. OF Chesterfield county. con.
r.cted OF violations OF the Internal rcve-
nue laws. were ycsterday sentenced by
jsase Edmund Waddn. Jr.. in the U. s.
District Court 10 s.rve eighteen
months in tho Federal prison at A,lan-
u. and to pay each d ane OF $500
AHt"eE W. Williams. Ocer-runner OF
nc cciHnet disi.llcgy. ara convicted on
me same screra! charge. was tined $500
ana sentenced to twelve months in,
p.!sor!aen..
attorneys L O. weAaeabure ono
George =. Anderson. VINO nave been
Conducting losing aeAt Tor the &c.
itnaaHta since tho secure Of the ais
I4!egy ~ December. 1914 al once noted
an appeal Judge Waddnl h.ed Mon
@1y' JIiy - US ;"e day upon whioh to
! "4N BIZ o. exceptions ana asrlgn er-
Eo!s- The prisoners were admitted to
/ uail $1,000 IN The Gas. O! Wood and
hnea' ana $4,000 In the case % VA
li1ms
I Convicted on Two Counts.
On June i. ,he jury In the Uniteo
states District Court found the de.
.encanta guilty on Two .. tie numcr-
Gus counts contained IN the ind!ctrnea..
d 4ne hTst charged the men with operat-
ING I!-t.ue!y wiki the Intent of de-
I iFaudlng the government OF part OF
tnc tax On spirits manufactured there.
and the second with making false en-
tl.es IN inc ooohs required 10 be kept
{ ~ iae revenue department. 4 veralct
was brought in b. ne Jury after con.
hour
i motion 10 set aside the verde, was
az onee made ~ counsel ior the Ieiense
{ and sentence was suspended to permit
hearing on the notion on July 6
After listening TO two hours OF argu-
inent OF that day. Judge Wadd'n re-
fused to g-ant a. new trial but cefer-
rcd sentence I'll yesterday 10 permit
/ Tie defense 10 ale bin OF exceptions.
/ nc sentence pronounce yesterday Of
i.-ial!y ends The case 50 Ear a. the trial
. co-gt IS concerned.
Wiil Go to supreme Court.
Il was stated BY counsel FOR the de-
iensc yesterday that the case OF Wood
w.l. be taken 10 the sunrene cnpr, Of
The United states. The Arst count upoa
which tae d.til.cr was Convicted It is
Claimed. Involves { constitutional right
and may .. properly taken 10 the h.gh-
est tribunal for adjudication.
( In passing sentence upon him yester-
day. his attorneys claim the cour; viz
tr1lly undertakes 10 punish WOOD twice
~. rs*~ .---4+l t--F4ASSt aiaNG nc mas al
ready been punished once on the charge
Ct conducting Z dlst.Nety In an Illicit
manner. b. the conIScatlon OF his MAN.
- q resalt OF The Ia rem proceedings
saa!nst Tie Broad Rock D!stnlin.- Com
a-sny which resulted In victory for
the government.
Tacy summon TO their support, the
constitutional provision against placing
any one in Jeopardy more than once
Tor single oifense. and the .henry
mat The word 'jeopardy rs used in
The Constitution is equivalent 10 '.pun-
isament-" SUCH construction ~ the
term. II IS claimed. has been supported
by various courts
In ruling upon this point AZ the hear
ing on July t. Judge Waddlll express
co doubt as 70 the proper cours. that
should be taken. but took the position
that the point was too delicate to be
Passed upon finally by ,ne trial court.
Was sensational Case.
The case Just ended was IN many
respects the most sensational heard in
the local court in years The Original
Among other ofenscs these charged
that :. 2. Wood owner OF the dlstil-
lery. OF q number OF occasions paid
10 the government sto~ekeeper- guager
sums Of money to induce him 10 wink
at violations Of the revenue laws.
Eihclbert E!more. once bookkeeper for
thc dcfUnct distlllery and later the
governments sta. witness. introduced
IN evidence private notebook con
tanning records plrport!ng 10 snow that
Wood authorized the payment to the
government gauger OF So for every
barrel OF spirits nc permitted 10 70 b.
GntaNpaid- Williams. according :, Ell
more received { rake-on OF 81 tor
every barrel similarly p.sSea.
Tlttr b.
storekeeper gauger, alleged TO have
received brides at the hands OF Woods
and his asso ;iatcs, was arrai sned
shortly after The seizure OF the dis
tiHory. The jury foUnc il impoa sole
10 reach an agreement and ne WAS re-
leased on bond. The case viii come
Up again al the next criminal term. In
this. well as the stner case the
prosecution was ably conducted by
District Attorney Lunstord L. Lewis
and Assistant District Attorney Robert
+. Talley.
DistiiIcry Forfeited.
The Burroughs trial was followed by
IL rem proceedings against the Broad
Rock Distilling Company and proceed
Ell on the same general testimony.
Revenue officers testified TO finding con-
cealed tanks on the d.stillery premises
aa well as other evidences indicating
violations OF the revenue survey. The
jury returned verdict of guilty and
the distllory was forfeited TO the
government ana later sold at public
auction.
! In the case of Rhea and williams. it
ie understood. an error will be noted
/ IL. the appeal. arising from the claim
that neither ono had anything 10 do
/ with the keeping of the records. The
second count upon which the jury CON
victed charged the defendants with
making false entries. 'rhe books. II Is
claimed by the defense were kept by
Elmore. the discharged bookkeeper and
government Witness.
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