Show Rancher not-guilty on deer shooting charge A Duchesne John was found of the charge of possessing illegal deer Trial In the brought by the State of was held In the Duchesne Precinct with Precinct Judge Pope admitted killing the deer on his own at officers stopped him for questioning before he had returned to his home after making the kill the rifle was in his car and blood was still on lus He told the conservation officers he shot the dressed it and it was hanging in a shed on his Ho also said he felt he had the right to protect property from being destroyed by the WITNESSES AT tho trial testified that the deer had destroyed half of his 30 acres of alfalfa seed this that 14 deer were seen in his field the night shot this A four-man jury brought in a verdict of after deliberating less than half an Jury members are Arthur L. Herbert Orson Mott and Dean WITNESSES FOR tho state wex-e Dave Thomas and Bruce conservation officers at Duchesne for the Utah Department of Fish and Defendant's witnesses were Lloyd Loren Mitchell and the Attorney for the prosecution was Duchesne County Attorney Glenn J. Attorney for the defendant was Ben REPORTEDLY THE farm Bureau backed in his action and paid court costs as a protest against the authority of the state fish and game against a person's protecting liis property from The game officers testified that had not made a protest to them directly before the deer killing and that conservation officers were alerted by the Highway Patrol to the possible jack-lighting of deer as they had spotted the spotlight Every year science enables lis to get there I wish they'd figure out something to io when you get |