Show 3 I local bea I loggers lose appeal Conspiracy and theft convictions convictions convictions con con- against three Vernal men have been upheld by the US U.S. Circuit Court of Ap Ap- peals The men are employees of a Vernal lumber mill that was under contract to buy timber from the Ashley National Forest The Denver Denver based based appeals court last week rejected arguments by attorneys for Terry and Gary Simper and Daniel Allen that the US U.S. District Court for Utah jury hearing the case had received improper instructions from Chief Judge Willis W. W Ritter The contract was between Simper Lumber Co and the US U.S. Forest Service for harvesting harvesting har har- vesting lumber at Burnt Creek in the Ashley National Forest The Forest Service has a ticket and marking system to keep track of the amount of logs taken from the forest The Simpers and Allen were charged with failing falling to account for some loads and using duplicate ticket numbers in order to make the amount of timber harvested appear less than it was US U.S. Atty Ally Max Wheeler who prosecuted the case noted that the lumber firm must pay fines of for Gary and each for Terry and Allen Judge Ritter Riller imposed the sentences which have been held up pending appeal Judge Ritter also banned the three men from the national forests as a term of their probations |