Show district court busy with criminal cases the district court has been busy the past week or so the first case tried was against stanley harris who was found guilty of a statutory offense and sentenced not to exceed five years in the state penitentiary he was taken up last week by sheriff V M fairbanks and delivered into the custody of the state warden the second case was against homer hicks on the charge of being a persistent violator of the prohibition hibi tion law this resulted in a hung jury the famous venison venison case involving the stealing of a buck deer fro from m ellis B ramsay on the west mountain during the hunting bunting season last fall with lewis larsen appearing for the defendants resulted in a verdict of guilty against both defendants fend ants the case was somewhat of a cause celebre and the court room was crowded with spectators the case against paul beutler on a charge of having intoxicating liquor in his possession which was an appeal from the justices court resulted in a verdict of guilty sentence Sent enec has not been passed in these last two cases but friday january 31 has been fixed fined as the day for passing sentences |