Ogden Standard-Examiner | 1922-01-17 | Page 7 | Dewits Freed in City Court

DEWITS FREED ! IN CITY COURT Jury for Fourth Time Rules Not Guilty in Cigaret Case After but 20 minutes' deliberation yesterday afternoon, the Jury which heard the cu.se of deWH Brothers nnd A H deWlt, charged With hnng cig-arets cig-arets in their possesion, returned a verdict of not guilty In the city court. Tho verdict marked the fourth case in the city court in which jurle.s refused to find the defendant) guilty of violations viola-tions of the BouthWlck nnti-cigarei. law Th" jurors were Alex Rlrie, p. T. Wright. E. Ingebretson ond A. Farley.1 Tho deWlt case was tho last of six case, in which raids were conducted by the officers upon search and SOta-re SOta-re v arrant" Is? ued by Judg.- Oenrge S. R.irker, in the district court, upon the request of County Attornoy Ijavld J Wilson, who appeared for the state.. George Halverson appeared for the four defendants, who have been ac-( quitted. In the first two cases th united '""ignr fompnv and Hemenwayl & Sdosor company, pleaded guilty and wore each fined $10. The fine was' paid and the cigaret wore returned tO j t lie defendants upon their promise to ship them out of Utah