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Show KELLEY ON TRIAL ON FORGERY CHARGE Defenso Is a Technical One, That Of-fouso Of-fouso Does Not Come TJnder Utah Statutes. IN" TIFT District court yesterday was begun Hip. trial of the caso of tho State against J. S. Jvclley, charged with forRry. No sooner had a Jury been secured In tho case and Dlntflct Attorney At-torney Smith had called ihc first witness wit-ness for the Suite to tho stand than the defendant's attorney moved that the Information In-formation bo qua3hcd. Tho afternoon was consumed with tho arguments and adjournment was taken at a late hour until 10 o'clock ilils morning. Kcllcy Is charged In the Information with having forged tho name of G. II. Olmstcad, division superintendent for the Oregon Short Lino, to a clearance letter made out in favor of Emll R. Dcnsch on Soptembnr 5. 1903. The man Densch, who claimed ho rocclvcd Uie letter from Kclley, 1h evldontly not In tho Slate, nil efforts of tire ShcrlfC'3 oHIco falling to locato him. Thy entire forenoon was devoted to securing se-curing a jury, and arguments on tho motion mo-tion to quash began at tho afternoon ech-slon. ech-slon. Attorney Lindsay U. Rogers, rop-rcsonting rop-rcsonting the defendant, moved tho court to quash the Information on tho ground that It did not state a public offense for tho reaon that forgery, under the Utah statutes, could not be comm'tted with such an Instrument aa that alleged In tho case at Issue. Tho Jurors were excused and Judge Morso adjourned court into his chambers, where tho whole afternoon was taken up with the arguments on the motion. |