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Show FIRST C01CT1 !S UNDER REW 11 ' ON TRESPASS ; Roy Peterson alias Roy Backman, charged with the theft of an automobile automo-bile and arrested with three other boy.v by the members of the sheritt s department, depart-ment, was arraigned before .Judge A. E. Pratt in the district court this morn ing, pleaded cuilty and was sentenced to thirty davs in the county Jail All offenders arrested in the future by the county authorities, Will be tried I in the district court under the new I slate law of trespass which provides for imprisonment In the count;, jail or In the stale penitentiary. The authorities author-ities believe that the arresting of auto I thieve- and the Inflicting ol the alcer- native of a fine or imprisonment and permitting them to pav. will not lessen the thefts, and, in tin future, no alternative alter-native fine will be given but a straight rentence in the county jail or the state I i ison. no |