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Show NO EVIDENCE OF A CRIME. Is Allegation in Application for "Writ of Habeas Corpus. George Williams, Frank Mnrtoll and Joseph King applied for a writ of habeas corpus yesterday They aro confined in the county Jnll. awaiting trial In the District, Dis-trict, court on the charge of grand larceny. lar-ceny. Judge Armstrong signed avrlt re-tumablo re-tumablo before him this morn'ng. The men were committed to the Jail on an order of Justice of tho Peace Brlnton of Sugar precinct Their ball was fixed In tho sum of $200. The petition states that tho men are Illegally deprived of their liberty. According to tho potltlon. there was not enough evidence adduced at tho preliminary hearing to show that a crime had been committed. Even If It was committed, they claim that there was no evldonco lutroduccd to show that any of the men was guilty. Therefore their attonfey alleges that the commitment commit-ment was illegal. |