OCR Text |
Show GERRY 15 GOilCTED OF OPENING LETTER Cap am H F G ry hef of te Intermoun a n Prote tlve serv cc was : yesterday con c ed n the crim na d 1 a on of t e c t ourt by Judge N H (Tanner on bot oun s in t e comp aln 'charging Gerr w th un awfully open nw a sealed letter and pub sh ng Its con tents entence w 1 be passed Monday mo n ng a Do ok The state rested at 11 o clock ester day morn ng and af er a motion for d sm ssal of the comp a nt, made by W H Gregory Gerry s at omey had been overruled the defense put on John Du br es one of Gerry 8 employees and ! Ger y htn se f The e de ce of Dubries was in gen era den a of the statements of the state s v, nesses as to the etter ad d essed to lames R ley and a eged to j ha e been aken by Ge y and opened by im b t the w tness be ame confused on i ross e am nation and ett fied that is at en ion was first attrac ed to tl e let ter add essed to R c w en he saw it lym on G rry s pri a e desk Gerry denied hav ng evpr been the let te unt 1 it was n oduced in evidence but he d d admi tha e had nst ucted his empo ees n art of open ng a sealed le er b he a d of ether and a p ece of or The argumen of the ase was not w t out a p ase o mo Atto ney Gregory who defe ded Gerrv stated 1 the course of h s address to t e court that no one bu a crazv man or a fool wou d have acted as he state s w It nesses test fled Ge y d d and Assistant County At o ej Van Dam respond g n h s add ess fo he s ate argued that Mr Grego -y s statement goes to the c ux of t e w ole matte i Should Gerr re e e the malnum penaltv upon ea h ount n e omp a nt e w be equ ed to sen e one year1 In jal |