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Show ILLICIT LIQUOR DEALERS IN TOILS Oniccrs Make Two AneslH With Others Oth-ers to Follow One Offender Gets 150 Days in County Jail. The ominous muttcrings in relation to the securing of evidence for the prosecution of a number of illicit liquor liq-uor cases, found its first open utterance utter-ance yesterday morning in the arrest of J. M. Bladen of the Palace Drug Store on a charge of selling liquor illegally. Mr. Bladen was arraigned before Justice Palmer and entered a plea of "Not guilty," and was admitted to bail in the sum of $500 to appear for his trial. Last evening Sheriff Corry and City Marshal Nelson went out to Lund and placed under arrest George Rivers,' who was charged with u similar offense. of-fense. They brought tho defendant to Cedar City with them, and in Justice Jus-tice Palmer's court ho entered a plea of guilty this morning and was sentenced sen-tenced to 150 days in the county jail. It is whispered that evidence has also been collected for other prosecutions prosecu-tions throughout the (iounty, and the wrongdoers are wondering where the strong arm of the law will fall next. Contrary to custom in the past, the evidence has been obtained by local persons, without the importation of a professional detective. It it understood under-stood that the net of evidence has been made flawless, and that the accused ac-cused will have small chance, indeed, of slipping through. With all other law-abiding citizens, The Record regrets that a condition exists in the county which makes such prosecutions necessury, but we feel to commend the good work of the officers in bringing tho offenders to justice. |