Arizona republican., 1916-07-14
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 FOUND GUILTY
Local Man who Was Ar rested With Huge Amount of Booze in Possession Is Found Guilty in Hurry by Jury.

It required but one ballot for the Jury to reach the unanimous verdict or guilty in the case of tke state yer sus R. H F'uqua, charged with violat- ing .he prohibition amendment
 The case that gave promise at the heginning of being bitterly contested was submitted to the jury without argument, due to the overwhelming testimony introduced by County At torney Clyde M. Candy. The per sonal use' defense that many believed would he difficult to overcome in a hootleSging case, was a flimsv reed when attacked by the prosecutor. Not only this, but the statements of the defendant himself led to conviction. Fuqua flatly denied having left the state since the holidays, despite the fact that he was confronted by men who had seen him in Imperial He even denied having signed the regis ter at Hotel Zirn in Imperial al though the pages from tse bool where he had signed were placed in his hand. J. ]. Pagan of the Central Bank identified the signature as Flu qras.
 Judge Stanford announced that he would pass sentence at 9:sO o'clock this morning.
 When court opehcd yesterday. Mir. Gandv dismissed tle case against R. A. Higgins, who was charged jointly with Frqua of violating the amend ment and called him as witness for the state He told of the automobile trip to California with FNucala and their subsequent arrest between Buckeye ard Palo Verde, last month by the local officers. There had been no attempt tc conceal the liquor
 Asked Judge A. c. Baker for the defense, when he called Fuqua to the stand: What did you intend to do with the whiskey?"
 Drink it''
 He explained that he did not care to make frequent trips and wished to have a supply that would last him some time
 How much did you nave?" asked the county attorney.
 Sixteen cases of whiskey some wine and beer"
 Twelve quarts in case. 19e quarts of whiskey for your own per- sonal use. How much are you in the habit of drinking?"
 One case a month"
 Isn't it a fact that you have made frequent trips to ImperiaI?"
 No"
 Didn't you make a trip On Ianu- | ary s?'
 T object" from Judge Baker, "f protest It is immaterial, irrelevant ani incompetent and furthermore it tends to show another offense."
 This objection was overruIed as were the ether objections to queries relative to trip taken by Fuqua on March 25.
 Did you not tell your neighbor. D ! D. Morehead that you had brough. over the liquor for Billy Gammello" from the state.
 Stop him said Judge Baker 'T Genounoe the conduct of thc county attorney in court of justice. He is 10 prejudice the jury He
 
 When the objection was overruled MT. Candy asked the witness if he had not had a conv nvsrsation witt Morehead in which he said: The haul cd liquor for Gammcll at s1 a quart?'
 No" was the reply to all questions. "On March 2, at the freight house in Imperial. did you not receive consignment of ten cases of liuuor from Frank Leeper?'
 No"
 On March 9, did you not sign the hpel register at the Finn in Im- perial?
 Nc" again from Fuqua.
 Mir. Candy reminded the witness that despite tho fact that he was the defendant, he was under oath. The court sustained Judge Bakers objection to this. County Attorney Candy was excus- ed for moment and returned to the court room with A. D. Nolan, the sig nal agent at Glamis
 Dc ycu know this man?" he asked toward Nolan.
 No was the response.
 He also denied knowledge of F. NJ. Brodeur, the stage driver between Glamis and Blythe and A J Bruce. ] Los Angeles detective, who under oath, said he had talked to Fuqua at Imperial He gave the number of FC1ua's car as 569O. the number given by FuGua on the stand
 D D. Morehead, the neighbor to whom Mir Candy referred in his cross questions, was called in rebuttal He testified that FuqUa had told him ltout his trips to California for Bil lie Gammell. "I remonstrated with him, but he said there was no danger of getting taught"