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Show COCAINE IS THE CAUSE OF HIS DOWNFALL Six months in jail or a fine of $1S0 was the- sentence Imposed by Judge Reeder this morning on William An derson. a young man of Ogden. after be had pleaded guilty to the charge of petty larceny. Anderson's appearance In court this morning was the third In less than four months and the charges In each Instance have been the same. Tne young man was i harged this morning morn-ing with stealing a watoh valued at $15 from O. H. SlmmonB. Anderson pleaded guilty nnd gave drunkenness as his excuse He said he had taken the watch from Simmons' coat pocket while the coat was hanging on the wall of a pool room. Anderson has blamed all his past I actions on drink, but the polic e state that he uses cocaine and commits the thelts while under the Influence ol the drug He has served one sentence of "vO i days for the alleged taking of an overcoat over-coat and another sentence of In days after pleading guilty to taking and selling a stove owned by his landlady. |