Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1917-08-21
the brewery were leased by Mr.. Nc
Inerny who. Of course. could not go to
work and change all that.

fHS~S suN&MlGs 4gIFTa-f
Semi-B arbarous Laws.
."The state comes here with various
fimsy charges. and they q do so
because the entire prohibition legisla-
ton of North Dakota is semi-barbar-
GUS. Our laws are almost as they were
ffty-sixty years ago, that Is, merely
a Qualification OF the common law. All
other states, or nearly all, have Inn
proved their criminal laws.
For instance, 1t is unthinkable in
many states that q committing magis-
trate is himself an interested party in
the proceedings before him. In our
state the magistrate depends entirely
upon the fees he receives. But I musr
be congratulated because Of your hon
or's presiding over this hearing. For
more than rs years you have exercised
your judicial duties in a fair and i'm
partial manner, and the wisdom gath
cred by you throughout these many
years is a safe guide for you in this
case. g@tt
Now. Jul laws also provide that
the prosecutor car present his argu-
ment to which the defendants U
sci may reply. But then h state is
given an opportunity to make a clos
Ing argument in which it may bring
in all its strongest facts while the de-
PENDANT must abstain from making
any further remarks.
st think, your honor, that I have
finished my presentation of the facts,
and I now submit the case to you."
The Old Testament in Court.
Mr.. Bronson began his closing argu-
ment by saying:
"Mr. Bangs spoke yesterday for two
hours and forty minutes, and today he
spoke for one hour. He has given a
description of himself as the Moses
who brought this poor, poverty-strick-
en- brewery out of the innocuous de-
suetude to the land where milk ana
honey flow. He is the Moses who said
to the brewery: Thou shalt make beer,
and thou shalt become prosperous ana
%affluent.' When this modern Moses
came to the mountains of the North
Dakota and Minnesota laws and to the
still higher peaks of federal laws, he
simply commanded hat they should
be made level with the ground.
Refers to Political Aspirations.
1.-THE majority Of Mr.. Bangs argu-
ment," Mr.. Bronson continued, "can
be characterized as abuse, hypocrisy
and misstatement. His conduct before
this court has been d~issraceful IN
many respects because he lost his
head" - 4
Mr.. Bronson then reviewed the
questions upon which he and Mr..
Bangs had differed seriously during
the progress of the hearing, and said:
THE acts Of Mr.. Bangs here have
been the mad acts. Of a man who has
lost his ethical reasoning. He is to be
pitied more than scorned. He has
heaped insult upon insult on the heads
0f fha nrnCaN11tinO nffiNfo1c ne this
state; he has defled the dignity Of the
court and even dictated terms to the
court, and he has accused Judge Aml-
don and U. s.. District Attorney Hill
dreth in Fargo of blackmail. g.:
Shame on this man, I say! This
man who in July sought to represen,
he state of North Dakota in the halls
of congress-, and who then claimed
that North Dakota was the first of all
his interests. And now he comes here,
In August, wanting to make. North
Dakota a poor third!
Law Was Not Repealed.
Bangs always is cocksurer of his po-
sition. Therefore he became the faith
er of this beer contract system, and he
knows that Dame Rumor ascribes its
parentage to him. Now that the off,
spring of Mr.. Bangs, has become lusty
and old, he refuses to recognize it as
his, but at the same time resents at
tacks made on it by the state."
Mr.. Bronson here denied that the
Bookkeeping act of 1918 had ever been
repealed: He read a number OF quota
tons from legal authorities to prove
his point and also to- show that unlaw-
ful acts commenced in a foreign state
are punishable and a be penalized
IN another state where the conse-
quences Of the act are evident. Mr.,
Bronson based this claim on section
lO502 OF the compiled laws Of 1918,
which shows that offences commenced
without the state are amenable with
In the state when the offence is beine
continued there.
''This Poor, Poverty-stricken Brew.
cry" Sos Us.
From Photographic records Of ledg.
ers and journals, belonging to defend!
ants, and now being held at Fargo,
Mr.. had deduced the fact. thai
Mrs. Margaret White and Mrs. Mary
McInerny each received SO, 900 in sal
airy per year, and that sin. addition
they had received about $40, 900 of the
profits of the brewery within a short
period.
The books also show, said Mr.. Bron.
son, that Mr.. McInerny receives a sal.
airy OF $500, although it is not known
for which length Of time. His earnings
aggregate in the course of a few
months something like $46, 900.
Now" said Mr.. Bronson, WHY
should Mr.. McInerny who claims to be
the lessee OF the brewery, property re.
celve q salary from the brewery" -
AT this point adjournment was talk.
en- until early this afternoon, when
Mr.. continued his closing ar.
gument.