Weekly journal-miner., 1917-10-31
AND T.C.DODGE ARE
 GUILTY
(From Tuesdays Daily)

the decision of the Yavapai Superior
 court in the matter of the conviction of T. (. Dodge and Attorney A. L..
 Hammond, of this city, both of the
 defendants having been convicted about two years ago on charges of vii
 plating the provisions of the dry
 amendment. At the time the men were convicted in the lower court,
 each was fined Sl00 and given 90 days in the county jail, the latter part of
 the sentence having been suspended l by Judge Smith.
 l The offensc of which Hammond and Dodge were convicted, was com mitted shortly after the State went dry. It seems that Dodge had pur- chased from the brewing company which formerly operated in this city, several thousand cases of beer, the liquor being stored iu vacant room in the Ref block yhc owner of the big supply of be. -1agc announced to the public that they had devised manner in which the prohibition stat utes could be cvadcd and that the citizens whose tastes ran to the direc, ton of beer, could receive an unlim- ited supply of their favoritc brew. The plan was to issue the prospective customer bill of sale for a case or two of the beer The plan worked well-1for few days and then the off cers raided the place and arrested the proprietor. who was doing land office business The men were con victed\in the Superior court and the sale of the beer was stopped by the courts order. Some of the brew was shipped out of the State under the | provisions of the regulations which \ permitted the booze to be sent out, but the major portion of the big stock of wet goods which the enter, prising beer merchant had laid in against the coming of the dry spell was allowed to sit around until it spoiled, thus adding more financial grief to the proprietor of the beer hali
 Both of the defendants appealed their cases, contending that thcii scheme did not violate any of the dry laws which were then effective. but the higher court, apparently did not believe very strongly in the theory upon which the business was conduct ed, and affirmed the judgment of the lower court. Hammond had nothing to do with the sale of the beer. his part consisting in the drafting of the bills of sale and acting as attorney for Dodge
 Power Company Loses Suit.
 Another case in which the findings ! of the Yavapai Superior court were 1 upheld by the State tribunal was that of tho State of Arizona vS. The Ari- i zona Power Company, the case hay. { ing been tried by Judge Smith six or eight months ago, resulting in a yer dict in favor of the State.
 The power company had beer charged with violating the provisions . of the law which make it the duty oi i an employer to pay off any workman at the time the latter is discharged | from the services of the employer. A workman had complained that he had been fired by the defendant com pany and had not been paid in full al the time of the discharge. The com pany was found guilty of the charge preferred against it, and later appeal ed the case to the Supreme court of this State. The decision of yesterday will make 1t necessary for the com pany 10 pay the Sl00 fine which was assessed against ii by the lower court
 Wants a Divorce.
 Mrs. Echo West yesterday filed suit asking for divorce from Alfred West, to whom she was married Oc- tober s, l9l6. The complaint sets forth the fact that the honeymoon period of the newlywcds was com paratively short-livcd, as they agreed ( to separate on the 18th of the same month. The groom is accused of de- l sorting the bride on this date, and the states that his present Is unknown. The plain tiff asks that her maiden name of N oodard be restored to her. 2
 Decree Granted. c Judge Smith yesterday evening c granted divorce to Mrs. Bessie o Brown, the decree having been issued r lpon the representation of the lady !. that her husband had deserted her f without provocation. The Browns O were residents of Jerome. a
 Felony Charges W James E. Powell and George r. r. llObtliSSi, lilC iNO HIGH WHO were S tome time ago arrested on a charge of altering Santa Fc railroad pass, U we're yesterday arraigncd in court on II ebony charges, and will again appear l' before Judge Smith this morning and 4 'ntcr their pleas. The men arc il hargcd with two offcnses, one of sI which Is changing the date on pass ', which had been issued one of the ,, men, and the other charge that of : aiding the words, and wife" after the lauIc of the recipient of the pass, two / 'crsons thereby being able to ride on g ticket which was originally issued rC or but one. o
 Suit On Account. al Richard w. Baxter yesterday enter o, d suit against the American Molyb- cnum Company, asking d judgment "' or the sum oi S207, alleging that this c' mount is due him for material and lmbcr which he furnished the de- al cndant company for use in the con B of mill. The plaintiff is st cSidcnt of Wickcnburg and the de- pl ,ndant company has its main offices '; Phoenix. inc mine bcinp Situafrd "