Salt Lake Telegram | 1928-05-07 | Page 2 | Bad Check Brings Prison Sentence

BAD CHECK BRINGS BRING PRISON Clement Kelsey Former Head of Sales Agency Gets 1 ito to 10 Years Clement Kelsey Kese 39 former general general general gen gen- eral manager of the Clement Sales agency was sentenced to an indeterminate inde terminate term of one to ten years years in state prison Monday for cashing a 12 1260 GO fictitious check last February February Feb Fob 21 21 Kelsey pleaded guilty to the charge when arraigned before District Judge Ephraim Hansen For the sake of my aged mother who Is reported by physicians to be beon beon beon on her death bed will you please give me a suspended sentence Kelsey Kesey asked the court District Attorney E E. A A. A Roger had previously Informed the judge that this was not Kelsey's first offense Rogers claimed the man atan had served terms in the Colorado state prison as well as a previous term in the Utah state prison for similar crimes crimes Kelsey is not a bad sort of ot a fellow R Rogers told the gers court buthe buthe but buthe he has the unhappy faculty of goIng going going go go- ing into business for himself and not being able to to keep keep out of trou trouble ble be None of the chec checks s he has been accused of passing are of ot great value which leads me to believe that they are not Written with the Idea of making a big frau fraudulent cleanup I Judge Hanson said Th The surprising surprising I ing thing to to the court Is that in spite of your previous experience along similar lines Jines you jou apparently persist in attempting to float worthless worthless worthless worth worth- less checks I hereby sen sentence tence you to an Indeterminate term in state prison 11