Amarillo daily news. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 19??-current, 1920-06-09
FIVE ARE FINED ON
LIQUOR VIOLATIONS
IN FEDERAL COURT
G. u. TROsPER az DALHtRT &C.
Quilted AFTER LONG
DEI.lBERATION.

Five men were fined in Federal
court yesterday for violation Of the
liquor laws one sentenced for taking
goods from an interstate shipment.
and one charged with receiving
goods taken from an interstate ship
ment Was acquitted by a jury.
The acquiital was that OF c. y
Trosper OF Dalhart The case was
riven TO the jury a; 1880 o'clock In
the morning At 3 .So o'clock IN the
afternoon the Jurors reported they
were unable TO arrive at a verdict
Holding that the time Il was out did
not indicate an agreement impossible
the jurors were sent back TO the
Jury room for further deliberation by
the court. Al $40 o'clock the jury
again filed into the court room and
announced verdict had been
reached. Mrs. Trosper. wife Of the
defendant. who had been under the
strain OF suspense six hours. was
overcome by the reading of the
words Not guilty" by Deputy Clerk
Rollie Scales.
V. c. Hahn. Carson Wright. and
Henry Berg. all plead guilty 10 vio-
lation OF the Reed amendment IN
connection with the transportation OF
whiskey from Daihart Texas. to Lib
erai. Kan. and each was fined 500
Hahn plead guilty TO the charge Of
purchasing six quarts Of the trans
ported wlIiskey Wright admitted to
receiving IL cases. and Berg told the
court he bought goo quarts. Berg Is
q young Kansas rancher ana when
asked by the court what was his
purpose In buying 200 quarts OF
whiskey. answered whiskey was get
ting scarce out on the farm
Charles Hull and H. +. Beekman
plead guilty TO having about 80 cal
Ions Of alcohol In their possession.
and they too were fined !i00 each
Hull and Beekman were arrested by
Sheriff Jim woodburn at Claude
and the car and alcohol are still In
the sheriff's possession.
James Bennett. negro. plead
guilty 20 taking goods from an inter
state shipment Of tae American EX-
press Company. while In the employ
Of the company In Amarillo early In
the spring BE as merciful 10 mo
as you can. Judge" Bennett said to
the court in response 10 the oppor-
tunity offered to make any statement
he wished before sentence vas
passed. This Is my first trouble.
Bennett continued. I've been IN
Amarillo $40 years and no white man
can say anything against me except
for this time.
Deputy Attorney Allen told the
court that so far as the prosecution
knew there was nothing against Ben
nett except the one confessed case.
and he was Jet of with 30-day Jail
sentence. lie had been In Jail since
March 3.
The case of A. r Huicheson. in
dicted for violation Of the Reed
amendment IN the transportation 81
q quantity OF whiskey from ~ l'aso
20 Amarillo was called. and argued
on a point OF law by Attorney Mood
and Deputy ALLEN. The point was
ANluA ANf NlNllAFNA ~ -
mated In Texas and the destination
was Texas. that d, did not come IN
der the Reed amendment. and that
though the goods passed throurh
corner OF New Mexico that fact was
only incidental 10 the interstate slip
ment A Supreme Court decision
was cited In which u was held that
liquor shipped from Maryland 20
North Carolina across the state Of
Virginia. could not be held as In yio-
lailOn OF the Reed Law so Gar as Viz
ginia was concerned The court an
nounced be was inclined 20 the opin-
ion that under that ruling the
Hutchinson case does not come under
the Reed act but reserved final de-
cislon until tocay.
A writ OF inquiry By u z. Hazle-
wood against C. Y Reed was taken
up before a jury late YESTERDAY after
noon and continued over for today.
The suit grew out Of an alleged fail
ure 81 Reed 10 put down an OF we'll
as per alleged agreement with plain
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