Salt Lake Telegram | 1935-05-03 | Page 7 | Theft of U. P. & L. Funds Brings U. S. Prison Term

Theft of U. U P. P L. L Funds Brings U. U S. S Prison Term Lloyd Sermon Sentenced Liquor Sales to Indians Bring Stern Court Warning Lloyd A. A Sermon was sentenced In federal district court Friday to a year and a day in the El EI Reno Okla federal reformatory for interstate transportation of at more than in irk cash and checks stolen March 17 from a safe of or th the Utah Power Light company where he was cm cm- pl d. d He captured in Nevada I i y was T You are the that cant can't nt ff r to see sec ee other peoples people's money cy J Judge dg Tillman Tiliman D. D Johnson told the de de- Sermon told the court he could not explain why he took look the mone money declaring declaring de de- dc- dc claring daring he had no thought of stealing before opening the safe sate Jud Judge e Johnson sounded stern warnings warnings warn warn- ings against two other kinds of of or lenses I am going to put a stop to bootlegging bootlegging boot boot- legging or make it mighty unhealthy he said in sentencing George Gustas 40 and Gustav Schmidt 60 0 each to toa a year and a day in the McNeil island prison for tor operating a still stilt without bond and defrauding the government of taxes Sounds Warning In the case ease of or John Rose 63 appearing appearing appearing ap ap- ap- ap for or sentence on a charge of selling liquor to Indians at Bug Point in southeastern Utah Judge Johnson warned he would depopulate the section i if necessary Rose was given the choice of ot leaving leaving leav leav- ing the region or going to prison and chose the former being allowed wed 30 days to put his affairs in m shape John S. S Boyden assistant United States district attorney told the court he had a letter from rom the United States attorney generals general's office oUke stating stating stat stat- ing the situation of at liquor sales to Indians Is as bad in southern Utah as any place in the United States Citizens of high standing have been found to be offenders Mr Boyden Boyden Boy Boy- den said John Neeley and Howard Dunlap Bunlap each were sentenced to three years at t McNeil Island for attack attacking ng Alt Alf G G. Gunn deputy United States marshal when they tried to escape from a dentists dentists dentist's den den- fists fist's office las last November Concurrent Sentences Neeley has a year to serve in the Salt Lake county jail for breaking jail at Provo while Dunlap Bunlap has 19 months to serve at McNeils McNeil's for tor a a Dyer Byer act violation The new sentences sentences sen sen- will run concurrently When Judge Johnson directed that Neeley serve the r remainder of his county jail sentence before being taken taken ta ta- ta ken to McNeils McNeil's the defendant asked to be sent anywhere but t. t the e county jail Im halt half starved and abused at the county jail jail he pleaded but Judge Johnson did not change his ruling Neeley did not augment the asser asser- tion lion D. D D. D Pettigrew was placed on probation probation pro pro- bation for using the mails to defraud and was ordered to report to Judge Johnson at the expiration next April of a parole from r m federal prison at Tucson Ariz where he has been I serving a term terra on a similar charge