Show BOY SENT TO JAIL youthful Youth fu rural mall mail carrier tells his story in court 1 1 salt lake feb 25 in the federal court david D jones today pleaded guilty to embezzlement on four counts and was sentenced to imprisonment in the county jail tor for six acx months on each however he will have bave to serve only six ox months as the terms run concurrently currently oon A fine of was also imposed the exact amount of jones tones embezzle meaL the defendant was a rural mall mail car rier at bingham junction and was accused of appropriating to himself on various occasions sums of money and postage stamps he suddenly left the state and was subsequently indicted by the federal grand jury in january last for a long time ume jonas jonies could not be boo found but be he was subsequently apprehended pre ended handed at lafayette colo and was brought to salt lake on february 1 since that time he has been in the county jail jones youth ho being but 18 and the sory he told on the stand today saved him from a more bevere vere sentence he frankly told the court that he was getting but 60 a month for tor his services and that of his horse used in his deliveries he tired of the situation and appropriated money to the amount of the wages due him not thinking that be he was as doing anything wrong the wages are still unpaid and will doubtless bo be used in paying the fine imposed the boy claims to tio have been abandoned by the members of hass family he ile wears a look of innocence that appealed to those who saw him face the ordeal in the court room immediately imm after being sentenced he was token taken to the county jail Jall to serve out his term |