Weekly journal-miner., 1915-11-10
VERDICT OF NOT
 GUILTY IS RETURNED
(From Thursdays OailyO

Not guilty" was the verdict re- turned by the jury of six men after being out but fifteen minutes in the trial of E. J. Flock of Glendale on a charge of killing deer before the open ing of the 1915 season. The case was tried before Justice of the Peace McLane yesterday and the six jurors were l.. H. Johnson, s. E. Wallace, R. N. Morrell, E. A. Engle, Tut Ballinger and Art Cook. Deputy County Attorney Morgan handled the case for State Game Warden Willard who swore to the complaint, while Attorney Joe Porter of Glendale, rep resented the defendant.
 Attorney J. F. Russell and N. H. Getchell were the principal witnesses tor the prosecution and a Mexican named Andreas Sedilles also testified. The defendant and J. E. Lewis or Glendale were the only men placed on the stand by the defense.
 RusselPs testimony was to the ef- feet that on September 30, he with his family and Getchell with his family left for Camp Wood on a deer hunt ing trip arriving there late that even ing. On October l, Russell met Flock and had a conversation in which, it is alleged, Flock told Rus sell that the party he was with killed three deer on the day before. Ac- cording to Russell, Flock said that On the day before he killed a deer. The attorney in the conversation said, "you were pushing the season were you not?" and it is said that Flock replied, it does not make any differ ence." Getchell was present during the conversation and he verified the statements made by Russell. He said that the talk took place on October 1. and that Russell asked Flock If the deer was shot that day or the day be fore and the defendant is said to have replied at that time that it was yesterday"
 Flock was with a party of other men from Maricopa. county and both Russell and Getchell testified that on the evening of October l, they saw a machine leave with the head of deer sticking out over the side of the rear scat.
 The Mexican who during Septem- Der was working on the Harmon ranch at Camp Wood said that he hired a horse to Flock to go hunting somewhere around the last of Sep tember or the first of October. He said that on the day he saw Flock hunting he returned with a small deer with its head cut off. He asked the defendant whether it was buck and he replied that it was. The Mexican said that he was not sure whether it was or not.
 Flock in telling his story said that he and a party of Glendale and Phoe- nix men left in two automobiles for Camp Wood on the morning of Sep tember % getting as far as Kirkland. On the 27th they reached Camp Wood and on the morning of the 18th he said that he tried to obtain a horse from the Harmon ranch so that he could go hunting. Lameness in one of his legs made horse necessary to trail the deer. He could not obtain the horse on the 18th nor on the 2oth when he returned for the second time. On the 3t0h of September he rented the horse from the Mexican and start ed to make the trip to Pine Flats which is over ten miles away from tine Harmon ranch. It was the inten- ton of his party to hunt near the flats. He said that riding the horse aggravated his lameness and he was forced to return to camp and make the trip to the flats in a machine The statement of the Mexican regarding his carrying a deer on the horse he denied and said that it was another man of tine party named Bob. He did not know his last name. The statements made by Russell and Get chell that Flock had said he had killed the three deer were denied by him in his testimony, he claiming that if he did make it, it was lie.