Evening journal., 1917-05-24
State Wins IN
TWO PICKET Cases
Lower Court Judgment in
Two Other Cases, How
ever, is Reversed
TO INTERPRET
BOTTLE LAW"

Trial OF the appeal cases OF the city
against Nicholas j.. Lannan and John }.
Wilhelm. who were convicted in the Alu-
nicipal Court last spring Of violating a
local ordinance by calling "scab' as well
as vile and indecent names at workers
in the Belts Machine Companv's plant
while they were acting as pickets dur
ing a strike, was resumed before Judges
Rice and Hoisel and Jury In court to-
day. There are seven Of these cases
Lannan and Wilhelm are involved Joint
~ in two of the cases; Wilhelm alone
is named in four eases, while lAnnan
alone is involved in one case. There arc
different prosecuting witnesses in each
of the cases.
Court this morning continued the trial
of The second of the cases involving
Wilhelm. begun yesterday afternoon.
John Regain, the complaining witness.
testified that Wilhelm, IN prosecuting his
picket work near the plant. endeavored
TO steer him away from the Belts shops
TO another lob. and that when ne refused
to leave, called him a "rotten skunk, "
preiXed by a profane epthet.
After the jurors had retired to con-
slider their verdict the fourth Of tho
seven cases was called in which Wilhelm
again was alone involved
Weightman Bryan was the prose-
cutting winners i'm this case. He COM
planned that Wilhelm on many occa-
sions called "scab" at him as he was
going to or from his work at the Belts
machine shop. pausing after the word
"scab,' then adding shop" and that
one time Wilhelm made use OF pro-
fame epithets in referring TO him as q
'scab' to another person.
F. ]. Frank Ball. Wilhelm's counsel
asked BRYAN If he hadn't threatened
to do Wilhelm mp" and also what
he did upon overhearing the remarks
made concerning him by Wilhelm tC
the person to whom Wilhelm was
/ speaking.
Bryan denied making the threat
and explained that at the time the re
marks were made about him he had
/ several suits OF clothes on his arms
as he was moving from one boarding
house TO another and besides "ther'
were two Of them"
Wilhelm denied the allegations
While he was testifying the jury IN
the other case against him came II
with a verdict OF not guilty. at which
he smiled broadly in appreciation.
The last case was given to the iurl
after a brief summing up by boil
sides and a verdict Of guilty was re
turned. In another case in which
wilhelm alone was involved, tried
yesterday afternoon. the Jury con
q. 4 r,r lou n
The appeal trials have resulted Il
two reversals of judgment and tw
combinations Of the decision Of III
lower court, wilhelm Individual
being found guilty in two cases an
not guilty in one in which he alon
was defendant. and in the case
which he and Lannon were named e
gether.
This was the last OF the trials. A.
A. sistant City Solicitor Lynn informe
: the court that witnesses In two
J the cases had moved out Of the juri
diction OF the State and asked thu
Judgment be reversed. Judge Rice al
J nounced an order TO that effect. II
: same was taken IN regard 20 one
the cases yesterday.
No more civil cases will be trie
, this week. the court dismissing th
: Jurors until Monday morning II
, court will sit i'm banc tomorrow
hear a stated case I'm which an Il
E terpretation of the bottle law repeal'
) will be sought Facts in the cas-
have been agreed upon by Attorne
General Reinhardt and Philip /. Ga
gett. who will Seek a ruling from III
court on several points In the lay