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Show J. H. ROBERTS j DENIED PARDON Ogden Wan Convicted on Liquor Charge Must Serve Sentence Indication that ihe state board of pardons has little sympathy for those; I Convicted of huvlng liquor in their I possession was made apparent yesler-Iday yesler-Iday when the board denied Ihe application appli-cation for pardon of J H. Roberts of ugdcit, who Is now In the' county Jail BP! 1 ing six months, after having been ; convicted here. Itoberts was placed In the county 'Jail about mx week:-, ago whrn the supreme court upheld a decision of Judge A V Ages of the district court here after Roberts had appealed! his case three limes. He wus first Convicted in the city court and was '. have paid but a small fine, but he appealed the case to the district court and after two trials was found guilty by jury and was fined $290 and ; ..i need to serve sx months in tiiei city Jail tie in now serving his sent-i ' er.ee. According to the testimony during (he trials, Huberts purchased a large 'quantity of liquor from t Wyoming man and after he had the liquor in his possession, stopped payment on the. check he had given. The former ow u-ler u-ler of the liquor sprung a surprise wl.e.i he 'squealed" to the authorities I and his Information resulted In the . findlnv: of the "booze" on the Rob-, jerts ranch and the arrest of Roberts.; The plans were. It Is believed, fori 'Roberts to sell the liquor n a rooming room-ing houne he operated here. Roberts has still m arly four months 'to serve in the county Jail. |