| Show COURT HOLDS BRIEF SESSION HERE ON TUESDAY LAST As probably tile the concluding act in the ho drama of judge thomas it hur bur tinb ons judgeship in this county a beef bief term of court was held here on tuesday morning ot of this week at the conclusion ot of the session which occupied not more than two boura boum the judge asked it if there were any other cases on which he be should act and tit in the absence ot of any affirmative response from the attorneys attorney pre sent bent he adjourned the court until dec 31 though he intimated that be might stop here on his way back from st george directing attention first to the th criminal calendar as Is customary the case against loraine pendleton whom R J shay acting actina district at torney stated has ha been a fugi tira from justice lor for more than a year was dismissed the cases of the state stale va nelson and bryant wee called up the defendants arral arrain ngod ged on charges of 0 grand larceny to which they enter ed pleas of not guilty and their cases were continued for or the term the case against henry E petersen charged with assault with a deadly weapon with intent to do bodily harm in connection with the shooting last spring of 0 dr L jones jone s came to the courts consider at on on a statement of defendants defendant I 1 counsel sam cline that the defendant was willing to plead guilty to a lesser offense of tense that of simple assault and that the district attorneys ney a office bad indicated that it would consent to such arrangement the defendant thereupon withdrew his former plea ot of not guilty and entered a plea of guilty to the th inclusive charge of simple assault the acting district attorney then reviewed briefly the history of the I 1 case and said that in view of some developments which the prosecution had not even dreamed of when the suit was tiled filed the district attorneys offee would consent to change ind bated but that he would recommend a very severe fine of at least and a jail sen sent tenes onca of oot not less lees i than six all months though he would not oppose suspension of the exu eau i tion lion of the jail tor for as long a time as ai possible during ga good bo be barlor ile he said the defendant wg was without doubt guilty and not blame less but that tn view of certain cond eions and developments which he be did not enumerate he be had consented to the change indicated then defendants counsel made a few perfunctory remarks in which he be paid ald that he be had bad no tear icar ot of a conviction on the original charge but that trial of tho the case would involve domestic relations which they did not wish to drag into court cour for that reason his client would prefer to plead guilty to a lesser char bharga and would not resent a sua suspended jail sentence but that in hla his opinion 60 50 or at the most would be sufficient tine fine to satisfy the ends nd of justice then the tb court in dramatic too ton read the information to the defendant and commented on the 8 serious erio usi nets of the charge stating in flub stance that though the ottense offense was wa a very serious one the court out of r tor for the feelings of the district attorney whose whom feelings the court always has bag respect tor for was waa disposed to accept the recommendations alo V a of that official then ho he passed sentence that the defendant be fined in the sum eum of soil anil sentenced to six months month at t hard labor in the county jail that the must be pal pam I into the clerk a oil off ce forthwith and that ex of the jail sentence should be suspended tor for a period of six ix months on condition of the defendants being a law abiding citizen during that time in caso case of failure allura oil defendants a part to so conduct himself the sheriff was ordered to take him in custody to serve the ten sentence cn tence in the absence al sence of any mm m conduct in that time the sentence terminates the penalty for the original charge to Is not more than five fire years in tho the state penitentiary ond and not to lo exceed mckonl f 1000 fine till lemer ca rips a maximum tine fine of 1300 ond and a county ju jall nt enc of pot not to exceed six m months continued to back page COURT HOLES BRIEF f r SE SESSION HERE ON 0 S TIT LAST continued fio tion fion n first page other criminal ef cr ses on the calen dar were conlin aed tor for the term because the thed D strict attorney was ill with influx 0 anza civil caged ca also were mostly con minued for t he term except a few default a cage a 8 report ot of which will probably be given next week |
