The Alaska citizen. (Fairbanks, Alaska) 1910-1917, 1912-12-23
RARNE1TE BANK CASES
Being TRIED At VALDEZ

tons OF the court took up the en-
lire morning. At noon the case went
o the jury. and siA hours later the
verdicts OF guilty and not guilty.
respectively, were reported.
When the verdict was announced
;he attorneys for the defendants
moved that the sentence be not pro
nounced for several days. to which
there was no objection offered by
the government 1t is presumed that
Barnette will ask for a new trial.
HE conviction of the eX-banker
is attributed by the government at,
torneys to the testimony of j. l..
Sale. the Fairbanks jeweler; r. c.
Wood, president OF the First Nation
albank; and r. G.. Noyes. receiver
of the bank which Barnette is ac-
Cused of wrecking. The testimony
Of these witnesses was given without
restraint or effort to protect the
men on trial and apparently had
greater weight with the jury than
the testimony of either John \
Clark or John l.. McGinn.
The crime of making false report.
upon which Barnette was convicted.
Is a mlsdemeanor under the stat
utes, and is punishable by a maxi
mum sentence of one year in Jail
or by fine not exceeding 81 900
The trial which was concluded to.
day was the third case against Cap
tain Barnette. The first case was
tried before Judge Lyons without
4 jury, and resulted in verdict of
not guilty. b. r. Dusenbury was a
"o-defendant with Barnette, the
charge being false report. The men
were acquitted on the testimony OF
/ John l.. McGinn.
The second case was one of per-
jury against Barnette and Wing,
and the two men were acquitted in
this instance on the testimony of
John A. Clark. who declared under
oath that neither of the bankers
had sworn to the false report which
he had made out for them. The YER
dict OF the jury was instructed.
The names of the jurors who tried
both the perjury and the false re.
nort cases are as follows: Thomas
Stamey, Ed Austin, Elliott Steward
A. NJ Bake. Charles Whalen, Allen
Johnson. A Bell. H. S. Coleman. c.
iiubbdlu. "a
Hunt and p. G. Cameron
EMBEZZLEMsNT CASE ON.
VALDEZ, Dec. IS - The selection
of jury for the trial of Captain
+. T. Barnette took up the whole OF
the time of the court today, and at
the close of the afternoon session
but two had been accepted. Judge
Lyons has issued a call for a special
venire. Teturnable tomorrow morn
! ing.
The indictment on which Barnette
is being tried charges that. as pres
ident of the bank. he embezzled the
sum of s10.0C3.30 on April 10. 1910,
by drawing out of the bank money
which he claimed to be his own, at
a time when he knew that the bank
was insolvent
Similar indictments charge him
with the ENLIGHTENMENT of $4,000 or
April 10. 1910; s10,OO495 on May
>. 1910. and $4,000 on June g.
1910. 1t is probable that these in
dictments will be consolidated for
trial with the first one mentioned
Albert Fink will. in all probability
be Barnette's counsel in these cases
THE JURY COMPLETE.
VALDEZ, Dec. 20. - The jury TO
try the case of f. T. Barnette Upcn
The embezzlement charges was com
pleted last evening. When court OPP
ened this morning Attorney Fink
started his argument for dismissal
Of the cases or for an instructed
verdict of Not Guilty" he argued
he point until 90 minutes 10 noon,
when District Attorney Crosslcr
started in argument against Fink
proposal. Crossley will probably DC
upr all the afternoon with this
arguments as to why the case should