| Show LEONARD IS SET FREE SLOp Three Cases Charged Against Him Wife but He Wins Them All or t MedlSai j Castlo Dale Jan J2 George Leonard El a the rolfconfcEsed burglar sent to the penitentiary from this county Inat Juno 1 AIcxtif for burglarizing the Coop store at Fer Civet u ronf and released from the pen on Dcccm Circuit ber mh on a writ of habeas corpus was Co Yesjerd given a preliminary hearing beforo Justice Iorrov Jus-tice AVllllam Howard al Huntington this of Dr afternoOn und set free Leonards release from tile pen was obtained on the recent roTt t0 decision of tim Supreme court declaring iuel illegal nil prosecutions based on Infor ProOF mations filed by District Attorneys Jm C depar modlalely upon his release Leonard was rearrested by Sheriff Leamoator of this county His attorney E AV Tatlock of Salt Lake raised the question of once In OF A DA Jeopardy and that question was to have I been heard beforo Judgo Hllee but was withdrawn and Leonard was brought to CreIght Emery county On Thursday ho was ndt given a preliminary hearing before Jus 1 yesterdays tice J K Reid at Orangevlllo on a complaint In 1813 com-plaint drawn by Count Attorney Truman e piri Tru-man charging him with burglary A number of witnesses heard and were on of Mlnp tho conclusion of their testimony tho Justice in South Jus-tice decided that lho evidence was Insufficient In 11ghi Insuffi-cient to hold the prisonerS prisoner-s reportifj Following this action sllll another complaint com-plaint that of grand larceny was made and on this Leonard was tried before Justice Howard of Huntlngton today WillNALS Tho latter declared that the Intent to commit larceny was not proven i Inasmuch as the light against Leonard Uecl frora wna looked to as a test caso bv several v Wcekestft prisoners released from lho penitentiary ils House OH on habeas corpus proceedings under the nent chaz recent Supreme court decision It la all v tho moro Interesting Whether a grand itcrson Jury will bo called by Judgo Johnson to bring In an indictment against him ia not Incensed OIKS known |
