Salt Lake Herald-Republican | 1912-12-09 | Page 6 | Three-Day Trial Ends with Verdict 'Guilty'

THREE-DAY THREE TRIAL El ENDS I WITH VERDICT GUILTY GUll TV Liquor Nuisance Case Fought Bitterly in in Courts Coulis at Richfield Special tt to The Tho lIer Richfield Dec Dee S. S As S.-As As a sequel to the theraid theraid theraid raid Thanksgiving s night ht on his apartments apartments apart apart- ments menta over a local drug store George Georgo Flint was convicted by br a a. jury In city court yesterday est o of maintaining a liquor nuisance Ho Ik will be sentenced tomorrow The rhe jury jur was out two hours and when It reported there ended a case that had extended d i In Incourt incourt court over three da days s In all twelve witnesses testified Lee I Johnston was tho thA principal wItness witness wit wIt- ness floss for or the city J Ho lie Ie said he had harl bought hought two to pints pinta of whisky from Flint In 11 tho the latter's rooms and that when ho was there Flint sold liquor to others IIo and 11 n. W W. Hall Ball got Into a R. card carel game when hen there sal said tho the witness and Flint demanded a rake off Faces were slapped In n a a. dispute which followed this game said John John- Mon ston The Tho raid b by Officers Charles LeavItt and John Coons followed ed al almost almost almost al- al most immediately When as asked cd about barrels of ot beer and lInd cartons of or whisky whisk received at the D. D S R. R G. G depot consigned to Flint tho the defendant admitted that the stimulants stimulants stimulants were for tor him he him he said Bald h ho he drank b beer er and whisky dally and did dill not consider five tl bottles of ot beer beel a n. day too much Ho lie said he ho was In the livery business and that his visitors at his rooms over the drug store called to engage rigs and so on