Show I Suspect Admits I Dope Counts Pann S S. S Yee Yee Salt Lake City pleaded guilty in federal district court Tuesday to two counts of unlawful concealment of narcotics narcotics narcotics nar nar- and Chester Yee brother and codefendant in one charge was acquitted by a man 12 jury Pann pleaded guilty to the two counts Tuesday morning after a aury I jury ury late Monday had acquitted him im of a third charge of placing morphine in coffee delivered by police officers to inmates in the city jail The charges he admitted were concealing 94 grains of smoking opium in his hotel room February 4 and concealing approximately grains of the same narcotic in n a basement safe at the New NewYork NewYork NewYork York cafe South State street February 3 He was a defense witness at Chesters Chester's trial on the second charge conducted in the morning The case went to the jury at p. p m. m the jury returning a verdict verdict verdict ver ver- dict of acquittal after being out only a few minutes Judge Tillman D. D Johnson de denied denied denied de- de nied a defense motion for a di directed directed directed di- di verdict in favor of Chester offered on grounds the prosecution prosecution tion ion had failed to present evidence evidence evidence evi evi- dence proving the defendant had received or concealed opium Deputy Federal District Attorney Attorney Attorney ney Scott M. M Matheson presented four our city squad police officers officers of- of and State Chemist M. M Elmer Christensen as prosecution wit wit- nesses Joseph Burbidge in charge of the evidence room at the police station testified as to care of evidence evidence evidence evi evi- dence in the case Testimony centered around possession possession pos pos- pos pos- session and availability of the cafe safe where the opium was found Sherman L. L Christensen head of the squad related details details de- de tails Lails of the raid and said that al although although although al- al though Pann opened the outer door of the safe the key for an inner compartment where the opium was stored had to be obtained obtained obtained ob ob- from Chester the brother Detectives H H. M. M Duncan D. D Vinson Vinson Vinson Vin- Vin son and Harold W. W Clark other participants in the raid substantiated substantiated substantiated these claims |