The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1907-03-07
Is Argued With Much Earnestness and
In Heated Language at Times
By Counsel on Both
Sides
IANsON CALLS SORENSON A LIAR;
AND SORENSON'S RETORT COURTEOUS
he Court Promptly OverruIes This Motion, Only
Allowing Chief Sheets to Get in the Evidence
That Will Prove His Complete Defense

fyncn court resumed the hearing of
40 nreGminarv examination of Chief
Police George Sheets Wednesday
orninc, Attorney Soren X. Christen
h moved that the defendant be dis.
,arped for the reason that the Stale
| Id not made out prima facie case
apy case at all against the defen,
Emf. The motion was argued for three
3urs and promptly denied by Judge
| 'hitaker.
ItJudge Thurman, Of counsel for the
afcndant, made the leading address IN
q case He made n sound. logical ar
1ment in favor of the defendant, and
.,Sa,mmed up the purpose and animus
Rtbe prosecution when he said: "Why
}they prosecute Sheets9 Sheets is
head of one of the departments Of
administration distasteful to the
,osecution an administration 1T would
| Re to down; and don I misunderstood
III am not here as the apologist for
municipal Administrations have
thing in common with them. | am
.,t protecting ii in this fight; but |
a telling what / believe to be facts
' Id the whole history, Of the prosecu
on of this man from the time it com
enced down TO the present moment
ars out the statement that l make. -
Both Judge Thurman and Attorney
1fistensen scored Hilton and de-
mnced the County Attorney, Hansen,
p associating MIN with the State. II
Is unparalleled IN the history Of luris
ndence, Judge Thurman said. He
Rrged tina, the State had entered INTO
conspiracy with Hilton and Parent
destroy Chief Sheets. To almost make
, residence in this city impossible.
was powerful arraignment Of every
uuence and effort that has been used
holster up the charge and concluded
dkan appeal for the discharge OF Mr.,
M Judge Thurman characterized
MONS attitude Gas a new phase Of
lawful cohabitation. =
An the course of his argument Attor
| n Christensen referred to the Day
BE, which involved $10,500, and $4,000
which WAS paid back and then the
PENDANTS, who were under arrest
tre discharged
County Attorney Hansen arose. and
cling Mr.. Christensen. his face twitch-
+ with suppressed passion, ne said;
lt's lie, and YOU re lying
AIr. Christensen went on to say that
did not intend to reflect on Mr.. Han
p; he was gentleman.
Ar- Hansep-"|T That s more than
q say about you, sir,
fWell.' replied Mr Christensen
ana willing to leave that to the
ibhc and let it be the Judge. -
tounty Attorney Harsen's argument
ts brief. He dealt principally with
e fact that Chief Sheets did not ar
~ Bell when he went to the city jail
afn McWhirter, and declared solemn
that Parent s story was true and un-
ililADH ill'iN Hp
"a for this vas compllmented by
ldge Thurman.
After the decision Of the court the
3fense opened its case 10y putting
tpt- John f, Burbidge on the stand,
,'d proved that from August ID to
pgust IS Chief Sheets was absent from
e city The complaint charges that
conspiracy was entered into Au-
pt 25.
ioday proof will he introduced by
,f defense that Chief Sheets never en-
fed the secondhand store on State
rect with Bell, as described by Par
pt, nor did he receive any money.
eorge Goalen and 3. IL. Cough, who
{n the store, will testify TO these
cts, and Mr. Cough will testify TO the
'rtner fact that the chief has not
sEn IN the store for two years
esIimony will be introduced TO show
~. there Is no telephone in the front
ruon of the Halliday Drug company S
Nie, as testified by Parent, anot her
,iPortant part Of the case of the prose.
lon whlch will be demolished. Chief
oe.s WI also take the stand and
tAt%nd in detail explain his position
~titude throughout the entire
HI ARGUMENTS MADE