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g. Plea of guilty to petit larceny. Sen- tenced to thirty days in the county jail and pay cost of prosecution. Col. Parker, who has been the assessor of Sierra since the organization of the county, is over as a witness in the Illinois-Calamity case. Probably A Clerical Error On Monday last a warrant was sworn out by members of the grand jury for the search- ing of the residence of F. P. Whitehill, a former deputy county clerk. Sheriff Lockhart and deputies Muse and Rodriguez served the war- rant, and in Mr. Whitehill’s room found a con- siderable amount of stuff which had been taken from the court house. Among other things was eleven dozen lead pencils, seals, a large assort- ment of blanks, typewriting paper, cover paper, rubber bands, five or six bottles of writing fluid, a book showing the collection of county licenses, a book containing the account of the Grant county school fund, and a miscellaneous assortment of other plunder. All but the ink was brought to the sheriff’s office, being about as much of a load as the three officers could carry conveniently. An officer returned for the ink, but lo and behold! it had suddenly disap- peared, and has not since been seen by the officers. Mr. Whitehill was subpoenaed before the grand jury immediately, where he doubtless explained how the plunder came into his pos- session.