Show BEDDO WANTS FREEDOM I 1 Rapists Petition for Habeas Corpus Argued A petition for a writ of habeas corpus for James W Beddo was yesterday argued I ar-gued before Judge Cherry by Attorney I A E Walton for thepetitioner and by AttorneyGeneral Bishop for the S late lop state and laken under advlaomenl Bcddo was convJclod rape committed on a c twelveyearold lr at Vernal nd sentenced sen-tenced to five years imprisonment Tho Supreme cur a fev lag8 ago quashed tho conviction for the reason that the DislrlQt Allorney laid the information against Beddo Instead of the County Attorney The Supremo court ruled that the statute attempting to confer on District Attorney Ujo power to lay I informations was void because the Legislature had not passed it In a constitutional I con-stitutional manner Beddo attorney asked for a writ of Habeas corpus and The discharge of Beddo on the ground that he had been once tried and could not be tried again for the same offense afln I Applegato Pleads Not Guilty I The demurrer to the Information Charging Lemon Applegate wlthtll felony for having Intercourse with a girl under the age of consent was overruled over-ruled by Judge Cherry and the defendant I defend-ant entered a plea of not guilty I |