The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-10-05
HEAVY DOCKET IN
DISTRICT COURT
Two Important Distillcry Cases
to Be Tried at Term
This Week.
SUITS AGAINST RAILWAYS
Alleged Fraudulent Bankrupt to
Be Tried on Two Counts.
The Docket.

with n heavy docket. tho October
term OF tho United States District
Court will convene tomorrow morning
at II o'clock. Tho grand jury has been
| called to meet at that hour. AS far m
ls known. tho District Attorney will
have only a few bills OF indictment 10
present. most Of tho indictments having
| been brought In At Alexandria. The
civil docket viii 10 called at ~ O'Clock
TWO important internal revenue cases
are to be tried, and three suits OF tho
government against railroads
The corLnscatton proceedings brought
by the District Attorney against tho
proprietors of the pocahontas Distil-
this term. Recently the pocahontas
was seized By revenue officers for al
legged attempt to defraud tho govern
mcnt OF Its tax on whiskcy. but was
allowed to resume operations under
heavy bond. In event the suit is sue
ccssful tho bond. instead of the d.stil-
lery Will be claimed by the government.
No attempt has been made TO indict
the officers of the distiilery In conncc-
ton with the alleged fraud charges.
To Try DiAtillers.
The Gaze of tho United States against
Barton e. Harper. to be heard this
term. Is better known az the Beaver
Dam Distillery case. The Beaver Dam
Distillery. in Mecklenburg County, was
seized some time ago By revenue ofri-
nal revenue tax. Barton. the govern
ment storekeeper-gaug and Harper,
the proprietor. were arrested and in
dicted.
Tho distillery was found In opera
ton In the absence Of the storekeeper-
gauger. vino IS alleged TO have gone
homo without locking the valves Tho
officers captured q wagon load OF un-
stamped whiskey claimed TO have been
brought from the distlllcry.
The suit against the Southern Rail
way for violation of tho law regulat-
Ing the number or hours an ernploys
can be made to work in any day OF
,"enty-four hours will be tried
Twenty-si1 instances Of alleged viola
ton OF this law arc cited by the dis
trict attorney, and the government
claims damages OF $500 on each viola
ton.
Two suits against tho seaboard Air
Limo Railway. one for violation Of the
cattle quarantine law and another for
failure to fulfill the airbrake law, will
be heard at this term.
bankrupt Fraud Alleged.
The case of the United States against
Weinstein Is expected to attract I'M
usual interest Weinstcin Is alleged
10 have conspired TO dcfraud his credi-
tors In taking the bankrupt law Short
~ after he filed a voluntary petition
IN bankruptcy re was arrested on the
complaint OF some OF his creditors
who alleged that he Ind secretly moved
$1,000 worth Of stock from his shelves
before declaring his insolvency. Two
counts were returned against him !,
The trial docket for this term. as
IT has been made out at this time. fol-
lows:
October and .. We.nstcin cases;
October .. United states vs. Purity Ice
Cream Company; October Q. United
States va. Five Barrels OF Whiskcy;
October 10 and IL. United States VS.
Barton and Harper; October 10. United
States vs. sea board Air Line Railway
Company; october 10, United States vs.
southern Railway Company: October
IL United states VS.. Seabonrd AIR Line
Hallway Company, for violation OF
cattle quarantine law; October Il.
United States VS.. John L. Fowler: DC
tober l5 United states VS.. Pocahontas
Distillery: October &c. Interstate lar
ceny cases: October 10 United States
vs.. Board Armstrong Company.