ALASKA FISHERY AND FUR-SEAL INDUSTRIES, 1920. 93 
On July 17 P. E. Harris & Co. was accused in a complaint filed 
before the United States commissioner at Juneau of five violations 
of the law on Sunday, July 11, in that the tunnels of five of its 
traps on the western shore of Mansfield Peninsula were not. closed. 
The trial was held on August 6 and resulted in a conviction on one 
count and disagreement on the other four. The company was fined 
$500, upon payment of which the four other counts were dismissed. 
On August 31 P. E. Harris & Co. was accused in a complaint filed 
before the United States commissioner at Juneau of not closing on 
Sundays, August 1 and 8, the tunnel of one of its floating traps on 
the western shore of Mansfield Peninsula. The case was tried on 
September 3 and resulted in a conviction and fine of $350 and costs. 
An appeal was taken. A complaint was also made against D. 
Demick, trap watchman, but it was dismissed. Subsequently the 
same information was laid before the grand jury and an indictment 
returned. These cases were consolidated and tried before the dis- 
trict court on November 5 and 6, and a conviction again secured. 
Motion for a new trial being denied, the court imposed a fine of 
$350 and costs against the company and a fine of $50 and costs against 
Demick. 
P. E. Harris & Co. and Jack Carlson, owner and: watchman, re- 
spectively, of a trap located 33 miles north of Hawk Inlet on the 
western shore of Mansfield Peninsula, were indicted separately by 
the grand jury at Juneau in September for not closing the tunnel 
of the tr: ap on Sunday, August 1. The original action in respect to 
this violation was the filing of a complaint against the company 
and watchman before the commissioner at Juneau, but on motion of 
the United States attorney the complaints were dismissed and the 
matter presented to the grand jury, thus avoiding retrial in event 
of a conviction in the lower court and appeal to the district court. 
The company was tried on November 3 and 4 and acquitted. The 
bench warrant for Jack Carlson was returned unserved, he having 
left Alaska before the date of his indictment. 
In September P. E. Harris & Co. was indicted for not closing on 
Sunday, August 8, the tunnel of its pile trap located 2+ miles south 
of Hawk Inlet, Admir alty Island. This case was first ‘taken before 
the United States commissioner at Juneau on a complaint filed 
August 31, but that action was dismissed on September 11. 
At the same term of court another indictment was returned against 
P. E. Harris & Co., alleging that this same trap did not have its 
tunnel closed on Monday, August 9, during the close season on that 
day. The indictment contained a further count which alleged that 
the tunnel of a floating trap owned by this company and located one- 
half mile north of Hawk Inlet was not closed duri ing the same close 
season. As in similar cases, complaints were first filed before the 
commissioner at Juneau alleging the commission of offenses as above 
indicated, but they were dismissed in order that the facts could be 
presented to the grand jury with the result as noted. 
On August 31 two complaints were filed before the commissioner at 
Juneau accusing P. E. Harris & Co. of not closing on Sundays, 
August 15 and 29, the tunnel of a pile trap located 2+ “mniles south of 
Hawk Inlet. These complaints were dismissed, and the information 
they contained was laid before the grand jury with the result that a 
