The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1924-03-20
Federal Court News
From Pocatello Daily Tribune


this week, that Is the majority {
them and some of those that didn
are Fastening to change their plea,
Another victory for the prosecutio
was marked up Friday when the jur
returned . verdict of guilty againa
William De Loxier, of Howe, charge
with violation Of the prohibition ts
on several counts. OeLogier was tn
chief witness against himself and tn
jury deliberated but = very shor
while before hanging out the guilt
sign. 4.
In the usual gentle way Of the 81
legged bootlegger, the defendant at
tempted to shift the blame for al
coutrAband on. to . partner and hi
attorney as to the use of property
charge in the complaint as prop
erty for the manufacture Of" as uni
que ~ usual, the charcoal key which
defendant stated had been purchaset
from q sheep herder was to be uset
for putting down sauerkraut and. tht
cute little whisky glasses produced
In court as exhibit and alleged tc
have been confiscated behind the
counter of his soft drink emporium
were used for serving the little chill
dren, who were too small to drink
out of a bottle, according to mis-
testimony.
However, the jury said guilty on
the first count of possession, not
guilty on the second count, posses
sion of property, the kraut keg and
the copper cooker to the contrary,
and guilty on the fourth count charg-
o{v,< ~ a nnfCQncl Tn4
third charge of manufacture was
dismissed during the trial.
Bob Clark plead guilty on a liquor
charge at the afternoon session ana
was assessed 500 and thirty days In
jail. w. H. Clements plead guilty TO
the same charge and was sentenced
to thirty days in the bastile and fined
500 in the Fremont county jail.
Dwight D. Broadhurst, charged
with the violation of the Mann act
plead guilty before Judge Dietricn
Friday afternoon and was fined $500.
The other counts against the de-
PENDANT were dismissed.
Judge F. S. Dietrich passed sent
ence this morning on the three de-
PENDANTS in the liquor case which
was tried yesterday, the jury return
ing a verdict of guilty on various
counts against each defendant, laval
drawing a fine of 5000 and session
in the Caribou county jail until paid;
Sarragoweshea. who plead guilty to
all counts, received fine of $500
and confinement in the Caribou
county jail until paid and Steam was
assessed 5000 and will take up his
residence in the Bear Lake county
bastile until the amount Is forth
The two former received
stay of execution of five days and the
latter ten days.
Clair Root of Henry, Idaho was
arraigned on three possession counts,
two of sale of intoxicants and one
for maintaining a nuisance. He
plead guilty and the Judgment
against him was 500 fine and thirty |
days in the Caribou county jail. U. 3.
versus James Denning for unlawful
possession of narcotic drugs was dis
missed as was the charge against w.
B. Wright, Ezra Merrill, Richard
Douglas, w. H. Larkin and Lewis S.
Pond, which involved claim against
he defendants for excess profit tax
to $1,030.22 as stock
holders in the Gate City Motor COM
)any. prior to the dissolution OF the
company.
Argument in the case of Modesto
lavala, Fred Stein and Juna Sar-
charged with possession
# property for manufacture, posses
ion of intoxicating liquor, maintain
ng a nuisance, was heard In the red
raj court Thursday and instructions
we're given to the jury at O'Clock.
| verdict was returned late last ]
light convicting Modesto on one
cunt and Stein on three counts, Sar- {
agoweshea pleaded guilty to all
cunts in the indictment. II
A peculiar circumstance OF the
ase was the apparent effort OF each s
efendant to saddle the other with I
IL the crimes. Stein cOntended that In
rhile he gave the key OF his house I
, the boy Juan, who was in the em- C
love of Zavala, and had allowed him
ne privilege of making whiskey IN /
ne house, that he had nothing to do t
18th the transaction other than be- a
lg acquesient ia laying a trap for v
avala, whom he claimed he was on r
ad terms with. However, Modesto p
aimed on his parts that he knew u
othing of the whiskeyl deal and did t.
ut know where the liquor found In II
ID bed, room came from and could G
We no satisfactory explanation OF v
le walled up furnace in one OF his
'oms, tho the house was heated by
Her means. The boy Juan, who had e
eaded guilty, corroborated Modes a
g testimony in every detail, stat ii
g that he had agreed to help Stein c.
axe a batch of whiskey for which h
was to receive $25. Damaging O.
idence in the form for sale slips, fl
,wever, seemed to refute Modesta's RI
ok of knowledge of the proceedings, Il
ese slips which we're on merchan- Ct
Sc store of Soda Springs, where al
.vala does his trading recording m
rye purchases of sugar, yeast foam 4
d corn meal over very short III
riod of time. fQ
The connecting link in the evil
nee against the three was the trail la
ru the snow followed by the fed m
al men and members of the sp
eriff's force of Caribou county, til
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