Weekly journal-miner., 1916-02-02
FOUND GUILTY OF BOOTLEGG|NG
 BY JURY
JOHN BARANT WILL BE SENTENCED BY JUDGE SMITH ON NEXT FRIDAY AFTERNOON.
From Tuesdays Daily.0

Delibcrating for over three hours during which time many ballots were taken, each with the majority in favor of conviction, twelve men found John Barant guilty of bootlegging, return ing their verdict to Judge Smith ia the Superior court last night at 7:15 o'clock. Foreman Evan Bonham read the verdict. after which the jurist de clared that he would sentence the de- fe1dant Friday afternoon at ? o'clock.
 Instructed by Judge Smith. the jury was given the case and placed in the custody of Bailiff Thomas Marmont at 4 o'clock. The arguments were presented for the State by County Attorney P w. O'Sullivan and Depu- ty County Attorney ]. H. Morgan and for Barant by Attorney A. L. Ham, mond
 During the morning session of court the case of the defense was completed with the examination of fourteen character witnesses and the cross examination of Barant by Deputy Morgan.
 When cross-examined by Morgan, Barant did not answer question in which it was suggested that the three barrels one of the States witnesses had seen taken to the defendants home each contained a hve-gallon dimijohn of whiskey packed in straw. He did admit that the three barrels came from Gallup, New Mexico. He did not deny that he made a trip to Needles, California, and returned with suit cases, the contents of whicn were not mentioned by the prosecution.
 Each of the character witnesses was asked ii he did not know that Barant mad tried to uphold the prohibition amendment since it had gone into ef- feet. County Attorney O'Sullivan ob- jection to the question and he was sustained. The character witnesses were Charles Sauer. D. H. Biles, Matt Andres. Thos. I. Mclaughlin, c. H. Davis. James Enle, Chas. Scholey. Ed. Dillon. Henrv Brinkmeyer. P. ]. Keohane. F. A. McSwiggin, Lester Ruffner and E. H. Meek.
 Dismiss Damage Suit.
 On a motion of Attorney Larsen of Phoenix the suit of ]. s. Hattabough against the United Verde Copper Company was dismissed by Judge Smith. Attorney LcRoy Anderson for the defendant stated that the dis missal was a voluntary act on the part of the plaintiff and that the com pany had not compromised the suit It is stated that Hattabough had ,p1-f-cJ EA- .f,o previous to being hurt. He charged in his complaint that he had been in, caDacitatcd from work and earning a living by steel framework in the smelter plant falling on him. He asked for about S4OO0 damages under the employers liability law. Accord ing to the answer of the defendant. Hattabough when injured was cared for by the company for ten months and was declared in perfect health at the end of that time.
 Probate Business.
 The final accounts and petitions for distribution in the estates of Richard Huffman. deceased. and John Gundall deceased. were set for hearing on February. 1lth.
 Fred Reif, administrator of the Gundall estate in his report gives its value at Sl0,l07 and asked that it be distributed equally between the wid- ow, Mrs. Eva Gundall and the daugh- ter. Miss Mary Gundall. The Com mercial Trust & Savings Bank as ad- ministrator of the Huffman estate asks that three-hfths of it be given to Mrs Mary Jane Cochran of Newton. Kas.; one-hfth to Mrs. Katie H. Gra- ham of Peabody. Kan, and one-hfth to Lizzie C. Huffman of Peabody, Kan. The estate is valued at S2,744.7S
 Trial For Mo Yaen.
 Deputy County Attorney Morgan declared yesterday that the next case