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Show COURT UPHOLDS STATECONTENTION! Prisoner Held " for Trial j After Argument j i City Judge Hen Johnson today de-! cided to bind over In flOOO bonds If U. Uwkmsn to stand trial in the district! court for nttemp'ed burglary, a) j The crime with which Ilcrkham is i charged Is said to have taken place No- J vember 2. 120. when police ,-irrested Beckham at the rear of the Metropolis tan store. In his possession was found a kit of burglar's' tools, and Beckham J is said to have admitted he was about ; to break Into the store. Whether tak-j lng the tools to the store constituted (attempted burglary was the subject of a lenghy argument before Judge John-j John-j son. Kalph I. Morse. Beckham's counsel, coun-sel, contended that no attempt at burglary burg-lary had been shown, while Ceorge M. Cannon. assistant county attorney, claimed that Heck him' preparations and his presence at the store constituted consti-tuted sn attempted burglary. Judge Johnston's decis.cn upheld the county attorney. I Beckham was arrested November 23, J but was released. In company with sev-j sev-j eral other prisoners rn the county jail. , Christmas morning. He was rearrested ' in Butte. His wife, Mrs. Beckham. Is also In- the county jail, charged with forgery. |