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Show I Theodore Nicholes I Found "Guilty" ' Cnlmlnotlon of Fnmoui (Srnnllo Cluli Case ItcMtlts In Vcrdlcl That I'rob- H blj .Venus Term In .lull. ' A Jury, In thu enso of Americnn Fork City vs Tlicodoro Nicholes, tried I., in-Judge Adolph Nielsen's Court Wed- m nesday. rciutorod n verdict of "guilty" against tlio defendunt for operating I, a nuisance In the form of the Granite I dub. This the Inst case growing out H of the operation of Hie notorious eH Oranlto club, which wns llnal'y rald- R ed by the Sheriff with an order from H the District Court two months ago. H The Jury who tried the case wae H composed of John Hunter, Stephen H! D. Cblpninn, Willard Chlpmnn and H Ren Hnlllday. Thoy wore out but " about twenty minutes beforo return- lk log their verdict. County Attorney tH' Grant Hnglcy assisted City Atty. J :S W. N. Whltccotton In prosecuting the rdfl case and Attorney Stiydcr of Salt rrl Lake, lqoked after the Interests of the M defendant. AH The city presented practically the M tame enso that tlio county had at e,H Provo In tlio proceedings, when the H search and sclzuro enso of th'o liquors t''H and other paraphernalia of the Gran. H Ite club were ordorcd destroyed Bram Duncan and Win. Hullock were I H the city's star witnesses. Mr. Dun. H can testified that he had been n mom-"' mom-"' ber of the so called Granite club and blH described Its oporntlon as being slmll-cMtH slmll-cMtH tr In nil respects to that or an ordln- fflH ry saloon, excepting tliat It was more difficult to got In and out. There were fj the bar, glasses and other saloon llx-cM llx-cM lures. The men would order whiskey M or beer and pay for It as or-JW or-JW dered, without respect to any pre- tlous orders or having It placed In h U i locker by an agent. I Wm. Hullock testincd that ho bad been employed as a "swamper" for i month prior to the search and solz-i solz-i B We raid, on July 3rd. Ho was paid M 'W5 per day by Mr. Nlehole.s, and El did rork similar to that or a 1011st- ji i-bout la an ordinary saloon, which A B ft s similar In most respects. As 'swamper," ho brought up out of the J wlltr ubout ir00 bottles cr beer ami M them on Ico durlnghls'inontTTs wm ork, and also helped to handle sow W tnl dozens or bottlos or whlskoy. Ih fcught liquors and saw many others IIH h the same. N Wifl 8amucl Hutchinson bought liquor "crnl times nt the resort and paid 'r It nt the tlmo of purchaso. Wm ''Peterson of Plennant Grovo, hud pur- chased sovoral bottles from tlio club 'though not being a member. IJotec- "M Clnwson of Salt Lnko City, had Purchased drlnlts at the place and i iMWUrlcd away u bottle or whiskey. ' "Sheriff Henry i:ant and ouo of his l-.B testified In detail about mak- II fM1 tno raid on July 3rd, whon thej "M'ld enough beor and whiskey to 1KC't n" oru'nfiry nloon. They also nnlv'o a description or tho bar and LCWther saloon llxturos taken on this -iaislon, and tcld or finding mei nnlBilnB up to tho bar drinking. I If wnmlnod the contents of tho glasser. ' sVtf found beer and whiskey. Gltj OvVt,lnnl Bromley, who alro asslster m the raid, corroborated tho testimony testi-mony of Sheriff East, 'fhe defense did not put any, wit. j y'es on tlio stand, but mado mi cf f M"n through cross oNumlnntlon tr creillt tho testimony or tlio wltneo 1 W! 'r "lt liroDCcut'0"' T'10 WltllOE I , howoir, tahl straight forwnn ijwrles ttl liout any mntorlal contra i, yBctlons. About tho only reason thai j'B'tornoy S,uler bad for-making i wa for dismlsml, was that Mr f,Klh'Us h" ' traced oporntlng th ViBltQ club mil by roncoii of this A . V nulsanrr now exlBted. .A iB |