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Show 1 LIQUOR SELLERS CINCHED. i Sheriff Black made another raid on the whiskey sellers at Lynndyl re- cently. Dell Steele and Owen McDer- 1 mott were arrested for Illegal liquor c selling anj a quantity of liquor was r seized on their premises. They plead 1 not guilty In their preliminary bear- ing. t Their trial took place before Justice f Cropper at Deseret on Tuesday. Conn- j ty Attorney King prosecuted and the v accused were defended by Attorney Ashworth. of Salt Lake City. About the only grounds of defease was that e it bad not been proven that the liquor In the bottle out of which the witness had drunk was whiskey. According to the defendant's attorney. It might have be-n gasoline, or cider, or vinegar. 0 However, the Justice decided they were guilty and fined them $210 each. They took an appeal to the district court. In view of the tenderness with which ' Fillmore Juries treat alleged Illicit n liquor sellers. It U freely predicted that the accused will be found not t! guilty. s |