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true bill was returned. These three cases were tried on ^N'ovember 

 1, 3, and 4, and an acquittal secured in each one. 



On Au<rust 16 Ben Fox and Bert Dennis, natives, were char<;ed in a 

 complaint filed before the Ignited States commissioner at Haines 

 with having on that day fished with a gill net in Chilkoot River. 

 They pleaded guilt}^ and were each fined $5. 



On August 31 C. H. Gallagher was accused in a complaint filed 

 before the United States commissioner at Juneau with not closing 

 on Sundays, August 15 and 22, the tunnel of his trap located on 

 the northern end of Chichagof Island between Hoonah Island and 

 Flynn Cove. The case was called for trial September 7. Gallagher 

 pleaded guilty and was fined $25 and costs amounting to $41.85. 



On August 23 the Beegle Packing Co. was accused in a complaint 

 filed before the United States commissioner at Ketchikan of fishing 

 with a floating trap on the southern shore of Revillagigedo Island 

 west of Coho CoA^e during the weekly close season of August 22. The 

 company pleaded guilty when the case was called for trial and paid 

 a fine of $100. 



On August 27 the Alaska Sanitary Packing Co. was charged in a 

 complaint filed before the United States commissioner at Wrangell 

 with having failed to open during the close season on August 7 the 

 heart walls of two traps located on Prince of Wales Island 4 miles 

 north of Point Baker. The company claimed extenuating circum- 

 stances in defense, but pleaded guilty and paid a fine of $25 for each 

 trap and total costs of $9.20. 



Charles Xorberg was accused in a complaint filed before the United 

 States commissioner at Petersburg on August 30 of fishing Avith a 

 purse seine within the prohibited distance of the mouth of Blind 

 Eiver, Mitkof Island, on August 3. He pleaded guilty and was 

 fined $30 and costs. 



By a complaint filed before the United States commissioner at 

 Petersburg on August 30 Jack Hollingstad was also accused of fish- 

 ing with a purse seine within the closed area at the mouth of Blind 

 River on August 7. Upon arraignment he pleaded guilty and paid a 

 fine of $40 and costs. 



In September Chester Worthington, a native of Wrangell, was ac- 

 cused by the grand jury at Juneau of illegal fishing August 24 in a 

 salmon stream of Port Houghton. The case was tried at Juneau, 

 October 15, and resulted in a conviction. On October 19 Worthing- 

 ton was sentenced to serve one month in the Federal jail at Juneau. 



The Pacific American Fisheries was indicted in September for not 

 closing on August 14 the tunnel of one of its pile traps located on 

 the southern shore of Pleasant Island. The case was called at Juneau 

 on October 22, and the trial ended in a conviction of the company. 

 Motion for a new trial being made and denied, the company, on 

 November 13, was fined $300 and costs of $42. Notice of an appeal 

 was entered, but upon the expiration of the period in which a bill of 

 exception might be filed the company paid the fine, thus closing the 

 case. 



On August 7 Jack David and Patty Gonate, natives, were caught 

 fishing with gill nets in Chilkoot Lake. They were so accused in 

 a complaint filed that day before the United States commissioner at 

 Haines. Both men pleaded guilty, and each paid a fine of $20 and 

 costs of $10. 



