The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1920-01-02

fsuresaf TO The Richmond virEinian.}
Manassas. Va. Jan. with every
in0ltasion pointing to either hung
,ury or ri, aequittal for tha defendant
she trial Of william c. Hail. state pro-
hibjtion Inspector accused Of the XIII
t,1e a. lawrence Hudson I'm Shenandoah
exun&y last March was brought to
dramatic close here tonight.
Al $50 o'clock the case went TO tho
snry after attorneys for the stats and
.nw prohibition department had spoken
Gre hours for and against convfctfoo-
shortly after o'clock the Jury was
locked mp for The night
.yudre samuel G. Brent, OF Aiexan-
,srsa. who presided, notified tho Jurors
sAst in case tnay rea ahed Tefoiet ~
.asss, he ncul.i remain over to receive
e It.
shorty after o'clock word was
gs4r,, "a Nty,s Sv the foreman that there
Il SgsS pc prospect Of the sury reacninS
decision before morning. ana tne
s YsYr wsas instructed to report at ip;!o
si4tretS tomorrow morning, interest IN
1t .a..ssa. WIS at white heat In the
s-ial today and during the afternoon
a. s,s,ff,cati;,s. crowd aattled it's way
il s4lsc Ahe courtroom.
M Az tpsts scsnla&is this tnarnapg the
gAs.rcust saurr az Primes William con-
II Ord che trial. al the case of TIE
~ Z, ns !. !.
sSaf1s;,ssT ATTORNEY Gather, 81 rrrde-
ssSTsrk eouns~. fcsrifed that At Win
r;,sxfar. the morning after the mob
Har said Ia his herring he didn't IN
III, stand such u demonstration Tor
these bootleggers" Hall gays re-
mark OF someone else was attrihted
II, rr{
3 Gather.
ATTACKS REPUTATION.
ON yesterday the commonwealth
xxfncked the reputation of Mr. Hall
~ truth and veracisy, introducing for
thla purpose u sister of L. d. Hudson,
fzAn N Brown, Of Harris Wine g
Ilny,or Co, and Asa rcay. This testi-
YaGny came at the close OF the day,
leaxfn1 Mr.. Hall without any char
ac&np witnesses to onset. whereupon,
M. Hall teiegrarhed to his home.
\ rnnxtlle, to the commemorative at
fosney. John w. Carter. r, l. Booth, a
peoU inent grocer: ]. r. Brooks, chief
81 the IRE department. John Tucker.
: {tAe city police: DR.. c. +. Carter ana
n. ~. o. Lee, to take. n night train
am cesne to Manaasas-
An OF these gentlemen arrived ana
Aack tho stand. It was very Erntify-
words ~ his netghhors who so cheer
fuafy cnx4e In tho night to his assist
/ Aaeo ana teektned TO his veracity and
Htu1hfu1neaR
The ipstruetsons given by the court
a. tbs ia1k frisl for the prosecution.
4 06Ac1rnlnK the Possession OF weapon,
- presumption Of malice. were re-
arAed thts time.
EounseY for the defense commended
tAAt this doctrine did not apply 10 an
4 o(2enF who was expected to be armed.
one new Instruction offered by the de-
fAs1ne ut forth that. II either of the
0oeupants Of the car. or both Of them.
WAs eUilty of any acts which caused
& the defendant to believe he was In
daxircr Of Imminent death or bodily
harm Ct their hands. the Jury murt
acquit the defendant
s4 Anoth1r instruction was that an
alder ana abettor Is one who partici-
oates ~ the crime Of the principal.
assd any act Of assistance in pArtict-
paaaOn In the crime, and. tbercfore. =
H6d1ou assisted In the attack on Hall
Ne. vas equally guilty with Shackci-
ford who fired at Hall The court
Alg0 Instructed the jury that dying
declaration must be considered with
great caution, And that dying dec
4 IMxde4On might be contradtcted or Inn
pAched like any other evidence. II
ION D0neve that connecting statefHeu's
hAve been made at other times.
The court granted two and half
hOurs for argument to each.
PROSECUTION OPENS.
The care was opened for the prose-
s e1tien ~ ). NJ. Baus4rman, of Wood
atOck. IN O very courteous and elo-
~ QNAnt manner. He said this WAS not
IN attack on the prohibitions dcpart-
ns4At but that Thought that tha Of
\ fcNrs had exceeded their authority
and that It war not necessary for
them 10 kin Hudson. He then COM
naonted on some phases OF the evil
tience which he thought justified his
81 c0aclnnion. but said TO the Jury II
~ did not agSeAy with, hts rrnstrnr-
tfum ID acquit tire men
q. u MeAtxe, of Didiakc, repre-
3 aontluR the defense, then spoke Of the
sxtesSy Of tho law. OF the sworn duty
4 ~ ~ officers when prisoner resists
N VIM violence. OF how the law b re-
preached by tho cowardice Of ofilcers
q MO w1lI allow tho lawless sand the
Husaheviki 10 run over them. that
&c Nj - inca had only performed their
aad doubtless a0rxoMed 0uer
Z i'm xitabIe results Of resistance and
81 n1>Sok H aid m oA1cer must pre-
III cSnfinsd y IHgs TO