Show COURT NEWS former sheriff joe timothy who was charged with grand larceny at this term of 0 the district court was found not guilty an abandoned auto was picked up in indian canyon and driven to helper where it was sold by a young man from colorado and mr timothy was declared to be mixed in the affair it seems that the states case was very flimsy and the jury acquitted the defendant on monday joe timothy and win C king who were the defendants in a damage suit which has been pending in the courts tor for the past pas eighteen months was dismissed and the plaintiff had to foot the bill about eighteen months ago sheriff timothy was very active trying to catch bootleggers deputy sheriff king stretched a chain across the bridge east ot of town about midnight a truck came along and the driver was told to halt but it seems he never heard and drove on into the chain and partly wrecked his car it happened that he was not the guilty party and he brought suit for damages |