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Show I - - , V ' . . ...... j . t . .. . .. . .... V- , - -J - ' ' - " i i . . i ' f - ' i U- . k i ii...w 4 . . . J Ait A. G. Ilr.ott. uron llr.j t n '.'0:.cl In the r strict court this morr'lr- withdrew with-drew his f:rr-.-r jlea'cf r.ot r-ty, r!::i:M r-"ty to thecr!rr.e. of ottalr.ir.j .money u.-J.r fi'.. e preterms, ar.l was sentence 1 to one year In tie State rrlaoa at hard later. t ' ' Attorney XT. F. VC"anles3, who representel the defendant, spoke a few wordj. in the rri.;oner's behalf before the sentence was pronounced by Ju-e Horse. The defer, iant, he sail, ha I decibel to pica! ruilty to the charge la the Information In-formation rather than remain In Jail until the next terra of court. He sail there was no doubt but what Knott could prove his Innocence, and that the court would have to instruct the Jury not to find him guilty upon the evidence that would be adduced, and asked that the minimum sentence be Imposed. Im-posed. , ; . . - District Attorney Elehnor did not asree with Mr. "Wanless'as to the innocence inno-cence of Knott, but said the State did not ask for a heavy sentence, considering1 consider-ing1 that the State had been saved considerable expense in not bavin? to try the case. It would have been necessary for the State to have brought witnesses from Montana had the case gone to trial. |