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Show XABBED IN THE ACT. George Henry Bound Over on a Charge of Housebreaking. This morning George Henry, a tramp who has been there before "many a time," was before Justice Brown on a charge of housebreaking. It appears that George Peay, when driving up from his farm, noticed some one in the large two story frame house situated on the Whalon addition addi-tion to Provo, and owned by James M. Parker. Oii drivimia little" further he met Mr. Parker, and asked him if anyone was living in the house, lie answered in the negative and Mr. Peay returned with him. Upon entering en-tering the house they found a man who had selected a lot of carpenter tools from a box and was apparently intending to take the tools with him, as he had a small plane in his pocket and some of the tools in his hands. Mr. Parker asked him . whnt he wanted. 'Oh! I was only looking at the tools." He then made for the back door, but was stopped by Mr. Peay. He then attempted at-tempted to strike Parker with a hammer, ham-mer, but Parker grabbed his arm and held him. All three then got into a cart, and were driven to the Court-bouse, Court-bouse, where the prisoner was given over to the tender mercies of the Marshal. Mar-shal. This morning he was arraigned before be-fore Justice Brown, and plead guilty. He was bound over in the sum of $1,500 to await the action of the grand jury. |