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Show HOLDUPS TAKEN TO PRISON BY SHERIFF Within two houis after they had been sentenced in Judge J A Howell How-ell s division of the Second district court. James E. Maxwell, Oscar Mc Switin and Thomas Martin. the most daring bandits to lslt Ogden In j tears, w ere on their way to the state i prison t begin what may be life sentences. sen-tences. Under the new law Judge Howell could pronounce only inder-mlnato inder-mlnato sentences, but he will recommend recom-mend to the state board of pardons that they be kept in prison for life Realizing the desperate character ot his prisoners. Sheriff T A OeVine took no chances of a possible escape, the three men being surrounded by deputies Irom the sheriff's office and, police officers during their removal to and from the court room on the third floor of the county building. All were handcuffed except during the court proceedings Having previously entered a plea of guilty to the one charge of robbery, js arranged by District Attorney Fohn C, Davis, the actual time consumed con-sumed by the final hearing was brief. Displaying the same braado which has characterized their manner since the attempted holdup' ' the business busi-ness district on July 21. the bandits showed not the slightest trace of weakening, while McSwIggfn and Maxwell evidenced a desire to bully one of the witnesses Maxwell and McSwiggin. who were! handcuffed together, joked regarding' the sentence while on the way from the courtroom back to the jail on the first floor of the building. They declared that the "life" rccommenda tion was merely for the benefit of the citizens assembled and that they would be released before many years. |