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Show IWEECH ENTERS FLEA OF IT GUILTY' Ii. Y. Weech, proprietor of lie R. W. Weech Drug Co. of( It. Pleasant was arraigned , ml brought before Justice Chomas West Thursday at 2 ) 'clock p. in., at the City Hall, 'barged with a misdemeanor 'n violating the liquor, law in lii.s city. The particular charge trough t against the young man vas that he had sold mixed Irinks on the 17th (lav of Julv o Tat "Wetzel and AV.'d. Cron :n, who claimed to bo dotec-ives dotec-ives from Salt Lake City who have been in the services of Ohief of Police Grant. City Attorney J. W. Cherr ictod as the prosecuting attor ley for the city of Mt. Pleas nt while Soren X. Christensei' if Salt Lake City took up th. lefense. In order to give the defend nt a fair hearing the attorney ?or the defendant requested hat the case be tried by Jury. The court ruled in his favoi nd four jurors were taken through a rigid examinatior iv both prosecuting and de 'ending attorneys. There were 10 objections made by either of he attornies and the gentlemen gentle-men were ushered in as jurors-:o jurors-:o hear the case. They wer Ohris Johansen, Joseph Seely . E. Jorgensen and N. C. Jo-mnsen. Jo-mnsen. The Court ruled .by the request re-quest of the attorney for tin defendant that the two detectives, detec-tives, who had been called on is witnesses in the case, be brought in court one at a time in order that they ma not know what evidence either had given. By request of the prosecuting prosecut-ing attorney W. D. Cronin was placed upon the witness stand and received and answered tnc aery questions of the two attornies. attor-nies. The big attorney for the defendant kept the witness somewhat uneasy with hh rjiercing questions which came thick and fast. The evidence or story which Cronin testified to was to the effect that on July 15th he and Wetzel and their wives came to Mt. Pleasant Pleas-ant as detectives sent here for the purpose of fnditvv - 1 who it was thai: wa,; veiling liquor or rather to get evidence against the boot-leggers. Ac- |