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Show Record number of court cases set by agency I Wildlife Resources officers in 1971 sent a record 2,664 cases to Utah courts, an increase in-crease of 208 cases over the old record. Of this total, 2,190 violators of state laws were adults and 474 were juveniles; The courts levied a record $75,097 in fines, of which $11,444.50 was suspended. In addition to fines sentences totaling 356 days in county jails were levied by the courts. Juvenile sentences last year included: verbal admonishment; admonish-ment; theme writing; payment of fines; suspension of fines and jail sentences; no fines; or work on an hourly basis for schools, cities or counties. The courts dismissed 55 cases for reasons such as lack of evidence, interest of justice, unable to locate and defendant defend-ant left the state. |