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Show ; GUILTY BY JURY Youth Convicted on Forgery Charge to Be Sentenced Later After nearly six hour d 0 ; In the district court. The case was 1 ' completed at noon and until nearly 6 o'clock Hampton's fate hung In the i hands of the Jurors. Immediately fol- B I j lowing return of the verdict Htmp-I Htmp-I ton wns taken to the rovinty Jill where I no will await sentence. DEF1 M AN r CALM. Hampton appeared apparently calm I when the Jury announced the verdict : which will probably send him to ths penitentiary. However, when later tak-' tak-' en Into the sheriff's offiee on hi way to his cell, It was evident that th youriK man Was uml'-r i i' iking gri l1 i fort to appear calm. The maximum punishment for for-rery for-rery and embezzlement as provided by law Is twenty years, the minimum 1 being ono year In the state penlten- Humpton was found guilty of having I filled In and cashed a check for $30i I signed by the manager of the Golden I Rule store, while he was employ) I J by the company as bookkeeper 1 April. Hampton In also alleged ti have Mm filled In another check for 11500 Tit j the same time, but only the fir-' j check was used by the prosecution iH during the trial. While on the stand In his own de-I de-I fense Hnmpton sought to show that th.-I th.-I 500 check was in the nature of a loan S and was filled out with the knowl-'lk'' of H. Carlisle Stevens, secretary of the I company. Hampton declire.l ihr :""n'l rhfk I for 11600 was also filled out with 'h knowledge of Mr S'i . ; and the amount was t" It 1 -; h t f l i in-credit in-credit In a bank to build up an I count so that money could be borrow-I borrow-I ed for the store. The prosecution. I however. ild nt attempt to use thin I check against the defendant. ( LOSELT I STIOXMi. I L'nder cross-examination by DIs-I DIs-I trlct Attorney Stuart P. Dor.hs. Ilnmp-I Ilnmp-I ton was closely questioned as to the I financial standing of the (.olden Ilul. I stores and the profit shown In the books of the company. Hampton handled these accouniH before his arrest.- It was sought to show that it was impossible that the Btorf would take an employe Into confidence and attesnpt to gain small loans through I using his bank account. The defendant was skillfully handled handl-ed by judK O. N. Straup, former Ju-I Ju-I tlce of the supreme court of Utah, who was Hampton's chief counsel. At-I At-I torney Ilyrum A Bel nap was also re-I re-I talned as counsel for the younK man. District Attorney Uubbs alone handled the prosecution. TO BE SI ttm in 1 1 ' I R It was admitted by District Attorney I Dobbs, during his argument, thai Hampton had been a young man of I hlKh character and his record had I been exceptionally clean before cm- j I ployment with the Oolden Rule com-1 I pany. Hampton nerved In the arm I during the world war, and within a I few months worked himself t appointment appoint-ment as lieutenant. Tin testimony I showed that he baJ worked bis way through school and was studying ut night when later employed Hampton will bo sentenced at a later lat-er date by Judgo A. E. Pratt. |