The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-04-07
BURROUGHS CASE
Up FOR NEW TRIAL
Government Will Resume Prose
cution OF Indicted Broad
Rock Gauger.
SCORE OF CASES ON DOCKET
District Court at Spring Term
Faces Many Revenue Law
Infractions.

Between Twenty-Five and thirty cases
on the criminal docket await DISPOSE
tiou by the United Stntes District Court.
which opens to-day for its regular
spring term. The work OF the session
begins at 10 O'clock this morning with
The impancling o. the grand jury. The
caliinS OF the petit jury viii follow
tomorrow.
Cases involving ATTRACTIONS of the
revenue laws Will hold the centre Of
the stage. Interest locally rests chiefly
IN the cases OF the United States against
Thomas A. Roberts. manager and score,
tnry OF the Henrico Distilling Company:
against officers and employees OF the
rocahontas Distilling Company. of
Chesterfield County. and against Oren
T Burroughs. who was the govern
ment s;orekeeper- sauger in the plant
az the Broad Rock Distilling Company
2 the time OF its seizure In January,
1912. Prosecution OF the last two cases
= former terms of the District Court
resulted In mistrials
Faces bribery Charge.
Burroughs was indicted by the grand
Jury on April T.. 1912, on several counts
charging that me conulVcd with the
owners of the Broad Rock DistillinG
Company now under sentence for their
part in the frauds. 10 rob the govern
ment Of part Of the tax on spirits man
Chesterfield County. The chief wit
ness against him is Ethelhert Gilmore.
hoollkeeper of the dcfunct distiilery.
who testified when the case was tried
That he had paid to the gauger 81 for
each barrel of spirits he permitted to
pa SO untaNpald
Elmore introduced in evidence a pri-
Nate notebook purportins 10 show a
record of the Illicit transactions which,
under the order OF c. y. Wood, owner
"f the distillerv. he said he carried on
with the government employe The
irregularities. the government; charges.
were continued for months before they
were discovered. and resulted in frauds
iuNoiving thousands of dollars Bur
roughs, who lives in Newport News.
was defended by ID. Lawrence Groner
Of Norfolk. now United States district
attorney. He denied all knowledge Of
The irregularities charged. The case
lesulted in mistrial, and Will be
called again At the present term OF
court
Charges Assault on Ofcer
An indictment returned by the grand
Jury on October o charges Thomas A.
ltoberts. manager and secretary of the
ilenrico Distilling Company. with an
attempted assault upon Division Den
MY Collector l.. p. Southwark, while
The latter was pursuing an investiga
ton At the plant. The true bill con
'''iHS Ailitt tbiHlS anu sets lOTth,
among other things that the defend :
ant STAYED in barrels of spirits which
the revenue officer was attempting 10
Test
The difficulty grew out OF the dis
covery OF alleged Irregularities NJ the
plant or the ienrico Distilling Com :
pany. involving evasions OF the inter
nal revenue taxes. Roberts II is
charged. attempted TO obstruct the in
NestiGations OF the revenue officers and
tried TO strike Deputy Collector south
ward with AN axe The ease comes up
Tor trial for the first time ~ the pres
cnt term
Pocnhontns Cn>c Up.
The case OF the United States against
the Pocahontas Distilling COMPANY, OF
Chesterfield County, dates from April
> 1871 y w. Jones. Burt Jones and
stephen Bullock were Indicted OH that
Gate upon two counts charging con-
cealment and the aiding in conceal
meni OF certain quantities of corn
Whishey distilled at the plant near
Petersburg. y shore. l. g. shore
and John " Philips. officers OF the
distillery, We're Indicted upon four
counts charging operation of the plant
with intent to defraud the government.
The shores. Phillips, 4. G. Scott and
solomon Mason w.yc further Jointly in
"lcted ln.'SS- cOuuts for conspiracy In
me operations. \ true bill was found
AZ inc tlme also against ", afcK.
hughes, The storekccper- gauger in
charge OF the ds,illery who was
charged with completely in the frauds
against the government The prose
'utlon OF The case against the primci-
i'a!S OF the Pocahuntas DistilIing Com
rany resulted ia a mistrial.
Expect Many Indictmcntn.
The grand jury. it IS expected win
This week return number of indict-
mentS on The strength of charges
which have hoon under preparation IN
Inc Office OF the United States district
Httorney District Attorney D. Law
ience Groner Of Norfolk will arrive
lh the city to day 10 take charge of
prosecutions He VIII be assisted bv
Assistant District Attorney Hiram NJ
smith, who was recently named by Al
torney General McEcynolds 10 succeed
Robert II Talley
The failure OF the tInited states t,n-
cut Court of Appeals 10 send down a
mandate in the case Of the f,mitcG
states against G. 3. Wood j NJ. Rhea
"nd /. w Williams. principals Of The
Sroad Rock Dis;iilinr Company. will
mean that the fine aud Imprisonment
sentences under which they resi- win
not ne executed ut TINS term y thirty
Gay stay OF mandate was. granted on
March % by the Court Of .irpeals in
me case OF Wood who asked for Tim,
!" permit him 10 prepare an appiica
non Tor writ Of ccrtioraii TO Tho Sn.
pfene Court of tic United states