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Show JUDGE EASY ON YOUNG FELLOW In the criminal division of the Mu- ' nlclpal court this morning Judge Murphy Mur-phy rendered a decision In the case of the State against Frank Murray, alias Frank Murphy, ordering the defendant de-fendant held to await the action of the district court The bond whs fixed fix-ed at $500. but the Judge stated that if It met tho approval of the county attorney, the bond might be reduced to $250. The young man was charged with forging the name of Frank French of Salt Lake to a check, drawn In tho dc-lendant's favor, for $20, on the 7th of January. At the preliminary hearing, hear-ing, which was held last week, the testimony showed that Murray presented pre-sented the check to B. Cohen, on lower low-er Twenty-fifth street. In payment for i an overcoat, receiving-$s In change," The overcoat was returned to the clothier and tho $3 paid back after ' the arrest of Murray. : i In renderlng the decision, the court ! stated that all the leniency within Its power and discretion would be extend--ed to the young man, and that the order of the court would b that he be bound over to the district court on the charge of issuing n fictitious check, the penalty for which is less than : lor lorgcry. Walter Nelson did not make an appearance ap-pearance in the Municipal court this niornlng on the charge of vazrancy, and hla ball of $10 was declared for-, iclted. |