Show embezzlement last night levi W smith was apprehended ended and placed in the county jail pending his examination on a charge of embezzlement in 1885 an indictment was issued against smith amith by the grand jury the complainant being being orville childs of plain city S a has been absent from the territory nearly two years and having met with ill luck during daring hisa his absence he decided to return and stand trial in preference to continuing his wanderings he has a very interesting family J for whom great pity is felt according to the reports smith had bad been drinking heavily at the time of the commission of his offense chehad he had in his possession a number of signed checks upon which payment had been stopped smith negotiated a number of these with parties in eden and other places which was the cause of the indictment being issued as mr childs was held liable for the amounts represented by the checks ogden herald nov 9 |