Salt Lake Telegram | 1932-01-28 | Page 10 | Alfred J. Bird is Sentenced

ALFRED J L JI BIRD BIRDIS BIRDIS IS SENTENCED Jan 2 28 Sentence 28 Sentence of from one to ten years ears in the state stall prison was imposed on Alfred J J. J Bird 59 former assistant cashier of the State Bank of oC Sevier by Jud Judge e N N. J J. J Bates In the district court here Wed nesda Bird was char charged ed with embezzlement em em- of 1000 from the thc banks bank's funds Bird is said to have a admitted the theft of oC during a period o of about eight years cars of oC his tenure in the bank Execution of the judgment was suspended suspended suspended sus sus- until Sunday to allow Bird to arrange his private a affairs lairs Bird has hRs lived in this community for about 25 years He lIe has a wife anc and six children Until the disclosure of his peculations and his subsequent arrest arrest ar ar- rest he had been a leading figure inthe in inthe inthe the social civic and business life me of I the city and was widely and favor favor- bly known in the count county and state When arrested Bird refused counsel counsel coun coun- sel and demanded immediate arraign arraign- ment He was taken before Justice of the Peace S. S G. G Clarke He pleaded guilty and was taken into the district court at once where sentence was Im im- posed From the time of his arrest until the thc passing of sentence less than two wo hours elapsed