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Show JURY COULD NOT " MKEOI CASE Robert Lay of Junction Tried for Assault With Deadly Weapon. FAMILY QUARRELS WERE TO BLA3IE While Scuffling' With thc Prosecuting Prose-cuting Witness Defendaut Used His Knife. Speclnl to The Tribune. JUNCTION. Utah. Oct. 27. Court opened here October 24. The Jury belnj; in attendance, thc following business was transacted; First caso on tho docket was the State1 of Utah vs. Robert l.ay. Tho defendant was charged with an assault with a deadly weapon with an attempt to commit murder. It Is a caso that occurred oc-curred at Klmberly In December, 1WM. Thc Jury was impaneled and thc State introduced in-troduced Its testimony, which tended to show that thc defendant and the complaining com-plaining witness, Richard "Wldecn, and their families were living In the samo house at Klmberly, but In different rooms. Family Troubles. Thero had been somo unpleasantness between tho two families, which remitted In bad foellngs. and that Richard "Wldecn on going- home from his work won Informed In-formed by his wife that some rough things had beon said; he determined to go In where Mr Iay and his family were and talk the. matter over and see If the differences could not bo adjusted, according accord-ing to hk? own testimony. Jury Could Not Agree. "When ho entered the door the defendant defend-ant met him with an open knife and a scuffle ensued In which Mr. "Wldcen was stabbed twice, onco In tho shoulder anil onco in the body Just abovo the stomach, stom-ach, tho wounds proving nearly fatal. Thc defendant, however, claims It was entirely an accident; that he did not stab Wldeon on p"u,rposc. but that In the scuf-1 lie Wldecn was accidentally stabbed. Tho caso wna submitted to the Jury after a lengthy trlnl on tho evening of the 2Sth. After being out eleven hours they wero unable to ugree upon a verdict and wero dlschnrgcd. At nn evening session the case of the State of Utah vs. John Allsop and C. S. Parkinson came on for hearing, on motion mo-tion of tho defendant to dismiss the cose and discharge the defendants. This Is a caso appealed from thc Justice's court In Junction precinct. The defendants are charged with having violated a county ordinance in selling goods with a license. The defendants represent a Chicago firm and claim that the license tax required in this county Is excessive and not uniform uni-form and equals and further that It a against tho Interstate commerce law. Tho motion was argued at length and tho case taken under advisement by the court, tho attornoys to submit briefs on either sldo later on. In the matter of the application of Jessie Jes-sie Weiser to appropriate water on appeal ap-peal from tho State Engineer, was continued con-tinued for the term. Tho case of M. B. Dalton vs. tho Des-erot Des-erot Gold Mining nnd Milling company the hearing of tho demurrer waa continued contin-ued for tho term. . In thc caso of tho estate of Michael Stoker, deceased, hearing on petition for final nccount, distribution and settlement settle-ment was heard and granted. |