Show W W WT lee and te ar ON TRIAL the evidence all inthe in the second installment instalment in the beer case frilay court met at mr bibbins one of the aurora m the rogers case being sick the case was continued till tomorrow the case of the people vs peter huntsman was dismissed upon motion of the attorney A jury was in the case of the people and Ja meDa vis two boys of about 15 years of ae a e with stealing six cheep in last Seo geo sutherland appeared for the peo pla and M M Kril log for the defendants WG CaId weH win M and iowa hall were the w itne ases for the people W G caldwell was the owner of ahe and vm M cald wall hid son found the ed potter nith the sheep tied fid bliem earmarked ear marked ahe boa ran awa after V m caldwell appear ed leo and RAS testified in their iiii behalf eliat they were heraias cows and that ed potter who was a herder for had said he biad marked caldwell Gal dwell long enough and waa om to mark some for himself and had asked bliem to nold the rope for him which chev had done while I 1 he brought the up and tied them to alie rope they ran abay auay nhen 0 ild well cabrae up beace uthe did not know any better and nal add t for gods sala let ua mu the attorneys pers anted their arguments to the jury and judge blackburn instructed in the usual manner in regard to the judging 0 testimony and the nature ot a reasonable doubt the jury returned a verdict of not guilty after being out about fifteen minutes court adjourned till saturday at 10 0 clock FOKE first district court met at 10 the rogers case was resumed kap hael roger s soa of taj defendant testified that his father nas used water for purposes from the alta ditch irom till he and his brother bad gone to atie alta ditch and taken water out and sometimes aba water would come abo old road being turned out of the crossed examined took water every year from till I 1 placed a dam in the alta ditch to turn the water out did not take the dam out alien I 1 was through watering none of the owners in the ata ditch saw me turn the wa efer out I 1 never knew of a gatei master while I 1 was takina the water out this closed the evidence for the defense B B moore was called in rebuttal never knew of a dam acin placed in the old road to turn the water towards rogers place the ditch cut through spears place lias a bank about two feet high ia cue place this ditch was cut sines the time of the civil suit place a deep furrow ia plowed with a levee a foot above the surface other were called in rebut tal who biad seen a dam in the old road an also testified to the new site i spears land after tho testimony was closed tha counsel addressed CONVICTED fsr Mc Donean had his trial before austice biown yesterday afternoon for stealing a aso of beer from mr peters saloon last tuesday evening the evi dence him was the statement of mr had asked him featherstone to help him carry the beer away from a place near G street back of mr peters saloon aad that faey had taken it a block and a halt from the saloon and covered it up Mc Donean said lie could not remember au thing aboud the transaction on account of bein drauk but did not believe he liitt done like that he claimed he was an honest bad ba d man and eliat he had nver been ar before except lor iness air ayabe J kucht made a statement that alis canic 0 o him wed neda aud told him that lie had helped featherstone carry the cae ca e of beer away tuesday aej fc ba abbul it air knight said that mcd diaan ja so drauk at the tigue the offense offence ats committed that hp could not lubye earned ahe case alone from mr pi t uck room to he haj ha j first oten it judg brown stai d thit under alio ev dance the defendant ras cuilty ia an d sentenced bm to pay a fine ot 10 dollars aad costs in default of which he was committed to the county jail |