State v. Erwin

WADE, District Judge.

In this case the State of Utah prosecutes the defendants, E. B. Erwin, Harry L. Finch, R. O. Pearce, Frank A. Thacker and Ben Harmon, for a conspiracy to allow the violation of the anti-vice laws, on an indictment returned by the grand jury.

The defendant Ben Harmon died before the trial, and' Frank A. Thacker was acquitted by the jury. The other defendants were convicted and bring this appeal.

The allegations of the indictment material to this appeal are as follows:

“That the said E. B. Erwin, Harry L. Pinch * * * (and) R.. 0. Pearce * * * the said E. R. Erwin at all times…