Show VENUE CHANGE GIVEN IN CHILD BEATING CASE Defendant Wins Plea to to Have Trial in S. S L L. Hos Hos- tilty Charged By BOB Bon HALE Telegram Staff Writer BINGHAM Dec 12 With 12 With a crowded crowd crowd- ed courtroom loudly voicing disappointment disappointment at missing an event it had awaited with morbid norbid eagerness for hours George Jaggers 45 45 today won wona a change of oC venue for tor trial on charges of ot brutally beating 21 old month Louise Cobb Louise Louie her body still bruised and andone andone one eye e swelled shut waited with her mother Mrs Marie Cobb in ih another room but the child chUd who screams at atthe atthe atthe the sight of ot a man was spared the ordeal of being taken into court Jerry Jones attorney of ot Salt Lake City was appointed by the state slate to defend Jaggers moved for transfer of ot the case to Salt Lake Cit City court courton on grounds of ot hostility of residents At Salt Lake County Jail County Attorney Harold E E. Wallace stipulated to the transfer and explained ex ex- the motion was in order because because because be be- cause the trial had not started Jaggers Jaggers Jaggers Jag Jag- gers was not nol represented by counsel when arraigned Saturday and no motion motion motion mo mo- mo- mo tion was made then the usual time for such action The proceedings lasted only five minutes and arid the gangling graying defendant who sat at calmly under the stares tares of 1 his s neighbors ors was taken to the Salt Lake county jail immedi immedi- t ly Judge A. A H IL Ellett in the criminal division of of Salt Lake City court set se December 17 as date for trial trial trial- No arraignment will be ary Jaggers Jaggers Jag Jag- gers having haying pleaded not guilty in Bingham Fall to Be De Defense Louise was returned to the Salt Sal Lake Lak General hospital where attend attend- Continued 1 I O I INT INTERESTED RESTED IN CHILD BEATING TRI TRIAL r l I iti y rf i i c 1 i I 7 4 I b 9 Y I y pJ 4 4 t Above is shown the lar large e crowd that thronged the courtroom of Justice of the Pe Peace Pece ce S. S J. J Kenner at Bingham Wednesday where George Jaggers unemployed Bingham miner won a change of ot venue on charges a of beating old month Louise Cobb Jaggers is shown Inthe inthe in inthe the inset CHILD BEATING TRIAL CHANGED Bingham Defendant Charges Hostility in Home HomeTown Town Continued from Pa Pare Face e One days days' before recovering from her he- hein in in- juries Jaggers' Jaggers defense it is understood will be based on test testimony mony that he was seen to fall faU with the child on icy pavement The prosecution charges Jaggers beat the child when she was left in his care by her mother who had been employed by him as housekeeper Jaggers is charged with assault and battery sentence on conviction is six months in jail Courtroom Crowded As early as 8 B a. a m m. m people were filing fil ILL ing into the courtroom and long before before before be be- fore the trial began shortly before 11 a a. a m. m after a delay caused by the late arrival of Mr Wallace and his deputy H. H D. D Lowry the tiny courtroom courtroom courtroom court court- room presided over by Justice of the Peace S. S J. J Kenner Kermer was packed More persons clogged the stairway while the downstairs hall hail and front steps of the city hall were thronged Mrs Cobb and Louise remained behind be hind a locked door or downstairs waiting waiting wait wait- ing to be called Louise heavily bundled was carried car car- ried ned in itt her mothers mother's arms and cried with the that seized her seized has her upon sight pf pC strangers she entered en- en entered en en- tere th the hospital Defendant Calm Jaggers unable to post bond had been held in the Bingham jail since his arrest last Frida Friday Brought from the jail by Deputy Sheriffs J J. J L. L Householder and E. E J J. Householder Jaggers walked down a hallway lined with spectators who w watched him silently After Justice of the Peace Kenner had granted Mr Jones' Jones motion the defendant sat quietly and smoked a until the he two deputies took ih him to the county jail jaU P I II I Pr |