Show Ossood vs Connor The suit of r S O good vs P E Connor involving a fourth interest in the Great Basin Mine which has been in progress before Judge Hunter for rome days past terminated rather suddenly on Tuesday The defense was still making its case and offered in evidence the judgment of a justices jus-tices court under which Osfioods interest in the mine had been sold I was shown that Oggood was indebted in-debted to one Benites for goods and tbe suit brought against Osgood for the recovery of the payment for goods was tried by L Bethnne and under the judgment obtained in this suit Ocgooda interest was shown M Brown attorney for Oagood showed also that at the time Bethune tried the case KB justice of the peace he was bookkeeper for Benites tbe plaindfl and thus interested and voluminous proof was brought to show that in such a case where the justice of tbe peace i U interested he can no more sit on it than can a juror who is interested inter-ested After the argument that followed fol-lowed Judge Hunter decided that tbe judgment ot the jueticas court was I void by the fact of the justice being interested This was equivalent to a nonsuit on the part oi the defense and when tbe case was given to the jury Judge Hunter instructed them to bring in a verdict for the plaintiff which was accordingly done |