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TSIU OF VICTORIAMEXICAN HALTEDACCOUNT OF ILLNESSIivasM.oa~gri-ofMidori:(Cuero Record!Sudden Illness of the defendant aft-(er the taking of testimony had begun ! caused the postponement of the trial i of Henry Saens. a Victoria Mexican.| on a charge of transporting intoxicat-jing liquor, in the 24th district court | here Tuesday afternoon.fhe case was called a 5 a. m. and If) i aftev an attempt to quash the indiet-llf |J:,ent- on lhe grounds that it did not I (tonform with the law. was overruled ! !)y District Judge Green, the trial be-j San.I The defendant entered a plea of not i ini guilty to the charge asking the sus-as j -ponded sentence and the state’s first for| witness was called. He was a specialist from the state laboratories at Austin, who testified the liquor found in Saens' possession, at the time of his arrest, was as good and capable of producing ‘a kick” as any home brew he had analyzed. He was still on the stand when the noon hour struck and Judge Green adjourned court until 1:30 p. xn.Saehs was taken suddenly ill during the noon hotjr and called County Health Officer Dr. J. R. Frobese for an examination.The defendant’s lawyer presented \d.|the following report on his condition ' when court convened for the afternoon session;“To the Honorable District Court of DeWHi County: This is to certify I have this day at noon examinedmeex-irkionforirarndiodliana.•eeis*- Henry Saens of Victoria, Texas, andnn-in-t*Kinfound him at this writing to be a sick! pv! man. He has all the present symptoms of a beginning pneumonia, and unless. as T have advised him, he im-he mediately goes to bed under a proper line of t rear men t. he will certainly do velop pneumonia within the next 24 hours.“Being a stout man pneumonia will go Hard with him and in my opinion he should not leave the house for three or four days. Yours truly, j. R. Frobese. County Health Officer.” Learning of the defendant's condition Judge Green discharged the jury and ordered the case continued for the term.ruhewiny he D. m-: titles
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Victoria Advocate
Victoria, Texas, US
Fri, Feb 03, 1922
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