Salt Lake Telegram | 1935-05-11 | Page 5 | Assault Term Reduced Year

ASSAULT T TERM REDUCED YEAR John Neely convicted of ot assault l against Alf G. G Gunn deputy United States mashal Saturday had one year less to serve sene at McNeil Island than han originally sentenced but he still sun couldn't register enthusiasm j Federal Judge Tillman D. D Johnson Johnson John John- son reduced Neelys s sentence from t i three years to two years at the fed fed- I cral eral prison when informed by the the United States attorneys attorney's office that the sentence could not be served concurrently wit with a county jail sea sen- terice Neel Neely was sentenced to a a. year Inthe in the county jail last year after I ing from the county jail jall in I August Ho was serving a term for C theft in the Utah county jail Jan He attempted to escape from f Deputy Gunn In a local dental office I l shortly after alter going to prison and I Iwas t was WELS convicted and sentenced by the I r federal judge to three years at McNeil Mc- Mc j Nell Neil Island federal prison the Understanding understanding understanding un un- being that the sentence t was to be served concurrently with the county jail sentence i I Hence although Neely has one l less year in prison marked up before before be- be fore him he will still have to serve Isene the same length of ot time behind the JJ bars