Tombstone epitaph., 1916-07-16
INTRODUCING CASES
 DISMISSED TODAY

On the grounds that it is impossi- ble to secure conviction owing to insufficient evidence. on motion of County Attorney J. F. Ross in the su- perior court. about twenty cases Of in. troduction of liquor were dismissed from the docket
 The jury in the Jack Frame case re- turned a verdict of not guilty last night on what was claimed to be a plain case of violation of the law. in asmuch as the defendant admitted that he had purchased a government retail license. which was admitted as evidence before the jury. Personal use was the defense and not guilty was the verdict of the jury.
 Following the Frame case this morn ing about the first thing to take place in court was the motion for dismis- sal of all the introduction eases e the docket This means also th,a all the whiskey now being held in the county jail on the introduction cases will be returned to the owners. accord ing to the court order. and within the next few days it will be going out by :sc truck load, as soon as the defend ants now released can get here after the booze.
 Jack Frame claimed his today. con sisting of four cases of whiskey and four barrels Of beer.
 Owing to the fact that the law does not state what constitutes personal use. or what amount may be brought in. il can readily be seen that to at tempt to prosecute the cases will prove useless. it having been tried in the past two weeks of court. The fact that no convictions could be se- cured can not be blamed to the coun- ty attorneys office. for on the con trary he and his assistant worked hard on these cses to obtain convic- tion and had the evidence. but faulty law. nothing to back them up, is the cause. Following are the defendants against whom the cases were dis missed:
 Edward McNeil, Win. Judson. J. P. Henderson, n. r. Krumpiu, Vim. R. lIsnsen, r.. P. Morris. Steve Bojkovich. J. L. Smith. ct al. E. Clash, H. ". T.r-Iy Ygnacio Franco. Ed Nelson, - al. R E Lambert. R. L. Smith, Vm. Kropp, w S Stinson. Andy Johnson. T. B. Caldwell. P. J McNellis. Among the dismissals this morning
 
 ed during the past two weeks. which were cases of selling liquor and not introducing. These cases will be tried during this term of court, having been set on the calendar for hearing las: Saturday.
 Other matters were disposed of in the court this morning besides the dismissal of the bootlegging cases. In the case of the State vs. Alberto Rodriguez charged with burglary at Douglas the defendant changed his plea of not guilty to guilty and re ceived a sentence in the county jail of six months.
 This afternoon the case of the State ve. Francisco Moreno and Jose Giro. charged with highway robbery at Bis bee is on. the jury having been se- lected just before the noon hour. and it is expected will be completed by the time evenig recess is taken. C. l.. Brinkley, who was brought back from Los Angeles on a charge of mbezzling money from the Norton Morgan Commercial company at CO chise. was sentenced to serve a term f not less than three nor more than ten years in the penitentiary at Flor ence. He entered . plea of guilty. 1, Rafael Moreno and Ramon Ar nenta, who were arrested at Lowell on July { on a charge of having stolen two burros and saddles from Pirtle- vile. were committed to the industrial school at Fort Grant by the juvenile court and were taken to that insti- | tution this morning hv nenutv SherifF