Show FEDERAL Al THEFt A ACT CJ J TO 0 8 OE OES I. I S. S O Fi st Case Cas in Intermountain r Country to Be Tried at atS S P Pocatello catello r first c case se In Jn the Intermountain THE ta tam tain n territory o y of a a. prosecution tion under under t the th e national motor v vehicle hl- hl cia cle theft act will wiH soo soon come up at Pocatello Through the efforts of ot the Intermountain Automotive Dealers Dealers' association a t federal deral warrant has has' been issued fo for Arthur Henry Henry and F F. M. M Ch Chenoweth These two m men I are re al alleged alleged al- al to have stolen a car to O. O Andrews of the Yellowstone Motor comp company ny eari early in March and to have Jave driven It to Butte 1 Mont where the car was disposed of under undera a forged bill of sale saleS The authorities of f Butte were of ot the opinion that the car carI I had been stolen stolen and immediately I took possession of ot it Two weeks week had elapsed a after ter the th theft tt of ot the car car I before the association was asked to toI assist in n Its location and the arrest I of the persons who stole It ft Through the help of ot the Salt Lake police the I car was located and nd state warrants were Issued for the men who had stolen It They They- were later arrested at Helena Mont TRIAL AT POCATELLO Chenoweth is wanted by the Montana Montana Montana Mon Mon- tana authorities for passing bad checks and they will cwill n not t deliver him himon himon himon on the Idaho warrant until he h lids has s been tried However vever Henry was was was' brought back to Pocatello under an n nI I Idaho state warrant Immediately on his arrival a federal warrant was waS I Issued charging hi him with the theft of ot the tho car and he be he will be tried by bythe bythe bythe the United States court at Its next session at Pocatello The national motor vehicle theft act provides i n. n m maximum m fine of and a s a sentence of at five years In the I penitentiary for tor anyone who steals an automobile or its equipment and takes it from one state to another I ELASTIC ELATIC LA TIC LAW i The law Is ver very verr elastic and pro- pro ldes that trial may be held at any point in or through which the car was taken In this particular case all the witnesses are In Pocatello and the trial will be held th there re If It the feder federal l law can be applied to toa toa toa a large number of or cases where the thieves take the care from one one state to another it will do much to reduce losses S The Intermountain Automotive Dealers' Dealers association is' is endeavoring to have the maximum sent sentence nce imposed on every every automobile thief whether he hebe hebe hebe be tried under juvenile state or federal federal federal fed fed- eral laws and they propose to give these cases all aU the publicity that Is possible |