Salt Lake Telegram | 1929-04-28 | Page 5 | Grocer Found Not Guilty of Assaulting Girl

V Grocer Found r Not Guilty of of- 4 Assaulting Girl 5 Pete Manos a grocer of oC Third T Third East ast street was acquitted of a abat bat charge against st a. a a a. y 20 20 olA gi following ing a trial In in- police court couri Friday afternoon i 1 have ave never reheard such conflicting t testimony In my court Judge Stump said in his v ver r- r diet dict However It is impossible to tell whether the defense or prosecution prosecution prosecution prose prose- cution witnesses have committed perjury ry and it is therefore mandatory manda manda- tory that the defendant be the benefit of th the the- doubt Manos was as accused of making indecent in- in decent advance advances to the girl while she he was In his store at 8 o'clock Sunday Sunday Sunday Sun- Sun day evening JI March 31 Charges 01 of assault and indecent conduct against against the e store proprietor were dismissed because the not not allowed showed to to proc proceed ed on mor than one charge arising s same me alleged offe offense j Prior to the Manos Ianos trial Henry Cromer no address pleaded guilty guIlt to attempting to assault a wom woman tl and was fined with the alter alternative alternative alter alter- native of 01 days in jail He said however that he was under the Influence of liquor at the time and that the off offense ns was not wilfully I I committed He was sent to Jail jall when unable to pay the fine tine