The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1919-05-08
,|||DGF DAYTON PASSES SENTENCE
ON MANY LIQUOR LAW V|OLATOR5
FORMER ASSISTANT PoSThASIE1
OF CLARKSBURG GOES UF
FOR Is MoNTHS.
Court Delivers Scath1ng Denuncia1lo"
of Illegal Liquor Traffic.

4 scathing dcnunciatinn Of the IL
LEGAL traffic in Intoxicating liquors in
this state b. Judge A. G. Dayton char-
act erizcd Yesterdays session OF |. D.
court.
All casrs with tho exception ~ one
were violations Of the Eced Mn'hu-
mrn;. and upon passing sentences III 4
number Of eases III" judg" Tounaly o.
nouhc"tl the tratTickcrs and administer
cd "a warning which sank dccP I'M" u"
souls OF the gully.
Tho voutb Of tho lawbrcakers was es-
prci;tlIv dwcll upon ny the judge. VINO
said hc could have some sympathy TOT
tho Older people who were accustomed
to intnXicauts, and violation on thrlr
mart could possibly be looked over, nut
net the youth who deliberately pcGa'
The nraciicc in the face Of In" law.
Insufficient petit jurors To fill out inc
panel were present. and Jury Commits
Sioncrs Gollner and Boyd drew tn'
names Of twenty-five more. which inc
deputy marshals were given and soon
had tho gentlemen In the court room.
In the meantime twelve Reed amend
ment cases were disposed Of. The th1r-
lrcnth was heard before tho jury, rs II
was an interstate shipment.
Twelve Cases Heard.
The hearing OF the tWcISC C'+S'S N'''
sumed all Of the morning session and r.
greater portion Of tho afternoon. ana
wore as follows: Ciiza kassis. guilty.
sentenced to 50 days in Ohio county
Jail: Paul Patton, fined SIS and given
time 10 pay: Mike Anton. cnSr called
not present and bond forfeited and q
capias was issued for Anton: Roy {.
Myers also forfeited his bond: Tony
Cnndero. information withdrawn ana
case dismissed; Rossin Zancgar"' son
fenced In serve 30 days in III" Harrison
county Jail; Jim Gallo. same scntcnc"
as Znncgarc's; Louis Gertertano was
also sentenced to serve 30 days in the
Harrison county Jail. whilc Josef Ma
rino got 80 days in Marion county Jail.
In tho case Of Nellie Moran tho in
formation wnS WITHDRAWN: Louis foho
was sentenced to 30 days In the W"tz"l
county Jail: the case Of Louis Nuttor
was passed and set for Monday next
week and Charles IIaddork was fined
SIS owing 10 his serving term IN vail
on the state charge OF violating the
Tost law.
Tho next case WAS that Of Bruno
Fnori OF ClarkshurE. charged with hav-
ing shipped into the state trunk CON
tanning intoSicants. This was the hrst
case Of tho term 10 he heard hefor" n
Jury. Pcori was defended by Attorney
F. y. Lewis Of C'larkshurg. while II. RI.
Byrrr handled III" Cnsc for the govern
mcnt. A number OF witnesses were eH-
amincd
Pccri Is an Italian, and his evidence
was heard through All interpreter
After hearing all tn" evidences the
Judge instructed tho jury. which rctir-
cd, and returned in about IL minutes
and rendered n verdict Of not guilty
Tho jury was compose Of the follow
ing men: c. ". GreiS. foreman: Sher1-
dan Miller, Taylor T. TrusScN. Harry
Kl XII, Frank r. Amos Elzir f.
Howman. Ham Rcgard. F.. Domcr Nick
crson, Samuel Mcrilun,phcy. George
Moss Burford. George y. Francis and
Charles y. Davis.
Abiding BY the verdict Of tho jury.
Judge Dayton told the prisoner hc was
free. but would have h""n found guilty
If hc had anything to do with III" case.
Thirteen Months at Atlanta
Victor Tillcr former assistant post
master Mt C1arksburg. found guilty or
selling Ehiskey in the CiarksburE
postofricc over a year ago was Sentcnc-
I'd at that time 10 serve - months IN
prison. Eiller appealed the case To IN"
supreme court, which affirmed the srn-
tence imposed by the district court ana
Vil,cr WITS rr-scntcnccd by Judge Day
ton yesterday afternoon to II months
in tho Atlanta federal prnit"ntiary. and
v1l1rr was given in custody OF IN" |. ;
marshal.
Court adjourned until 10 o'clock TINS
morning. Tho federal grand jury mas
hccu in session since Tuesday art"r-
noon and has many cases Ia pass upon
and will not hr through until late To-Day
| or possibly tomorrow.