Salt Lake Tribune | 1915-11-20 | Page 10 | Harcombe Case to Go to Jury Today

HARCOMBE CASE TD GO TOJf TODAY Indications Are That Defense De-fense Will Be That He i Was Member of Firm. I j Special to The Tribune. OGDEN, Nov. IP. Indications at the! adjournment of Judge J. A. Howell 's court this afternoon were that tho case of William W. Harcombe, Ogden attorney attor-ney ou trial for embezzlement, will go to the jury some time tomorrow. About i one hour will be required tomorrow ! morning, it is said by attorneys, for tho : state to complete its evidence. There1 is said to be very little evidence to bfc ; introduced by the delense. I l'rom the nature of cross examination of witnesses today, and the further di- ' rect examination of the state's princi pal witnesses., it was shown that the defendant de-fendant will base his defense ou the contention of his having been a member mem-ber of the law firm of Boyd, DcVine & Eccles when the alleged embezzlements occurred. Examination of witnesses today to-day tended to show that Harcombe, while connected with the firm, nai signed the firm name to complaints, afterwards signing his own name. Koyat Eccles, junior member of the firm, testified tes-tified that Harcombe had nover been considered as a member of the co-partnership. Attornev C. A. Boyd was on the witness wit-ness stani for some time today, having been recalled to testify com-crning the alleged acknowledgment by Harcombe oi-his oi-his shortages. The attorney aUu testified testi-fied that the defendant had offered to deed over a piece of Idaho land to ecver in part tho amounts due the firm from collections. J. 11. DeVinc, who returned todav from tho east, probably will be the last witness for the state. As instructed yesterday, Walter G. Emley, assistant cashier of the Commercial Com-mercial National bank, produced iu court today th ree cheeks issued bv I). Rosenthal of the Golden Uule Clothing company, bearing the indorsement ot Harconihe, and also three bank deposit slips, showing that the amounts of the checks had been credited to llarcmnbt 's personal account. Ft is believed thai Harcombe will set up the defense That as a member of the firm he was entillr.l to deposit collections to his personal ;n count and draw on that account in nay-mcut nay-mcut of clients' claims.