Salt Lake Telegram | 1935-12-19 | Page 10 | Insanity Plea of Novel Sort Nets '5 Days'

Insanity Plea Of Novel Sort Nets 5 Days' Days Guilty or not guilty Police Judge C. C F. F Dalby asked J Joe 00 Wright transient Wednesday Not guilty by reason of ot Involuntary in involuntary tn- tn voluntary insanity tho the prisoner er replied Court attaches gasped Attorneys Attorneys appeared surprised No official of ol fiela present ever had heard such a plea And then the prisoner explained He had been arrested after attempting attempting at at- tempting to open a cash register in a a. downtown department store No positively no he had had no intentions of oC taking anything Yes years ago he had done time for stealing n a pair of ot trous trous- ers And while in the Oregon state penitentiary he suffered a nervous breakdown from which full recovery had not been made Wright continued The charge Interrupted the court is intoxication n. n Five days in jail jam