Ogden Evening Standard | 1910-10-19 | Page 6 | William O'Brien is Not Guilty

WILLIAM OWN IS M GUILTY The case against William O'Brien, charged with wilfully destroying property prop-erty at the Fair Grounds, was dls missed by Judge J, D. Murphy In police po-lice court this morning. According to C. I). Pye, keeper of tbe grounds, O'Brien was caught In the act of tearing boards from the side of one of the stalls for the purpose pur-pose of carrying them away. O Brien is employed with a horseman who has horaea In one of the stalls and the man was making ready to take the horse out of town. Dye contended contend-ed that the man wished ii use the hoard's In the cars in which the horses would be shipped. O'Brien on the stand swore that be took the boards from the side of tbn stall in order that ho mMit moro conveniently move his belongings from the place and that he would have had no use for the boards and did not intend to carry them away He .stated .stat-ed that he bud carefully drawn the nails and had Intended to replace the boards when his tilings were out ef the stall.