▁guilty ▁and ▁was ▁conf ined ▁to ▁Fort ▁Clark ▁for ▁a ▁year ▁and ▁for fe ited ▁half ▁his ▁pay ▁for ▁the ▁same ▁time ▁period . ▁The ▁Review ing ▁Author ity ▁thought ▁the ▁court ▁was ▁too ▁len ient ▁on ▁Smith . ▁ ▁It ▁also ▁felt ▁that ▁Smith ' s ▁court room ▁tact ics ▁made ▁a ▁mock ery ▁of ▁the ▁legal ▁procedure : ▁▁ ▁demand ing ▁witness es ▁from ▁distant ▁and ▁imp ract ical ▁locations ▁especially ▁since ▁he ▁never ▁actually ▁used ▁the ▁witness es ▁in ▁court , ▁ ▁local ▁civil ian ▁witness es ▁for ▁the ▁pla int iff ▁were ▁int im id ated ▁so ▁they ▁refused ▁to ▁test ify ▁against ▁Smith , ▁ ▁local ▁civil ian ▁witness es ▁for ▁the ▁defense ▁select ively ▁decided ▁which ▁questions ▁they ▁would ▁answer ▁and ▁which ▁they ▁would ▁not . ▁ ▁While ▁the ▁draw ▁pok er ▁case ▁was ▁still ▁pending ▁in ▁ 1 8 8 5 , ▁Smith ▁wrote ▁a ▁letter ▁to ▁the ▁Ad j ut ant ▁General ▁of ▁the ▁Army ▁regarding ▁the ▁case , ▁but ▁many ▁of ▁the ▁statements ▁were ▁lies . ▁Because ▁of ▁this , ▁Smith ▁was ▁tried ▁again ▁in ▁ 1 8 8 6 . ▁He ▁was ▁found ▁guilty , ▁and ▁would ▁have ▁been ▁thrown ▁out ▁of ▁the ▁military . ▁ ▁Smith ▁was ▁saved ▁by ▁the ▁inter cess ion ▁of ▁President ▁Gro ver ▁Cleveland , ▁who ▁allowed ▁Smith ▁to ▁return ▁to ▁the ▁military ▁with ▁merely ▁a ▁repr im and . ▁ ▁In ▁ 1 8 9 1 , ▁Smith ▁was ▁charged ▁with ▁using ▁en list ed ▁men ▁as