Ogden Daily Standard | 1918-03-21 | Page 7 | Fails to Appear in Court at Time Appointed

FAILS TO APPEAR IN COURT AT TIME APPOINTED j Tho municipal court had a ' busy j time this morning trying to find scrme- thing to do. .After spending about vo , minutes discovering that thero were no defendants present to face the bar J of justice, the court dismissed a case . that was merely a hangover. This was i tho case of the People against Smith and Metcalf for running an employ- , mont oillce, at 135 Twenty-fifth street, i without a license. The case was com- promised somo time ago when the dc- ( fondant Smith, who resides in Salt i Lake, promised to pay the license fee to the city recorder, and ho paid tho , license several days ago and Assistant i City Attorney David L. Stlno moved tho court to dismiss tho case. That Avas all tho legal business the i court could find, although tho regular crowd of curiosity seekers hung at the : entrance to tho city jail building. I Thcrew as a case that should havo como up for action, but the defendant ; had business elsewhere and did not show up. County Attorney Farr had moved a few days ago to let the defendant de-fendant havo his freedom on his own recognizance and his kindness was rewarded re-warded by tho defendant remaining away when his preliminary was to havo been heard. The case In question was that of the State against Thomas McMain. charged charg-ed with failure to provide for a minor child. According to tho city officials, McMain left his wifo and small child, a more babe in arms, several weeks ago In a rooming house and wont to Salt Lako to work. He did notj provide pro-vide for them and left them deserted, the police say, untvl their plight was learned by the authorities. Then tho man promised to do right and to ap-' ap-' pear for a preliminary hearing, but when the case was called he did not show up. A bench warrant may be issued is-sued for him.