People of the Territory v. Hughes
Utah Supreme Court
Appeal from the District Court of the First Judicial 'District. Hon. H. W. Smith, Judge. George Hughes, convicted of robbery, appeals from the judgmentrendered, and from an order denying a new trial.
1Opinion of the Court
MeRRItt, C. J.:
This is an appeal from a judgment of the First District ■Court against the appellant, and from an order denying his motion for a new trial. Appellant was convicted of the crime of robbery, and sentenced to imprisonment in the penitentiary for a period of two years. The record in the case discloses that the trouble occurred in Uintah county near Ft. Duchesne, at the saloon of one William M. Nichols, who, it appears, was conducting a gambling *102game called “Mexican Monte.-” The appellant, while in an intoxicated condition, went to the saloon, and lost a. large sum of money at this…
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