OCR Text |
Show IiJ IS A MAN OF . MANY TRIALS ,) ' ! Bates Has flung Three .1 'I lj His Majority Is Constantly ':! Growing, and He Is i! Confident, i 1 i , j Repealetl Efforts to Convict Tooelo i "Ranchman of tho Theft of Con- struction Company, Horses. I' Few men havo bad as many trials as ,( Gcorgo A. Bates, a Tooclp county ranch- , man. But lio Is a. man of few convictions. Ills third trial was finished yesterday In ! the District court and ended, as did tho previous trials, with a hung jury. At hie , first trial three men hung out for a. con- 1 -vlctlon. At tho cccond only two Jurors thought Bates. guilty. Yesterday tho Jury was hung by ono man. At this rate James ! F. Smith, Bates's attorney, figures that , I hip client will finally bo acquitted If ho i . 1 lives long enough. Tho fourth trial Is , scheduled to begin December 5. ' i Case Is a Landmark. , So familiar has tho State vs. Bates bc- . como that It Is rogardod as ono of tho landmarks of tho county Tho farmers '' havo como to regard Jury fees In tho Bates ' ! caso as a regular part of their annual rev- onuo. "When they dlo they feel sure that 1 their som3 will havo a certain though smnll Incomo upon which to ralso families. But Attornoy Smith threatens to upset 1 their calculations. 1,1b says ho is going to 1 ink a chango of venuo to Salt Lako coun- , ty for tho noxt trial. I ,! His Alleged Crime. " Bates was arrested June 12, 3C03, for stealing- three horses belonging to tho l j Utnli Construction company. It was al- , leged that he took tho animals to Ogdcn I and sold them thero to one C. O. Moroy. The defense" was that Bates had put two horses In a corral on his ranch to look at their brands. After examining them, ho Claimed, ho turned them loose. Moroy and Sheriff Bailoy of Wobcr county both testified testi-fied that he sold the horses In Ogden. Tho 1 defense Introduced six witnesses who swore that Bates was In Tooelo county on the day tho horses were sold. Thero "was considerable conflict In tho testimony on loth sides. Attorney Smith says Uiat ,', Tooelo people are prejudiced against his i 1 client because ho was onco convicted of j stealing a calf. ' , Minority Vote Decreasing-, j Bates was first tried In June, 1W3. when ' the Jury voted live for acquittal and thrco S for conviction. Tn February, 1901. tho scc- j ond trial was pulled off. and the jury stood J fix to two. At tho last trial but one of j I lie eight men insisted on tho guilt of tho j defendant. Bates has been out on bond i most of the tlmo slnco his arrest. ' Mr. Smith returned to Salt L,ake last night. |