Show Jury Convicts Leader of Forgery Ring Will Be Sentenced Se With Wit Companion In Ogden Saturday OGDEN OGDEN James OGDEN James Ormsby Costin 56 of Sedalia Mo was convicted Friday morning by a jury In Ja the Federal district court of Utah northern division of five sep separate rate charges covering his leadership and operation of a large sc scale le interstate forgery ring Costin and seven others were accused accused accused ac ac- ac- ac in six six grand jury indictments indictments indictments indict indict- ments of conspiring to transport transporting and causing to to be transported numeroUs numerous false checks and instruments to be used in making such checks across state lines lines Only One Tried Tried He was the only one of the Several several sev soy eral defendants who went to trial The others have admitted the charges Three of the confessed accomplices accomplices presented testimony in Costin's Costin's Costin's Cos- Cos tins tin's trial Thursday Charles M M. Grobes Ogden landlord landlord landlord land land- lord and apartment house operator or was found guilty by another jury of six counts of violating the federal rent control regulations He was accused of a a total of 16 counts of demanding and receiving receiving receiving re re- re- re rent in excess of the ceiling ceiling ceil cell ing limit attempting to evict tenants tenants tenants ten ten- ants without legal cause reducing services below the legal minimums minimums minimums mini- mini mums and failing to file accurate and complete statements in the landlords' landlords registration of rental property Sentencing Saturday Judge Johnson ordered him to to appear before the court Saturday I morning when Costin and other defendants in the forgery cases will be sentenced Evidence presented to the court courtin in the Costin case indicated that thousands of dollars had been collected col col- col by the man eight-man ring instateS instateS' Instates in instates states stateS' throughout th the west Most of the checks were made against the accounts of construction firms holding contracts for tor various naval projects In Utah and the north north- west |