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Show "Not Guilty" For Theodoie Nicholes Jury In the Latest Griinltc Club Case Says Manager Did Not Sell Booze to One Samuel HuchliiNon. Theodore N'lcholes wns tried Wednesday Wed-nesday beforo Justlco dolph Nielsen for soiling six bottle of lagar beer to oiio Samuel Hutchinson on July 2nd, 1014. . Tho whole forenoon was taken up In securing tho following jury Tliomns Prlday, Emmott Lynch, Jos. Searlo nnd Nlols Nelson. Attorney Snydor of Salt Lake City represented Mr."Nlcholes nnd Judgo Whltecotton lookod nftor tho Interests of tho city. Witnesses for tho city wcro Vom Holey nnd Burn Hnrrlnton, nged 17 and 10 years respectively, Samuol Hutchinson nnd his brother, tho Int-tcr'only Int-tcr'only testifying to having aeon Samuol In tho Granite Club ono day with n packot under Ills nrm. Tho City's story was that on tho second day of last July, tho two boys, Uoley and Harrlnton, nsked Samuel I Hutchinson to go In tho Grnnlto Club and got them somo boor. Thoy gave him 1.50 for this purpose Ho wont In tho front door and later caino out of tho yard In tho rear nnd gavo them two packets, each containing thrco bottles of beer, which was given them I In tho rear of Larson's blacksmith shop. Hutchinson testified to having received tho money, going In tho Gran- Ho Club, buying tho beer and bring- ' Ing It out to tho boys. Tho story of , nil throo witnesses was perfectly straight, Oir cross examination by Attorney ' Snyder, It dovoloped that young Boloy Mind Harrington, subsequent to July 2nd, had, been nrrested for "hooking" hour from a buggy near tho Apollo Hall,, Thoy woro In tho custody of tho offlcors for two days, and nn agreement was reached wheroby tho boys woro employed to act as de- tictlvos ror tho city. A horse nnd buggy woro to bo furuUhcd them free. Thoy woro to bo pnld ?2.00 per day each when In tho service or mo cuy. If no ensos woro Bccurod, and $4,00 per clay when thoy woro successful. However, It appcarH that tho boys only worked ono or two days. Thoy wero not nblo to securo any now caBos, but gavo tho ofllcorB Information Informa-tion on n enso that hnd already happened, hap-pened, On crosii flxamlnotlon Hutchinson tostlfled thnt ho had boon In Jail from Saturday, twovwooks ago, till tho fol- L f lowing Tuosdiiy, when ho signed an affidavit Implicating Nlcholcs in tho caso, and agreed to back up the affidavit affi-davit in court. Tho conditions woro thnt tho City Marshal was to uso his lullucnco to havo tho sentence no lien-ont lien-ont as possible. Tho following day ho changed his former plea from "not guilty" to "guilty." Tho enso of tho defenso was tho testimony by Nicholes denying tho transaction, nnd tho story that, cub-sequent cub-sequent to his nrrcst, Hutchinson had told him on tho street that ho did not know whether It was Nlcholcs who sold htm tho beer. This conversation was corroborated by Ed. Robinson On croBB examination Nlcholcs testified testi-fied thnt ho was manager of tho Grnnlto Grnn-lto Club and as ouch received consignments con-signments of liquor for Its members, who generally paid for It whon thoy got It. Ho also admitted havlrg been closed out by search nnd seizure and injunction proceedings. h Tho Jury nftor being out como two r r oi hours brought In a verdict of not B :m guilty. ' f M A largo crowd, including a dele- 8" ' Jl gallon of Indies, witnessed tho pro- " L. Uja ccedlngs. mt ' uj |