Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1917-08-14
]. \. O'KEEFE
IN COURT BY Il.
QUICK ORDER.
Secretary Treasurer Of De
PENDANT Brewery Sum
moned by State.
ONLYTWO WITNESSES
"A THIS MORNING.
Lawyers Wrangle Over the:
Status Of Absent Defend /.
hit State Wins. 6 s y,

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on the fourth, day of the lengthy
preliminary proceedings dn~the case
Of ]. III. McInerny, the East Grand
other defendants, before a Judge Phil
Mclaughlin, the state suddenlyfchang-
ed its tactics by announcing that It
wanted the presence; in court OF J. N.
O'Keefe, secretary and treasurer or
the defendant company. After a. little
skirmishtng on the part ofssthe law
yers, The court finally announced just
O'Keefe must be brought before him
at the, opening of the afternoons es-
sion. ~ &
Heavy Traffic Fair week.
G.. Z. Evans. the days nrst witness,
said he was 20 years old, and had been
a, fireman in the service Of the! Great
Northern railroad, but lately has had
no regular Occupation. During the re-
cent state fair week he engaged. Ii. the
livery taxi service. i
Evans said he was aScontract hold
er In his relations to the East Grand
Forks Brewery company but, admitted
he had not paid much attention to the
contents Of the paper he signed. Dur
ing fair week he obtained as much as
ten and twelve cases OF beer each day.
Since that time he ,ha~dSsecured only
d lev cases' NJ
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As,aSt y coIluiillaIIeq wLen
held no contracts, but after July, 1,
brewery officials let him understand
that 1t was forbidden to haul beer in
to the state Of North Dakota.
A Question OF Dates.
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NATION, thaf. ha had heen NM Rror
sons office this morning. He said he
had never been working for the
state" in any capacity. Nor had he ever
been a detective or a, "spotter" as Nj.
Bangs expressed It.. :5@5 rs
The witness did not believe he had
ever read the contract he signed with
the brewery, and he, was notfin a. po-
stton to- Tx the exact date of h con-
tract, nor Of the notification he re-
ceived some time after signingsthe In
strument. AS a matter OF fact, he .said,
he had been told at the brewery atsthe
time he signed the contract, that his
beer would be manufactured forahim
In the course Of FL days, hut he was
quite. certain that he, had been notified
to- that effect after q period OF only 8
or 1O*days. p5
The Clerks Made Sure.
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IN he nre,,noinsrv pr r,nu ne ses taIa y
u tne prennllhary nearing. 10 THIS, ne
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WAOnes ss Hau seen warned.
On testify1ng that he for some time
q been In the employ Of a local Nv
eryman Evans said he had been told
OF n cancellation OF h beer con-
tract OF his boss.
Mr.. Bronson objected4to this tesd-
mony on the ground that 1t was hear
say, put ne was overruledSby h court.
1t developed that the liyeryman In
question had been IN habit Of obtain
ing beer In quantities for others on
his w contract. AS soon as this had
been. ascertained by the brewery, Mr..
McInerny had caused the cancellation
OF the contract. = :
Despite This warning, -flne witness
a hauied considerable quantities of
beer for other persons In SUCH q, man
ner that the brewery officials and
clerks were ignorant of. the fact that
the beer WAS not for hfs narsona 4 i,oo