Weekly journal-miner., 1915-10-06
WAH HEARING TO
 BRING UP BIG QUESTION
(From Saturdays DaiIy)

NrIOm SoIu1Qdy Odlly)
 For the first time since the "dry" amendment has gone into effect in the State of Arizona it is expected that the question of whether or not liquor can be imported into the State, will be brought up for decision in Yavapai county.
 It is believed that the subject will be brought to head here through the efforts of Attorney Robert E. Morrison in behalf of Dong Wan, the Chinaman who is having a hear ing on charges of selling and intro ducing liquor into the boundaries of the State from California.
 Morrison, after the case of the pros ecution had been completed in the jus tice court yesterday on the charge of selling liquor, stated that so far as he could see there was no evi- dence of any value at all in the sell ing case and that in the other he stated that he would have important legal questions to present for Judge McLane's decision today at 2 o'clock when the hearing will be resumed for the third time. Although Morrison would not state that he was going to base his case on recent decisions by the Supreme court ill the Kentucky case and Appellate court of California, in regard to bringing liquor into the State for personal consumption, he declared that Wah, the defendant, used the contents of the bottles as medicine to cure his rheumatism. It is taken from this that Morrison will try to set aside the evidence and tcs- timony of w. P. How, which he claims is inconsistent and cannot be confirmed, and will try to prove that Wah imported the liquor for his per sond use, claiming that a decision should be rendered in favor of the defendant.
 During the hearing yesterday it is claimed that clever little stunt was pulled by a number of the Chinamen in the courtroom who favor the case of the defendant While How was on the stand telling of purchasing the three bottles of whiskey on Septem- Der 4, he was asked what he had done with the bottles. In replying, he stat ed, that they were in his backyard down in Chinatown and that he could get the1A. Assistant County Attorney Morgan asked the witness to go to his place with Undersheriff Marks and obtain the bottles. About the time the bottles were mentioned three or four of the Chinks who were in the courtroom left and when Marks and How went down after the bottles they were gone. How claims that they were there in the morning.
 Another interesting feature of the hearing occurred when Morrison asked How if he was not the China man who the first of this year came from Calexico to Yuma and then to Phoenix, carrying roll of blankets to Yuma containing eight tins of opium, shipping it from there to Phoe- Elk as baggage and then, when arrest cd by the authorities, denied that the package belonged to him. How dc nied this strenuously.
 As in the first case How told of purchasing the three bottles of whis- key, three sacks of tobacco and a package of cigarette papers, paying for them with check for $. He said yesterday that Wan did not have any money and they went up to Ed Kastner's and cashed the check, Wah l taking the money.
 Kastner, when called to the stand, l said that he remembered cashing the check, and said he gave the money to How. When questioned by Morgan he said he did not know whether How gave the money to Wah or not.