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Show 'WOODS ASKS JUDGE FOR COUNSEL "1 say, Judge, F wish you would look alter that mutter for me. You know more about It than 1 do and J ou know It Is quite impossible for me to attend to H, anyway," said John Woods, colored, to Judge Howell lu the district court this morning when he was arraigned on the charge of assault with a deadly weapon. "Mr. Magiunis helped mo in ihe police court, your Honor, and I wish you would see him about helping me hero Ij this court I thought he would bo hero when I was called to make my I lea, but be is not hero. You see to that. Judge." Judge Howell advised Woods that ho would not require him to enter a plea until such time as ho could consult con-sult an attorney, and the court also pd vised the prisoner that he would Fet the word to Mr. Maglnnls regarding regard-ing his case. Woods Is charged 'With a:i assault vrlth n deadly weapon, alleged to have been committed on the person of G. H Graham, July 2S, at River-ilale, River-ilale, a small railroad station near Ogden. It is stated In tho information informa-tion that on the day In question Woods struck Graham in the head with a larsje rock. Inflicting serious Injuries. The facts, as brought out l.i tho lower court, are that Woods wan attempting to 6teal a ride on tho Union Pacific railway when Mr. Graham, a brakemnn, ejected him Horn the train. The negro became exasperated over the the ejectment proceedings and hurled a huge rock at the brakemau's head, the missile not missing the mark. Graham was rendered unconscious for a time, but the injury to bis head was not particularly par-ticularly dangerous. Wood, however. Is looked upon by tho officers as a bad character, ho haing Berved a term in the penitentiary peniten-tiary for a similar offense. The time for hearing the defendant's plea was rot fixed, the court considering the fact that he should be granted tho privilege of meeting with an attorney attor-ney bofore answering tho charge. |