Show alieve belien el it or nol story from V L D S writers TV r reject we dont pretend to understand the intricacies of legal red tape and anci what not much less to claim mastery of 0 the inner workings of our plo pid neer courts but when a prisoner ler plead guilty and Is thereupon declared not guilty by a judicious jury of ills his peers it strikes our in in eye that thereby hangs ft a tale und and the utah writers pro grain presents the tol following lowing from its ita files in 1854 a defendent de macid aced tho the bai barj of tho the pr probate otate court in provo to an n awer to grand larceny charge gull ty or not guilty asked ali the judge allty ull ty your honor bonor returned the prisoner at the bar the rhe jury sat quietly through tile the court proceedings at length the budge adge summed up the evidence avi ar 1 ordered a finding in accordance with the plea the jury retired to all an inner sanctum an hour later they filed solemnly back into the court room after preliminaries the he foren foreman lan arose we and the defendent not guilty of 0 tile the ch charre Irge lie he intoned casually the judge was incredulous lie he rubbed ills ears mind blind repeating that he said im afraid I 1 catch the verdict the foreman carefully repeated his line the judge assumed a haugh ty mantle niante e of judicial pomp would it be asking too much of the distinguished jury for an explanation to the cout cobit t of what farfetched far fetched stretch of imagination has e enabled the jury to arrive at its verdict or perhaps the jury hear the defendent de admit his guilt just it bedge returned retarded the foreman the jury bein all well niell acquainted with the defendent and knowin him ter fer years as bein the biggest damn liar in these here parts wb jest naturally cant believe him under oath |