Show A rank verdict in the city justice court jim don presiding s the case entitled park city a municipal corporation vs sidney roach who was charged with operating a car I 1 while intoxicated october in deer valley was heard on wednesday last city attorney E r G mcdonough represented the plaintiff and B R R hackett attorney tor for defendant when case was called mr hackett asked for or a jury trial and irom from a venire ot of eight citizens summoned by sheriff fd i damson amson those accepted and sworn were george cunningham E R mcrae john Sweat feld and harry derry witnesses for city precinct justice john clean gheen marshal W V D st jeor policeman dolph blackley and harold L graham witnesses for defendant were sidney roach poach and mis mir A E mccormick McCorm lck who as a neighbor has known defendant several montas mont ls but from her resi residence deice on that day clay see that he was intoxicated did t see eee his bis As aa described by other witnesses s say it if he was drunk or net hut but later declared that in her opinion he was not intoxicated it in addition to this the evidence submitted to the jury was in brief as follows that a telephone call to the abher iffs office gave the information that roa roach c h was druck and driving his automobile e over in deer valley so recklessly that lie he would either kill himself or some one else sherica adamson and his bis deputy deput billings had just left town on n another call cal and precinct justice J C green who had t apken ken the telephone meb debbage bage hailed city I 1 marshal st jeor and repeated the phone message to him the marshal with v alth policeman nan El ackley at once aroi drove e over to deer valle valley fould I 1 the a automobile u and its driver as reported over the phone they at once placed roach lion h under arr arrest estand and placed him in III the city jail The facts that took place before and after arrest were reviewed witness graham who was in the th marshals hals office when the officers arrived with the accused testified that roach was assisted to city hall by firm arm and shoulder support testimony further showed that tha roache usual neat appearance was at this his time wrecked and ruffled his shirt halt half way out irom from where it belonged that the smell of liquor on an the accused was strong his bla actions unsteady that while in jail in a braggadocio manner he boasted ot of what he had to do what he would do and what he be would not hot do etc etc the trend of hla his conversation was explained by witnesses also the wobbly manner in which he I 1 was waa driving his car the admission of defendant himself that he had been drinking ling that he was feeling good but not drunk etc all of which apparently had bad no effect on the good citizen jurors juror 1 i tor for they lost no time in bringing in a verdict of not guilty and still people wonder at crime and why so many people are run down dovin and killed by drunken drivers and again such are the handicaps of law flaw enforcement in these days of pro and jury trials |