Salt Lake Telegram | 1933-06-10 | Page 1 | Three Utahns Found Guilty of Land Fraud; One Sentenced to 15 Months

Three Found Guilty of Land L nd Fraud One Sentenced to 15 Months to Dr Pr's DENVER June 10 10 Dr Arnold Graft Graff prominent Cedar City Utah resident was sentenced to 15 months In Irk Leavenworth penitentiary by Judge J. J Foster Symes in federal court today after Graff Grail and two other other oth oth- er men were convicted by a jury of or a aland aland land conspiracy cy to d defraud the government gov emment t. t Dr James S S. S Prestwich and Layron Williams were fined 1000 and respectively Judge SymeS af after r he had opened a sealed verdict r returned turn by the jury k 1 at p. p m. m Friday said he regarded Dr Graff Graft as th the ringleader in a conspiracy conspiracy con in which the three men were charged with hiring about 20 al al- al le ed coconspirators to homestead 11 acres of Garfield county which the defendants used later to graze sto stock k Dr Graff's case caso will vill be appealed appealed ap ap- pealed to the United States supreme court it if necessary Samuel H. H King Kine of Salt Lake defense counsel said In Ina a directed verdict ordered by Judge Symes on Kings King's motion Nelpher Graff a brother of Dr Graft Graff was acquitted onland on on land conspiracy charges