The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-05-21
A NAMES NOW REMAIN ON DOCKET Three More Discharged Tuesday For Want Of
 Evidence M ATTORNEYS CLOSE WITHOUT SUMMARY Judge Erwin Adjourns
 Court To Prepare
 Charge ORIGINAL CHARGES FILED AGAINST n Interest Runs High In Port Town AS Trial
 Nears End
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 MOBILE, Ala, May 20.-(By Leased Wire. )-The case of A men on trial for the past three weeks and two days iA the federal court charged with conspiracy to violate the national prohibition act will probably reach thes jury by 11:3O o'clock tomorrow morning. The case was submitted without argument by counsel for both sides and the charge of Federal Judge Robert T. Erwin is not expected to occupy more than an hour and thirty minutes time. Court was adjourned shortly after 10 o'clock this morning in order to allow Judge Erwin time in which to prepare his charge.
 The following are the A persons whose cases will go to the jury:
 Robert l.. Holcombe, prominent busi- ness man and politician; William H. Holcombe, Jr., ex-sheriff and legisla- tor; Paul G. Cazalas, sheriff of Mo- bile county Patrick J. O'Shaughnessy, ex-chief of police of Mobile Percy Kearns, we'll known local attorney ;r Deputy Sherif George |. Donaghle, Walter B. Blackman, Fred Q. Hudoff and John Moore, John H. McEvoys prominent politician; Daniel Jemison, Benjamin F. Cody, Jr., Harry B. O'Connor, Dennis B. Mcbride, Hhett McBride, Geronimo Perez, Sam Powe, John NJ. Snow, Charles Bullen, John Bullen, James F. Dawes, Richard Dawes, P. B. Laurendine, Charles c. Lauren dine, James Glass, Roy Schaeffer, Perry Collins, William E. Cowart, James J. Cummings, Lamar Kelley, Thomas Corso, Lewis Turner, Sylvester Bous- son, Charles Rice, Levert G. Gomez, Williamson Gomez, Pete Hamel, Vincent Noletto, William Schroeder, Stonewall J. Cleveland, Jr,, Bob Thomas, Lewis (Louis) Nelson, William H. Flanna- gan and Office Werneth.
 The Jurors
 The following are the jurors in the case: J. F. Davis, Monroe county J. B. Block, Perry county L. Fisher, Hale county E. W. Driskell, Dallas county; H. E. Holiday, Escambia county; s. A. Wiggins, Monroe county; J. A. Cook, Wilcox county; W. R. Dixon, Marengo county; V. D. Mendenhall, Marengo county B. W. Kelly, Marengo county; D. J. Stuart, Wilcox county; J. w. IlSGdulDld COuuIys
 The following six men named in the conspiracy indictment are on trial but their cases will not go to the jury be- cause they pleaded guilty: Charles Schreiner, Jacob Zuckerman, John T. McNamara, Isadore Maisel, Isadore BermannI and Lloyd billiard, negro.
 The jury will be called upon to de- eide only upon the guilt or innocence of the A men whose cases they re- ceive. The maximum penalty for con. spiracy to violate the national prohihis tion act is two years in the federal pen. itentiary and $10,000 fine.
 Twenty-one persons, including three women, who were named among the n defendants in the original blanket in. dictment are out of the present case. Two negroes were never captured and their cases were severed. A mistrial and severance was entered in the case of Richard Chrisman, due to his inc ability to be in court because of ill. ness.
 Eighteen of the defendants have been dismissed by order of Judge Robert T. Erwin, ten when the government first rested because no prima facie case of conspiracy was shown against them. The other eight were dismissed Mon4 day and today because no case of con. spiracy was shown against them.
 The three dismissed this morning were: Joe Puckett, Harry Gounaris and John T. Flanagan. Puckett was dismissed on motion of Attorney Charles Tompkins, Gounaris on motion of At
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