Show An Eloquent Plea The Whitehouso sheepstealing case went to the jury yesterday afternoon Mr Burmester in his plea for the defense became warmed up to the occasion and entertained the spectators and the court with a very spicy address In one hyper bolic outburst he alluded to Mrs Slater he prosecuting witness as Hthe Tooele Queen of Sheba who with her retinue of maid servants and men servants swooped down from the shores of Rush Lake upon this modern Jerusalem and dragged this poor illiterate and stupid looking man whom I represent before King Solomon exemplified and personified by the able judge who presides over this court But all of the jurors could not see the case in exactly that light and after wrang ling over the matter all night came into court this morning with the announcement announce-ment that they had agreed to disagree and were therefore discharged Their last ballot was nine to three in favor of acquittal ac-quittal J |