The Daily Alaska empire., 1946-02-07
FINDS 6USBR0WN
 NOT GUILTY
Verdict Is Returned This Afternoon After Brief
 DeIiberdtion

G. c. Brown, Juneau liquor store operator, today was found not guilty by the jury trying the charge brought against him of sell ing liquor at Excursion Inlet with out a Territorial license.
 The jury, retiring at ll:20 o'clock this morning, deliberated little more than an hour before return ing the not guilty verdict at re- converting of the District Court this afternoon at l o'clock.
 With testimony presented by both sides as to events occurring at Ex- cursion Inlet on September 29, l945, the time upon which the charge was based, outsome of the trial hinged upon the jurys decision as to whether actual sale of Fl bottles of whiskey Brown delivered there on that date had been effected previously at his licensed retail liquor store in Juneau.
 In his closing argument, defense counsel M. E. Monagle stressed the usages of trade locally and asked the jurors to look to their common knowledge regarding going prac- tices of delivery by retail stores.
 Assistant U. S Attorney Robert Boochever, opened arguments for the prosecution this morning, stat ing the governments contention that Brown effected sale of liquor at ExcursioE Inlet by delivery there to persons previously unknown to him. Special Assistant to the Att torney General R. L. Jernberg, clos ed for the government by pointing out the fact that Excursion Inlet was then a military reservation, where legitimate delivery of spirits would have had to have been au- thcrized by the commanding off Ger.
 Instructed Verdict
 Closing phases of the Brown trial were delayed until this morn ing when Presiding Judge J. w. Kehoe elected yesterday afternoon to take under advisement overnight defense motion for an instructed verdict of acquittal. The Court session opened this morning with tfe Judges announcement over ,.,iJipo tho ,,,nfior,
 In all, two witnesses were called for the prosecution: Thomas Parke and J. G. Walmer. The defense called: Milton Burreson, the defendant Brown, Mrs. Brown, Cor don Brunette, Art Burke and four character witnesses-Alfred Zenger, City Councilmen Stanley Grum- melt and John G. Young, and J. B. Burford. All four testified to the defendants generally recognized good" character.
 Whether and when Brown will be licensed to reopen his retail liquor store in Juneau Is not revealed. Action on his license renewal ap- plication, held up for the outcome of the proceeding against him, like ly will now be referred to Judge George F. Alexander, at present in the States.
 Hdntbrick Guilty
 Immediately following the verdict in the Brown case, this afternoon, Carroll Hambrick, Jr, came before the bench to reverse formally his previous plea of not guilty to the charge against him of contribut- ing to the delinquency of minor Immediately after Hambrick plead ed guilty to the morals count, his attorney, M. E. Monagle, waived time for sentence.
 Judge Kehoe has previously in- dicated that he may pass sentence on some guilty pleaders on Satur- day morning.
 All jurors on the present panel have now been excused until 10 o'clock Monday morning, when the trial of George Harrison Meeks on a first degree murder charge is set to open. Judge Kehoe today set tomorrow at o'clock for drawing additional jurors on the panel for the Meeks case.