Show IN COURT leo L larsen will be sentenced today at 2 to a term or of a few months in the county jill jall by judge AV AV maughan on the charge 0 the else case was warmly c contested on tested and consumed five days in ili the he trial district attorney fied J holton was ably assisted by county attorney G D C call and the defendant was well represented by T D johnson Toh of 0 ogden and R 11 jones two counts were set up in the information one charging tile the defendant guilty of adultery the second or of fornication the second charge was included to obtain in case the jury should find that the criminal act had been committed after larsen had procured a divorce idiom ills his first wife the defense tried to prove an alibi claiming that larsen was in ogden on the lay day of nov 1906 the alleged late date of the offense and the jury apparently believed the witnesses for the defense as after dell brating for a bout four hours they returned a verdict let finding the defendant guilty of the lesser offense tense of shortly after the preliminary hearing the defendant married the girl in the case but his subsequent actions go to show that lie he had no intention of living with her or ot of supporting the child rather kather the idea was to avoid prosecution as the laws of the state prohibit a wife against her husband without the testimony of the girl however the state made a strong case and many of those who heard the proceedings cant understand der stand why the jury did not return a verdict finding larsen guilty of the graver gravel offense public sentiment is thoroughly a loused against the defendant not more so perhaps for this act than for past offenses Tenses ol the testimony of ere credible 1 le witnesses was to the effect that the girl in ili this instance was any tiling thing but virtuous before the alleged offense was committed which perhaps influenced influence the jury somewhat bail and were she of wholly sound mind a jail sentence would not be out of place for her however the ac activity of the cating officers in ili this case will serve notice to the criminal element of the city and county that these demoralize ing acts will not be allowed to pass unnoticed and we trust that larsen larsell will profit by the punishment lie he will get later larsen was given six months in the county jail |