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Total Guilty This Session Raised Ainsworth Acquitted; Others Fined and Sent To Jail JURY INDICTS NINE Eight Suits By Santa Anna Bank Receiver Are Combined With nine defendants in liquor cases sentenced Tuesday morning, the total of persons fined and sent to jail by the federal court now in session here was raised to 19. Ten were sentenced Monday afternoon. H. G. Ainsworth was acquitted by jury Monday afternoon charge of impersonating federal officer. After returning nine indictments, the grand which H. Ragsdale Monday by Judge William Atwell. Two men came from Chicago San Angelo last summer and were arrested house North Magdalen Street which police found half gallon whisky, with the heaviest penalties inflicted Bank Suits Combined. Eight suits John Best, receiver for the State Bank Santa Anna, stockholders concern, were combined for trial before Judge Atwell without jury. The attorneys were being heard during the hour. The receiver seeking recover tional funds from the stockholders their stock. The civil suit Rupert Ricker versus Ricker and Mrs. Ricker. and Shurter and Shurter, was set hearing o'clock, which time the petit jury had been called to return. Two Fined $300 and $400. Vito Nepi, who pleaded guilty to charge possession of the liquor, was fined $300 an instructed verdict, Sam Canzonieri, charghim, was assessed higher although he had pleadguilty before jury. testified Nepi possessed liquor. He denied that he knew "Sam Casina," an alias he assertedly denied privilege testifying for Canzonibecause had pleaded guilty to companion count. Spectators about the bulky Nepi bore fellow Chicagoan, Capone. and Canzonieri were Porfirio DeLeon, 63. of Ozona, received 10-day sentence after jury had him guilty withstanding his plea the conValentine Gonzales, young man, who he didn't speak English but understood quesby the sentenced to in jail also beer Short Jail Anacleto pleaded guilty received term: Felipe Esondo, companio case, celved like Their car was forfeited. Bellia Zamora given days Judge Atwell. been jail days since rest liquor charge, was given by the court. Eunice, fined $100. She had pleaded not guilty to some the several The couple's car was forfeit- Three criminal cases, in two which indictments returned alleging interstate stolen automobiles, were set down for hearing Saturday. In one James Murphy charged with automobile Oklahoma City Brownwood and in another Leonard Reasoner charged transporting stolen car from Brownwood Young Trial Saturday. Jackson Young, injured in unable appear in court Tuesday and involving leged manufacture, and liquor, Saturday The agreed that Young. was for two following the accident, probably would not be able to go to The which heard the the reportafter for than hour. Ainsworth had with taining from Salvato himself federal officer. Salvato and sons, Frank and Tony, told substantially the that man whom they tified the defendant entered store on north Chadbourne May 1930, introduced himself asked an income had been filed explained revenue man. They pictured him explaining the store (CONTINUED ON PAGE
