Ogden Daily Standard | 1901-08-29 | Page 5 | Burton Case

BUTTON CASE HEARING OF ACCUSED OFFICER IS NOW ON at 10 this moraine it was decided to try the case of officer geo durton charged with assault and the case was called for 2 this afternoon in justice court the witnesses subpoenaed on short notice by the sheriffs office and at this afternoon the trial of the case began and will probably not be concluded until tomorrow morning moroni brown who was driving a sprinkler on the day that the trouble between welch and the officers arose and who was a witness was the first to be called for the state ills story of the fight was about the same aa has been reported he said that he saw welch knock officer pender down and kick him he testified that burton did not strike welch until welch nad to fight pender