La Junta tribune., 1916-01-29
DISTRICT COURT.
Two Jury Trials ard No Coavicefoos
Two Pleas Of Onilty and Boeh
seateAced to Relormaeory.

The district court convened In ad-
5ourned session last Tuesday morn.
ing. with the jury summoned II at-
tendance and Judge Essex on the
bench. The first case taken up was
that Of the people W. John w. "a
gar, Of Rocky Ford. charged By the
First National Bank Of Rocky Ford
with obtaining money from that In
stitution on false representation ce
his financial responsibility. In u
statement made to the bank Edgar
claimed that his assets aggresatsd
total Of S73,l00. and that this
amount minus his liabilities showed
that he was worth S4s.soo over anA
above his indebtedness. He secured
loans from the bank aggregating .
total Of $3.l00 ON this statement 70
the bank. The last loan vas made
In April. 1919.
During the year 1873 Edgar had
bad luck with II beet crop. this ~
Ing the year when hundreds Of acres
Of beets we're frozen In the ground.
Edgar did not pay the note whsn it
became due. and In August. 1914,
went into bankruptcy. The hank
claimed that the statement made at
the time the money was loaned was
not . true statement. and wanted to
prove II BY Edsar's testimony In the
bankruptcy proceedings. but accord-
ing to the federal Law evidence Of
this kind II not advisable. Edgaf's
tax schedule for the year. filed ten
days after the statement to the hank
was made. was also introduced q
evidence to prove that the statement
was false.
The case was on for 4 day. The
prosecution being conducted b. 4. B.
Wallis. district attorney. With =. G.
Olenn. reprssentins IL haak - $50.
ial prosecutor. rre1 4. oahen =.
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guilty.
wednesday nosniss SEQUEL d.
ran. . young Mssiesn twsaty-tvo
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tools. etc.. we're sseursa. All q ~
stolea goods were rseevsse1. He vao
ssatsaeed % ths ssseenstesy.
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