Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1917-08-24

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during the examinations, nj in this
connection he stated:
My reason for remaining through
out the hearing In che conspiracy case
was solely that / wanted to prevent
the necessity Of having two Of the
Mrs. McInerny and Mrs.
White, present in court, / understand
Mr.. McInerny and Mr. QKeefe and as
they can arrange to be present, ] don't
see any necessity Of my remaining
here.
.aaThe fact that I leave now, must
not be taken as an indication that /
am on the verge Of waving the rights
OF my client OF myself. I am going,
because there is nothing to do
for me here. and I repeat my protest
against this procedure because our
best evidence is still being held in fed
eral custody at Fargo. II new wit
nesses r brought into these cases, l
do not desire to be called for
examination. We waive no rights
Mr.. Bangs then left the court room.
Much Testimony offered.
The state offered in evidence the
testimony Of James G. Hennessey, who
was examined on the very first day Of
the preliminary hearing in the con-
SpAAo Any 06O VI lAlS SCSIlkAkOAy VI e -
Watkins, G. w. Finwall and K. p.
Gown. as introduced into the conspir-
acy case record, vas also offered in
evidence, as was the testimony of Joe
Scott, Fl. Golden, M. Zepski, H. Laur-
ent, A. Frye, s.. N. Bekken. P. Bushaw,
Cecil Lille, Peter %Standahl, J.. Filteau,
F. Boyer and G.. Richardson.
mony to offer in case No. 81 and upon
McInerny's statement that he had
nothing to offer, the state rested.
( One Witness Examined.
Case No. 80. also charging bootleg
ging, was then called. The state had
one witness, Ben Lundy, q cattle buy
er. Of 727 Second avenue, who said
he had held a beer contract with MI.
McInerny.
Until early this year the witness had
had beer delivered to his house in this
city by the employees of Mr.. McInerny,
and when deliveries stopped, he had
gone to the brewery himself in order
to secure beer.
Mr.. Lundy said that he could not
read English. Consequently he had
not read the beer contract, but had
been generally informed as to its con-
tents and had then affixed his sigma
ture. Upon M occasion, the witness
had received four asses Of beer in n
day, The reason being that he had a
party at his house. q
In answer to a question by MI.
Bronson, the examining attorney, the
witness admitted that several OF
those present had paid their share
Of the expense connected with obtains
ing the beer.
The defendant asked the witness
only n question:
did the clerks at the brewery
know that the beer you asked for was
for others than yourself7" IA.
The witness answered:
mo, I told them it was all for NV
self"
Thereupon the witness was ex-
cused. $40,
Two Other Cases Finished.
Cases No. Is and %, involving re-
spectively James G. Hennessey and J.
the forenoon session. :.
It is probable that all of the cases
will be finished some time tomorrow
unless unforeseen changes in the
plans OF the prosecution take place.
The state is reported to be willing
to withdraw sixteen OF the complaints
on condition that the defendants
the defendants seem unlikely to do,
to Judge from the statements made
in the court this morning.
Tt was said today that the attitude
Of the defendants in the actions now
pending viii be determinative to some
extent regarding the cases which are
scheduled to come before the Minne-
sofa and the federal courts. On Sap.
, , TENDER 4 the complaints against Mr.
Mc!nerny and the East Grand Forks
Prewory company will be called be-
fore q court in Crookston, and it is
expected that the federal cases will
this year. The conspiracy case II
which Judge Mclaughlin yesterday
rendered his decision, probably VIII
BIO tried in the district court in this
city some time in December. A num-
Der of other cases in which Mr.. NC
!nerny is the sole defendant, were
heard this afternoon.