The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1907-06-12
TROUBLE FOR IUSTESEN.
Arrested for Grand Larceny and EN-
bezzlement-Must Also Face Di-
Vorce Suit.

Manti June 11.-Sheriff John Knudson
of this county left yesterday for Spring
City, where he went to arrest Alex. JUS
tesen on two counts, grand larceny and
embeZZlement, which are connected with
the famous case of ex-Judge Jacob john
son VS.. Niels P Nielsen, published in The
Herald of Sunday. The first count in the
complaint is IS follows: The complaint
is made by Niels P Nielsen before JUS
tice of the Peace j. l.. Ewing Of this city,
who says that on the 18th day of August,
1906, within Sanpete county, Alex JUS
teSen did wilfuily. unlawfu1ly and felOn-
iouSly take, steal and carry away three
prOmsSOry notes. each in the sum 81 i'll
and of the aggregate sum of $3.50. each
of which notes were signed by Niels P.
Nielsen, the maker thereof, and each of
said notes appear on its face to be pay
able to Alex. Justesen, the said promis-
sorry notes at the time of committing the
felony aforesaid and at all times being
the property of the said Niels T. Nelson,
the maker thereof; the said Alex. JUS
tesen. then and there did steal the said
promisSory notes, the personal property
of Niels P. Nielsen with the intent to
deprive him. the said Nielsen, Of his own
ership therein. contrary to the statute of
the state of Utah This is the substance
of the first count.
The second count reads about as fol-
lows: The said defendant Alex. Justa-
sen, then and there having been intrust-
Ell and having in his control for the use
and benefit of Niels p. Nielsen three GER
tain pTomissOry notes amounting in the
aggregate TO s., 333 signed by Niels T.
Nielsen, appearing on its face to be pay
able to Alex. Justesen, which said notes
were the property of Niels z. Nielsen, did
Unlawfully, wilfully and felonioUsly and
fraudulantly appropriate The said notes
and all of them to his own use and pur-
pose and said use or purpose was not in
the due and lawful execution of his trust
and the said Alex. Justescn did fraudu-
lently and feloniously sell the said three
notes to one Jacob Johnson and did re-
ceive and collect therefrOm the sum of
$50 and 1900 shares of Blue Mountain min
ing stock the value of which stock is IN
known to the defendant and that the de-
PENDANT did on the day aforesaid fraudu-
lently convert the promissOry notes and
proceeds thereof to his own use, contrary
to the statutes of Utah.
There is little doubt but that the at
torney for the defendant will waive the
preliminary hearing and appear in the
district court at the September term. 1t
is very likely that Judge Jacob Johnson
of Spring City will appear as attorney
for the defen liant, as he has been an in
terested actually in the case just closed,
from which the complaint was founded.
Another rather interesting matter in
connection with this man Justesen is a
divorce suit brought by Sarah S Juste-
sen wife of the defendant, which is now
on file in the county court house. The
complaint goes IN that JUstesen induced
the plaintiff to dispose of much of their
property by mortgage, together with
cruelty and two women. one resident Of
the southern part of the state. He seems
to figure conspicuously in this divorce