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Show JURY ACQUITS DEFENDANTCHARGED DEFENDANTCHARGED DEFENDANT CHARGED WITH DRUNKENNESSI DRUNKENNESSNot DRUNKENNESS , I Not guilty wasthe was the verdict vercUct of a aJury ajury i jury in justice court at Moab Tuesday Tuesdayevening Tuesdayevening Tuesda ; , , evening , , ! at ut the conclusion of the tna trIal trIalof trialof tnaof of Guy Eagleburger of Monticello , who whowas whowas wh < 3 was charged with drunkenness Thi The Thecase Thecase - > case was tried before Justice of the thePeace thePeace thi thiPeace \ prosecutionbeing Peace D A Johnson , the prosecution \ being m in the hands of Town Attorney AttorneyWilmer AttorneyWilmer Attorne'Wilmer AttorneWilmer ' , Wilmer Bron'on Bronon Bron on < : ' n with Attorney F BHammond B BHammond BHammond Hammond appearing appearmg for the defen- defen defendant defendant defendant - - . dant The jury was composed of A C CJorgensen CJorgensen CJorgensen Jorgensen , Len Stocks , Gay C Brown Brownand Brownand Browiand and C C GoodWitnesses Good . ' * Witnesses for the town were Mar Mar- Marhal Marshal Marshal - shal hal L A Woodruff , County Attorney AttorneyJ , J Reed Lance , J T Learning Leammg , L L LTaylor LTaylor LTaylor Taylor and Mars Pope They testified testifiedthat testifiedthat testifiecthat that Eagleburgei Eagleburgel drove his truck truch . uMain u\ u up upMain upMain \ , Main street , , and stopped in the middl middle middleof middleof middlof < , ' . of the street , where it remained forperhaps for forperhaps foiperhaps ' perhaps au . an .an hom how houi , , obstructing obstructmg traffic trafficEagleburger trafficEagleburger trafficEagleburger . Eagleburger first got out of his trucl truck truckand truckand trucland and then climbed ; back into mto the cab cabwhele cabwheie cabwheie whele wheie heent he \ went \\-ent ent \ - to sleep and remained remainedin remainecin in this th15 ' 'laid laid ' laid out ' ' cordition cordltIon until he hewas hewas hwas ( was aioused moused by officers oUicers ojflcers later , accord accord- according according according - ing to the evidence He res resisted ted the theI theofficers theofficers s I officers . ! , Woodruff WoodruIf and Lancey Lanceq Lanceywho Lanceqwho Lance who whoweie whcweie . wel weie e attempting attemptmg alternpting to get him and his histruck histruck hi ; > truck off the main mam street , it wa was te testi- testi testified testi testified < ; tl- tl tlfled - - fied fled Learning Leammg , Taylor and Pope , who whohappened whohappened whchappened ' happened to be near , were asked by bythe bythe bithe ' the officers to help them take tah.e tahe . Eagle Eagle- Eagleburgel Eagleburgei Eagleburgei - burgei burgel to jail The " , witnesses Itnesses testIfied testIfiedth'1.t testifiedth'tt testifiedthifc th'1.t th1.t th1t th'tt thtt ' . ' the defendant appeared to be bedrunk bedrunk bedrunk ! drunk , that heas he \ was \\as as sas wobbly , " and that thathe thathe thaihe ' he v . ' walked 'aalked aalked alked with the tv . two to 0 officers sup- sup supporting supporting sup supporting - porting him One of the witnesses witnessestestifIed witnessestestified witnessestestified > testifIed that the defendants defendant s breath breathsmelled breathsmelled breati.smelled breatismelled ' . smelled of l1quorThe liquorThe liquor l1quor liquorThe The defense did not introduce any anytestimony anytestimony an ; testimony The defendant's defendants ' ' attorneyin attorneym attomeyin attorney attomey m in his argument attacked the com- com coin- coin comphint coinpI'iint corn-pliint corn pliint - - phint pI'iint pIiint ' and maintained tliat that the town townhad townhad towrhad had not shown that a crime had been beencommitted beencommitted beercommitted committed as defined definc . > d by the tov town townordinance townordinance . n norcUnance orcUnance ordinance under which the prosecution prosecutionwas was broughtThe broughtThe brought broughtThe The jury deliberated del1berated foi fOl foitwo tv -two two tao - . 0 hours hoursand , and then brought in a verdict of not notgUllty notguilty notguilty I Iand gUllty guilty . - |