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Show HE ENTICED BOYS FROM i ' 1 1 Robert Ali was arraigned before Judge. Murphy n few days ago and pleaded not guilty to vasrancy. The city was not ready to near tne chsv and it was postponed until this morning, morn-ing, when Officer Ilerrick appeared as a witness. The result of the testimony tes-timony given was that the court found the man guilty and sentenced him to serve sixty days in Jail, or pay a fine of $t'0. The officer stated that when arrested. arrest-ed. Ash was in company with two boys of Salt Lake who were running away from home, and that they represented rep-resented to him that Ash had lead them to believe I hat he could get wcrk for them on a Wyoming ranch. The three had come to Ogden from Salt Lake, beating their way over the railroad. The two boys were arrested ar-rested and afterwards returned to their parents In the capital city. Ash denied that he had anything to do with the boys getting away from home and that he did not know they were escaping from their parents. par-ents. He admitted he was with the boys when arrested and that he had tcltl them he thought they eojld get work on a cow ranch in Wyoming, "ranging horses." He did not know the boys were under age, and bad no thought of doing wrong when he associated as-sociated with them. "They were young boys and you surely knew they were under age and ought not to be away from home." said the Judge, ' and when you undertook under-took to aid them In getting out of the 6ate you committed a wrong that deserves a heavy punishment. I will teach jou a lesson to be more careful care-ful In the future, by Jlnlne yon SCO or to serve sixty days In the city jail This matter may be given further fur-ther investigation and If It Is discovered discov-ered that you were entirely Innocent of aiding the boys to run away, steps may be taken to secure a pardom from the mayor for you. At the present time, though. I am certain that a sixty-day penalty is none too heavy. There are tor many boys leaving their homes and those who aid them in aay way to accomplish their purposes, pur-poses, deserve no leniency from the courts |