Show SHEETS SHEETS' PLEA OVERRULED CHIEF EX-CHIEF MUST PLEAD I IN THE CASE Former Chief of Police Pollee George A. A Sheets will have to stand trial on tho the charge of bribery as well as conspiracy according to the tho ruling of ot Judge Morse today Shortly after noon Doon ho he passed upon tho the motion of Sheets' Sheets counsel in in inthe the plea in abatement of the bribery cb charge r o and asserted that tho court did dia have jurisdiction juris diction of the case and that the tho lower ower court did lid not exhaust jurisdiction when Sheets was held over for the crime of conspiracy The Tho ar arguments for both sides were finished this morning and at noon Judge Morse began reading his decision Ho o recited his con conclusions and gave ravo his definite definite nite nito ruling by requesting Sheets to stand up The former head of the police department department depart depart- ment was extremely pale as ho he stood before tho the tables between himself and the court May I ask if there are arc any steps which you wish to take in in this matter before the defendant is asked to plead lead n asked the court addressing S. S R. R R Thurman for tho the defense Wo We would ask the thc courts court's indulgence gence geneo ence for a moment said the tho nev Then followed a whispered consultation consultation consulta consulta- tion of the attorneys after which it was asked that the time bo be extended to allow tho the plea to be entered tomorrow tomorrow tomor tomor- row morning This being a agreeable the matter went over until 10 0 o'clock cock tomorrow tomorrow tomorrow to to- morrow morning when Chief Sheets will bread f lead to 19 the charge of bribery District Attorney Frederick C. C Loofbourow Loof Loaf finished his reply to tho argument ar argument u- u ment mont of tho the defense this morn morning nt and the closing argument was mado made by Mr lr Thurman Sheets Sheets' array of counsel S S. S R. R Thurman E E. E A. A Wedgwood and S S. S X S. Christensen were in court when ar arguments arguments u. u ments were reopened County Attorney Willard Hanson and District Attorney Loofbourow represented the state As soon as Mr Ir Thurman had finished his argument the court announced that ho was ready to give ive his decision an and saw no reason why ho lie should take the matter advisement He asserted that bo he had readily come to a concu sion sion The Tho court asserted that the ma magistrate magis magis- is istrate had bad not exhausted his jurisdiction in holdin holding a n a man over for probable cause when a 11 crime was alle alleged ed He Ho asserted that tho the theory theon of tho the defense was incorrect as it hel held l to a theory of tho the guilt of the defendant The decision means that Sheets will wm have ha to stand trial on the trio char charge e of in ha having accepted a bribe of and for criminal conspiracy growing out of the alleged alIce robbery of Alexander and William Villiam at the Antler rooming room room- ing int house on September 1 VJ 13 WOG |