Valdez daily prospector., 1917-11-01
DAYS DO|NGS OF -..
 THE DISTRICT COURT

the district court the trial of Arsenic Vicente. charged with murder in con- nection with the death of J. J. Gun ninsham, at Larson Bay. last August. was completed, and the jury retired at 3:04 to consider the case.
 The trial of Gus Lingquist, charged with selling liquor to an Indian and with selling liquor without . license was taken up. Joseph Bourke. govern ment agent for the suppression of H. quor traffic among the Indians was the complaining witness and he testi- fled on behalf of the government that he had seen the defendant give the bottle of whiskey to Paul Ella. a Ma tive at Cordova. and had arrested the prisoner.
 Paul Ella testified that he had giv- en Lingquist fifty cents to purchase bottle of whiskey for him. and that Lingquist had purchased and given him the liquor. He stated that he was a resident of Tatitlek, and lived there most of the time.
 c. w. Cook. the government agent at Tatitlek, also testified as to Ella being a resident of the village and a member of the Tatitlek tribe of nat ives.
 The defendant took tine stand in his own behalf and admitted buying the whiskey for Ella. but denied sell ing liquor to him or anyone else. Af- ter argument of counsel the jury re tired at 5l6 to consider the case.
 The case of Frances Duncan vs Wm. Duncan was taken up. This was an action for divorce from Anchorage Attorney J. l.. Reed read the report of the referee in the case. and de. cree of divorce was granted.
 At 6 o'clock the jury in the Ling quist case returned verdict of guilty on the first charge of the indictment and not guilty on the second charge with recommendation for mercy.
 This morning Vim. Shit, charged with petit larceny at Kodiak to which charge he pleaded guilty, was sen fenced to Imprisonment for three months at Kodiak in the Federal jail
 Ephriam Kalgnak, a native boy charged with assault with intent tt commit rape. to which he entered ; plea of guilty. was sentenced to sil months in the federal jail at Kodiak and Deputy Marsahl Armstrong was instructed by the court to endeavOl during the time of Imprisonment to instruct the prisoner in the way he should go.
 The grand jury returned a true bil against w. E. Peterson, and J. Nor ris. both of Anchorage, charged witl the illegal sale of liquor. They wers arraigned this morning and given the statutory time to plead. They are rep resented by Attorney l.. V. Ray, of Seward.
 The trial of Edward Sheridan charged with sOdomy. was commenced this morning. The prisoner had plead ed not guilty to the charge. The jury selected to try the case was F. P Cashman. C. o. Cracroft. w. II. Bail ey, c. H. Kraemer. John Roseen Charles Wetzler. w. E. Hansel. Jack Cook, Ed. Nuhn, K. k. Rudolph, H l.. Rider and C. E. Maud.
 Witnesses for the government put on the stand this morning were Man l. uel Ramirez. Ed. Peterson and John 1 Strom, the latter having finished his testimony at the noon hour.
 Shortly before tbe noon hour the jury in the case of Arsenic Vincente came in and advised the court that 1t was impossible for them to reach a verdict, and they were discharged by court. They had so reported just after court convened this morning, but were sent back by the Court for further consideration of the case.
 T. Tallasen, member of the petit jury from Seward and Robert Small, a member of the grand jury. from La touche were excused from further at- 4 tendance upon the court. II