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Show JO D:nisl Alsup, r.::iistr:to fit Hill HILL AFB - Daniel A. Alsup, Al-sup, Magistrate for the Federal District of Utah, will hold his first hearings at Hill AFB on Oct. 25 as part of a new U.S. Federal Magistrate Court at the base. THE HEARINGS will be held in the base court room in the east area of Hill. Judge Alsup will try cases involving petty and minor offenses of-fenses committed on Air Force property. THE MAGISTRATE system, sys-tem, in common use throughout the Department of Defense, will prosecute offenses of-fenses committed by civilian employees, military depen-, depen-, dents, military retired personnel, per-sonnel, visitors, contractor employees and other civilian personnel. Active duty military personnel per-sonnel are not affected by the system. They come under the Uniform Code of Military Justice. A PETTY offense is a crime for which a maximum penalty of six months imprisonment and a maximum $500 fine may be imposed. A minor offense is a crime which may be punished by a maximum one year imprisonment and a $1,000 fine. JUDGE ALSUP said that all petty and minor offenses can be handled by the Magistrate's Magis-trate's Court. In some cases petty offenders can pay a fine to a Central Violations Bureau in Denver. The offenders will have ten days in which to forward for-ward the fine or ask for a trial. On Oct. 25 offenders subject to trial will appear before Judge Alsup. THE OFFENDERS can plead "guilty" or "not guilty." If offenders plead "guilty," the Magistrate can impose a fine. If "not guilty," the Magistrate can conduct a trial on the spot or set a date in the future. If an offender demands it, a trial will be transferred to the Federal District Court in Og-den. Og-den. ALL FINES collected by the Magistrate will be turned over to the U.S. Treasury general fund. Judge Alsup expects to conduct court once a month at Hill AFB, depending on the case load. |