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Show JURY DISAGREES IN DAMAGE SUIT AGAINST OFFICERS Two Officers Win Dismissal The suit of Matt Matron to recover re-cover $13,000 damages for per. sonal injury, from Bingham police po-lice ofieers and their bondsmen, was heard before a jury in the District Court last Wednesday. The' jury returned a verdict of no cause of action as against two of the defendants, A. J. Sorensen, chief of police and Wm. Mayne, policeman, but disagreed as to Oren Timothy, a former policeman. police-man. This resulted in a non-suit. The case may be re-tried at a later date. Mattsen charges the officers with responsibility for the loss of one of his thumbs which he claims was so crushed that amputation was necessary, due to closing the cell door of 'the jail against that member wbila he, was being incarcerated in-carcerated in the city jail last fall. The officers claim Mattsen struck at one of them as t'he door was being closed and for that reason rea-son they were unable to avoid his injury. |