Salt Lake Telegram | 1927-05-05 | Page 11 | Old Tradition of Mine Town Suffers Upset

T Tradition hf 7 of Mine me Town Suffers Upset kw Bingham Jury Returns V Verdict Verdict of Guilty on V V Intoxication V Charge i f t I. May 5 Special SpecIal SpecIal- Bingham is fast tast losing It its Ih g glory or as V an an ld time mining camp with treaS trea- trea S lI-Cd lI traditions accord according inS inS' to old- old I V timers There was a day when no jury would find a man guilty of V q leing drunk drunk but but Wednesday saw another cherished custom dis disappear V James Murtha was the prisoner Murtha is said to have havo ad that he might have had a drop or ot two but he denied he ho was drunk Two deputy deput sheriffs were required to persuade him to come to jail but buthe buthe he lie protested his Inno innocence ard and de demanded demanded ile- ile a jury trial Wednesday Four nationalities were represented represent represent- ed esI d by as many jurymen and they found Murtha urtha guilty guilt However they recommended leniency Judge J Ray y Kenner IZenner assessed Murtha 25 V the first jury trial con conducted b Brady assistant county atney at- at r ney e here and the first to be I l ii ligard Id d in Bingham by Judge Kenn Ken- Ken n as sober as the judge himself himS him him- S self el declared Pablo when 5 5 h as brought up on the the- f same me S. S V tt irge rge I 1 demand demaa l a Jury trial al alo o. o However when Pablo aw f-aw th the jury he began to h d hedge hedie e and at atS S th admitted that he might have en just a little bit JIt tipsy It him 50 50 ctt q