Show ARTHUR conlisk ALSO AN IN THE NEGATIVE number of citizens excused from serving as juryman jurymen because of firm convictions some ambiguity in the wording ot the charges preferred hoiu R swan and arthur state of utah as made the cenie biot an argument by counsel for the defendants fend ants in an effort to have the case continued until a new warrant could bo drawn up that would specifically state the exact manner in chich the alleged bounty frauds acie committed under tho criminal sections in the statutes of the state of utah a man may be tried upon a complaint setting forth the nature and manner ot tho crime or the mere allegation of tho crime Is sufficient to cause an investigation after a lengthy argument by the attorneys for both sides in which the precedent established by other states in similar actions was considered the court overruled the demurrer of defendants counsel and ordered that the case proceed W R avian and A II 11 conlisk arc you guilty or not guilty of the charge preferred against ou not guilty came the answer from both men to the clerks question attorney mccormack made a motion that the cases be separated the motion was granted and the caso of conlisk was continued the plea Is the same as that made by coblish and swan when the case had its hearing in january 0 this year in examining the joiy difficulty was experienced in finding meu unbiased opinions formed at tho time when the details of the affair wore fresh in tho public mind ho in a number of cases been unchanged to the present time as was demonstrated by the examination of jury men today george A kelly was the first man to come under the examination of attorney mccormack ho admitted to certain questions asked him that his opinion as to the guilt or innocence of the defendants was formed ao firmly that considerable evidence to the contrary would bo necessary to shake hla convictions the court promptly excused him F W stratford hang and A E weatherby were excused after admitting that they would enter into the caso with formed opinion of the guilt or innocence of the accused out of ten examined eix were chosen without one exception they admitted they could try the case upon the merits and had no opinion jorj would they form one until the evidence had been given two more jurors will be examined this afternoon and then the testimony will be heard the jurors so far selected are C II 11 greenwell V P calne DJ doyle II 11 lund all of ogden james johnson of hooper and W y james of wilson lano 1 |