Show GEORGE DEr RI HELD TO DISTRICT COURT As announced In last weeks week's Free Press the tho preliminary ry hearing of George on a charge of adultery adultery adul adul- tery was held at Roosevelt on Friday February before Justice W. W H. H Doggett Charles De DeMoIsy of Vernal Vernal was present assisting F. F L L. Watrous of oC Duchesne In looking after the In Interests Interests interests In- In of the defendant A complaint charging fornication had also been lodged against Miss Lola Barker and nd by stipulation of ot counsel It was agreed that the testimony testimony testimony mony Introduced In In the one case should be considered as having haying been introduced In the other as ns well Ellison El El- Ellison lison Murray marshal of Duchesne and Rolla Roseberry who had assisted assist assist- ed in making the arrest atTest were the tho principal witnesses for the state The defendants offered no testimony Whether because of relying on the In Insufficiency insufficiency In- In sufficiency of the evidence or or from caution not desiring to give away their line Une of ot defense remains to b M be seen Justice Doggett after considering the evidence decided that the state stat had made ont out a prima facts facie case an and held both to the district court on the respective charges charses n. n named named nam nam- ed in the complaints ane and on the ball baU already furnished While the amount of evidence In Introduced Introduced m- m does not appear to b be as aa conclusive as might be desired It U must be remembered that In thie thIa class of cases direct evidence Is hard hareS to get and much weight is 18 given to te circumstances It I f la also possible that the state only submitted what the county attorney c considered would be sufficient to hold the the defendants In any event It will be for a Jury to determine r the respective e charges are proven beyond a reasonable reasonable rea doubt The cases will Viii no doubt come me up atthe at atthe the next session of the District court f which commences at Duchesne on on- v Monday 1 arch March 3rd t |