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Show ; New Innovation In Trials In Liquor Gases ' l.nnri'iii-c .lolinton, Member of (irnnltc Club, I'oinlelid of Selling I.luunr Illegally Scores of Loading Ladles -' . "" Present at the Trial. I - n Luwrwico .Johnson of I.chl wns tried I,,1 1 and convicted In Judge Nlolson's court j?., Tuedny for so'llng liitoxlratlng Honor ir j ' unlnwfully. Ho appeared Thursday if J . for Hentence mid was lined $2f0 or I ;" 2G0 days In tho city Jail. It la not ,' ' ft known whether ho will appeal tii " tho district court, but as Judge Mor- ' , gan has a penchant for afllxlng a Jail ' ,4 suntenco In addition to heavy fines for Vj," lliiuor offenders, It 1h probable that j,, Johnson may let well enough alone. ,'J ' Never In the history ot the local 1 iV Justice's court did so many peoplo turn . j, out to a trial. Over 2fi0 peoplo crowd- f ed tho city hall to witness tho pro- r' feedings, and over BO per cent of them Yt woro leading ladles or tho city. It Is Si evident that tho peopl of tho city aro Ml becoming aroused bocauso of the nu- l'i mcrous Infractions of the prohibition j law, and tho many verdicts of "not ig!j guilty" given In tho past. It Ih likely ..Si that tho prescuco of ho many leading !JM citizens will help to show tho oirtclals ' wf "Iul ur'0B lllnt "l0 town means that in "'" "(l,lor 'llWB b1ui" be obeyed. &H The Jury consisted of Simeon Thorn- " ton, P. I,. Hickman, C. V. Whlttaker ,;M and James Martin. Judgo Whllccot- fig ton ot l'rovo handled tho enso for the 'Hi city and Attornoy Snyder of Snydor Pt & Snyder or Salt l.ako looked after iHj . tho Interests of tho defense. Tlicro 'mm was a llttlo conflict In the testimony Hj of tho two Salt Lake detectives as to w which paid for tho whisky secured, but MS otherwise their testimony was pretty Bt straight, and tho Jury was out but a MB few minutes before arriving at a vor- ttw diet of guilty. - 9N Tll clt' oinclals concede that they Ml would have preforred getting tho of- B llclals of tho Ornnlto Club, where tho liquor was sold, but thoy express an 9E1 opinion that tho club's treasury will aJJK probably pay Johnson's expenses and Bl liquidate his fine, Johnson, who was flEJ simply a club member, shows a (11b- JBH position to lot somo one cIbo bo tho JE good follow noxt time, else the Judge ', Hffi would luivi; added a Jail sentence to jJHJ his fine. HJ Tho attendance of tho falror sex In MM such largo numbers nt a liquor trial BJH la a decided Innovation here. Tho la. ' mKBk dies enjoyed the proceedings so well WHO 'thnt thoy dclaro an Intnolon of nttond- I WK Ing future trials. Many who wore not KfElj A thoro express nu Intention of nccom- MSE& panylng their sisters to tho next one, Hj and It looks now that future trials HI would have to ho held In a larger jhK. building, If all the ladles aro given KB scats. |