Salt Lake Tribune | 1904-05-06 | Page 6 | Clayton Found Guilty of Embezzling at Logan

CLAYTON FOUND GUILTY OF EMBEZZLING AT LOGAN Special to Tho Tribune. LDGAN, May 5. "We, tho Jury find the defendant, Atnasa M. Clayton, guilty of tho crime of embezzlement, as charged in tho information, and find tho amount of monw to bo so ombczzled to be the sum of $7, with recoram.cnda.tion to leniency of tho court." This wus tho vedict rendered by tho Jury in tho famous embezzlement c.'i?o which ban been tho topic of conversation for the past seven days. Tho verdict was not reached without a struggle, twelvo hours of tlmo being required re-quired to get together. The first ballot resulted re-sulted in threo for acquittal and five for conviction, and it wan tho recommendation of morcy that got them together. Tho vordlct wjus rendered at 11 o'clock last evening, and tho Jury discharged. Counsel for Amasa M. Clayton appeared before Judge Hart and mndo a motion to suspend pontonco till May 10, wldch was granted. Tho Judgo had provlously set May C at 10 a, m. for Hentcnco. u Tho County Commissioners wero In scs-Hon scs-Hon yesterday and passed a resolution authorizing au-thorizing the Clerk to nnlc the chnlrmon of tho political parties to submit names for registration agonts. Drs. Budge and Calderwood appeared boforo tho board and represented that Inasmuch In-asmuch as they hod' rented rooms for a private hospltnl-and had since decided to discontinue and unite with citizens and representatives of tho two largo colleger, thoy desired to know what the county would do by way of assistance. Tho matter mat-ter was-taken under advisement Joel Ricks was appointed deputy treasurer treas-urer by Treasurer Parkinson, which was confirm od. The Clerk was authorized to purchaso and. adding machine A resolution wait passed authorizing tho Clork to notify tho Logan Power company to cut out their light connection and order or-der tho city lights nut In. A directory for the county was authorized.