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Show CHARGE OF PERJURY IS NOT SUSTAINED Salt Lake. Dec 9 . N. A Robertson, secretary of the Progressive state committee, returned yesterday from Carbon county, where he attended the trial at Price of C H. Stevenson, chairman of the Progressive county committee of Carbon county, who was charged with perjury. After the state had submitted Its testimony, .Tudpe A. H Christcneen, on motion of the attorneys for the defense, dismissed dis-missed the charge. Stevenson was arrested shortly bo-fore bo-fore election on complaint of County Attorney r. C. McWhlnney of Carbon county. It was charged by McWhlnney McWhln-ney that Stevenson was guilty of perjury per-jury in certifying to the secretary of Ftn'e that L H Redd had been nominated nomi-nated for state senator at a Pro-gresslTe Pro-gresslTe convention for the Twelfth senatorial district Redd had been previously nominated as Democratic candidate for senator and a Progressive Progres-sive convention was called which made Redd alco the Progressive noml nee The- Tweifih district comprises die counties of Carbon, Emery, Crand, San Juan and Uinta. Proper certification certifi-cation of the Progressive convention, it v. .is stated, had not been sent to the Progressivea of Uinta county and. therefore, the convention, it was affirmed, af-firmed, was not legally called Following Fol-lowing Stevenson's arrest, Redd withdrew with-drew as a candidate of the Progres-Ive Progres-Ive ticket He was beaten at the on by a small plurality by Don B. Colton. Republican. In granting 'he motion of the defense de-fense to dismiss the 'charge of perjury per-jury brought again6t StevenBon. Judg-? ChrlstenBen said that the crime charg cd had not been committed. The state's evidence he said showed that a convention of voters of the senatorial sena-torial district had been held. Ho said that the question of the legality of the convention could not be judged In an action such as the one at bar, that BUCb a question could only be ralse'i In b - Ml proceeding treating the validity Of the nomination and then only bj the members of the partv who refused to be bound by the action of the convention for want of proper notice. |
