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Show Automobile Appropriated luciiuia jjuvmaon oi Logan auu uunmu i. i'otumon ox bail uum city, hotn or wnoin are ciiipioyuu at uie west sultf farm ui tno Utah-Idaho Sugar company, com-pany, wnion is located near the r'lemiug siding on the 0. S. L. railroad, appeared before Justice Jus-tice Figgins yesterday morning on complaint of Robert Mc- IX'laHdibftr his uutoinobiierTho boys on the Witness stand, testified that they took tho car early Sunday morning from tho north end of tho Sugar-Company machine shed whero it was standing, and drove to Logan to get a. supply of apples, returning in tho afternoon after-noon with four sacks of apples and some cucumbers. They were met a short distance abovo Fielding by Sheriff Welling and Mr. McFarland, as thoy were returning homo and upon being halted the boys admitted thoy took the car without asking the consentof tho owner and offered offer-ed to pay him for the use of it. They also testified that they informed him they had brought two sacks of apples for him. (Mr. Mc-Farland's wife Is the cook at tho Sugar Company boarding house.) The proffer of pay for the use of tho car was refused and tho boys were taken into custody by Sheriff Welling, who brought them on to this city and let them go on their own recognizance with instruction to appear in dourt yesterday morning. Both boy& were recently discharged from tho army and "disclaimed any criminal intent in taking tho automobile. Mr. McFarland, tho complaining complain-ing witness, testified1" first and practically stated tho facts as sot forth above. It was also adduced from tho testimony that Mr. McFarland is not employed em-ployed by tho Sugar company but resides at the boarding house where his wife is employed em-ployed as cook. Tho car, according accord-ing to testimony, is a 1914 model Ford touring car. County Attorney W. E. Davis prosecuted and Attorney W. J. Lowe defended tho case. After tho completion of tho taking of testimony, tho attorneys argued the case and Justice Flggins decided there was no cause of action and dismissed the defendants. de-fendants. Box Elder News |
