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Show BOY'S STORY SS CONFIRMED And as a Result Clarence Peterson Escapes a Charge of Grand Larceny, Lar-ceny, After Promising to be a Good Boy and Attend School. part of the officers disclosed the fact that it was tho animal that young I Peterson had In the jimgles. Peterson was arrested and charged with grand larceny, pleading guilty to the charge as above stated. In i he district court this morning, the rase of the state against Clarence Peterson for horse stealing ,wns dismissed dis-missed and the youthful defendant discharged froru custody. This was done on motion of the district attorney, who stated that, pfter the young man had pleaded guilty to the charge the other day and Hie court hod withheld sentence because be-cause of certain statements made by Peterson, the officers had made a careful invesllgatlou regarding the statements and had reported to him that the boy was telling the truth. 'in face of these facts," your honor, hon-or, '"said Uistrlct Attorney Harris, ' I ihinL It would be unwise and nut in accordance with the law of exact justice, to sentence this young man to a term In the state prison. 1 find thut he has borne a reasonably good reputation, and that the officers of the law have had no difficulty with him. except as he himself stated to the court the other day when he said that the truancy officer had requested request-ed hiru to attend school resailarly and he had promise. 1 the officers to be a good boy In the future. He is just past IS years of age, a time of life when a penitentiary sentence might lo more harm than good, and 1 feel that he should be discharged." The former plea of guilty was ordered or-dered withdrawn by the judye and tho cape dismissed, according to. the request re-quest of the district attorney. Peterson is the young man who a W- da ago found an anirnal loose In the road and look possession. Intending Intend-ing t.i appropriate It to his own usu if a claimant did not appear. He took 1he animal to the Jungles of Weber river, where he led It for a number of days. The taking of a horse was reported by the Wilson brothers of this city ami an investigation on the |