Show IGNORANCE OF THE LAW COST NELSON 18 P A nelson foreman of the nine mile live stock co of which W A miles and J W bracken are the principal owners was up before justice chistensen of Castl dale on tuesday and fined 18 for allowing a couple of cows to mix up with the herd of cattle he was driving through the county from the ireland and oak springs ranches j and drift away from the ranges of their I 1 owners it is a conclusion arrived at by the justice and most of those who heard the testimony and are fam liar with the facts of the case that there was no in tent to break the law by mr nelson but that he was ignorant of what the law made it mandatory for him to do in the matter the evidence showed that when the herd of cattle mr nelson drove through the county reached the wilberg farm north of Cast ledale two cows one belonging t mr wilberg and the other to ezra curtis entered the herd chev were cat out at law lence but the wilberg trailed the herd as far as cleveland where she was not found by her owner till three weeks later mr nelson introduced his two herd rs as witnesses who test ifield cutting the cows out from the herd at lawrence and this mr nelson ap feared to think wai sufficient whereas the law plainly states that such stock shall be cut out at the first corral reach d and then returned to the place where hey were picked up |