Show CHARGE AGAINST KARL KAEL 11 MITCHELL ITCHELL WITHDRAWN A misdemeanor charge lodged by john Do bolonski lonski recently in justice alex H bollos court against karl mitchell who he accused of stealing goats was withdrawn during the week by county attorney foster when ho he discovered that a felony charge rather than a misdemeanor Is s proper prope when a case involves the taking of a goat or goats no further charge will be brought the county attorney said when he was informed that the defendant had offered before charges were pestered pert ered ed and was willing to make reasonable settlement even though ownership of the goats was not and probably have been established I 1 the case resulted from mitchells driving 11 head of unmarked and unbranded goats which been shorn this year or last oft off the black mountain north of the valley last spring marking shearing and trading them oft off they ranged in a section where a number of goat herds have ranged in previous years were indifferently claimed by two or three local people and attempts had been made by others to get them but the goats had eluded them in the rugged country bolonski Do lonski learned about mitchells getting them claimed and tried to make the latter pay day tor or twenty three head which he said left his place a couple ot of years ago threatened court action it if he mitchell offered to pay him a real reasonable price for the number he got rather than cause any trouble though bolonski Do lonski claimed his goats were marked and witnesses state the ones mitchell got were not rl refusing to accept the settlement offered Do bolonski lonski pert erred red charges final agreement when the misdemeanor case was withdrawn was that mitchell Ml will return the goats or pay for them and pay for the mohair which he sheared from them |