Show the Delai delamater nater case today to day the case of J F delamater arraigned for grand larceny I came up before the first district court zera zem snow appearing for the prosecution and P J dorratt and A brown for the defense after the jury was duly im paneled and sworn the indictment was read by the clerk which runs as follows john F delamater is accused b by alie ie grand jury of 91 this court by this indictment oft or the be crime of grand larceny committed as follows the said john of the tile county of weber in said territory of utah on oil the ath day of jill july A behil D DI 1880 eighty one dollars being four twenty dollar gold coins ann and one dollar in silver coin all of said gold and silver coin being of the gold old and silver coin of the united states of america and of the value of eighty one dol dollars lans of the goods and chattels of walter thompson then and there being feloniously did steal take and carry away con to the formoe form of alie statues ts of utah ty in ill such case made and provided and against tile peace and dignity of the people aforesaid the prosecution started out by ly defining the tile legal principles of petty and grand larceny and then gave a ft brief narration of bithe the charge made against the defendant the first witness i was walter thompson jr r has resided 24 years vein in ill ogurn sien is s 25 years of age lives willais with his sisters keeping house louse about I may last year the defendant came to him expressing his desire to board with a private family wit bess nes took him in as a boarder on oil the evening of june ath Avit witness ness came home bottle and went to bed early leavin having four 20 gold pieces and some small silver change amounting in all to about 81 ho ile had the money in one of hi his i trousers pockets and left it there when retiring to rest about midnight delamater who had a key koy for the house ton ae came in tile room and retired to the same bed as witness in the Avit witness liess left as Ps usual for his ills work in the P shops at the depot not thinking about his ills money Delai delamater nater was then still asleep in the bed when thompson returned from work in the evening lie missed the money and asked I his I is sisters about it that same d day ay Delani delamater ater had left the house the rest of the forenoon was occupied with direct and redirect examination of this witness |