Salt Lake Telegram | 1925-02-21 | Page 2 | Pesky Coyotes, Not White Mule, Trappers' Alibi

Pesky Coyotes Not White Mule Trappers' Trappers Alibi Dont Don't venture near a hot still Mike Dancer and W. W O. O Commons Commons Com Corn mons who were convicted of ownership of a still near Lyndyll in the United States district court have through their counsel coun coun- sd sel asked for a new trial claiming claiming claiming claim claim- ing they were trapping coyotes and merely were in the vicinity in in the pursuit of the prairie wolf and not the white e mule Judge Tillman D. D Johnson in indicated in in- he would grant the motion motion mo mo- tion but took the matter under advisement He said that if the still had not been warm when the men were placed under arrest arrest arrest ar ar- ar- ar rest he would have directed a verdict of not guilty Samuel King counsel for Dancer and Commons contended that no evidence was presented I to show the two had any connection connection tion with the still and that merely because they were a few hundred yards from the booze plant was no proof they were the operators