Show ammi 1 1 g agg as IN kl H ahie TO I 1 COURTS a ahe f whisky cases i behig tie a al id IN THE DISTRICT COURT A Spring springville ville case on trial work transacted in the county court arguments were made in the case of the united stats stata Ys vs hill and add roberts roberta aho vho are charged with carrying whisky onto an indian reservation by mr zat and jud ande ge sutherland the former explained the meaning and application of the V U S statute which prohibits liquor being parried on en an indian reservation for any purpose whatsoever the case went to the jury who after a abort ashert absence returned a verdict of guilty with a recommendation for mercy sentence will he be passed tomorrow morning tile the next caad for trial was wa that of the tha people vs va george C cloward who is cla charged arged with the crima of selling liquor to t marion Roberts who is a min ar at mona juab co on n dec 31 john bascom stated that roberta is abacut 20 10 1 years old and on an the tb date named in this thia indictment he be purchased a few drinks of liquor at Clo wards aa saloon the defendants counsel here cintr poked an td i mission that roberts had purchased the whisky and there need be b no lore inore time wasted on en that point mr roberts took the staad aad stated he was 20 years old eld on jan 1st ast an and d bought whisky oi cloward part personally on dec of last lait gearhe becaro drunken and engaged in a fight with some of ef his companions the same eT evening ening the tha father of the boy testified that he had bai sanctioned the selling of whisky ts to his hii boys and thereupon attorney zino zano tinted stated that he did not care to Dros ecate the case and a verdict of not guily was found in the box much to the deli delight bt of tha defendant and his attorneys attar neya warn er erand and kenward tie the jury was called in the case of vIt city ya earl franchell anchell rr who is accused of having sold liquor to ta wm E Sn elsen alsen which was not net done upon the prescription of f a physician ane cass wa tried in the justices courtat court at where the offense is said to have been given and is now hakea up on appeal an ordinance of the city named makes it a crime for a druggist to sell liquor other ether than upon the prescription of f a competent physician the judge was a little fatigued after the paneling em of the jury and adjourned court until this thia moraine at 10 0 clock rORI NOOK joseph L hill and william robetta arts cane came up for been con tiered of the crime oi 01 carrying liquor into the indian territory mr sutherland pleaded before the judge that the tha boys had no criminal intent in ia havin having Z liquor with them while on the uintah reservation A temperance lecture filled with good advice was given the young men after which they were sentenced to three months imprisonment and to pay bay a fine of 10 each the case oi aville city Ys TS earl was proceeded prece eded with the jury having been em paneled yesterday mr is engaged in the drug business busin eia at serl n bille and ig ht with savins havin disposed of alcohol which was not upon the tha prescription of a ph physician contrary to an ordinance ot or that city it Y james jaco marshal of spring title tille testified to being at Tran cheha ells place of bid ainess on the evening of december of last year and saw wm E snellen 1 there the defendant was behind the counter and passed a pint of liquor to snellen for which money was returned the purchaser naser passed out of the building and it was al afterwards ler wards discovered fro from the smell tb a t i it t wa was 3 alcohol which was in the tha flask the original city ordinance bearing upon this offense was not in court and the prosecution was compelled to produce it they wore allowed to proceed with the testimony how ivr phillip chase chase was wa at ells place en an the occasion spoken of and furnished snellen 50 cents centa with which he was to some alcohol The witness saw him go to the drug store and afterwards come out and alter tasting it ed it alcohol the th bott was r as produced in court with some of the liquid s ill in it which had lines the arrest been in the possession of the marshal the bottle battle was passed among iha jurors each of whom smilingly took a smell emell after the marshal marhal a had taken dobso sion of tho bottle he returned a po potion portion tion to the tha boys mr buther here stated that it was a crime to give away liquor in that town and thought the marshal had criminated himself attorney johnson was put upon the stand t and testified to having havin examined the files filea of lor 1851 and after scrutinizing them closely found none nona made out to mr snelson prosecution rested with the exception of the ordinance which would be baroug braught in later mr sutherland moved for an acquittal because of no facts having 0 been es ea as aa alleged andal and thought o aught the prosecution had bail conceded a lawe lame caso case because of nt not putting snelson on tho the stand george sutherland prosecuting I 1 at goiney stated if it was necessary he be would state stale why that person was nt not used as a witness but the court ruled it unnecessary tho the defense asked that a recess be ta taken ken as aa he would not care to until the ordinance arrived the jury in tho tha case was excused until 1 and court tok toik a recess the original ordinance of Spring villo city in relation to the sale of liquor by druggists was introduced introduce dby hy the pros pro i edition as evidence in the case A G yu Hu therland objected to this paper au as not being the original ordin ordinance allce mr johnson identified the seal of tile the city and the signature of the recorder upon the ordinance which was finally admitted afi aa evidence and was read to the j jury ury tuis cload the case for the prosecution and tl e d 4 fence price put john on the bhanu who identified the eiena turu ture of dr of fillmore which ch was upon two pieces of paper which were t to go in as ab evidence one was an affidavit affidi vit of blowing reasons 11 1 lw lia inability to be present at the tha trial this WAS objected to and objection oba action sustained mr lead testified that dr had bad sold out oat bili interest in tle the store and had moved to fillmore T rhe he signature 0 of f the doctor was ed d upon a certain prescription t 0 ni which he ha had bad to do with filling t tad xi which was in his hia on cross examination this clerk explained Plain edt meaning f apt vina lu signify any spirituous liquor liquor arid and that tha a man coining in with a prescription prescript ion 7 4 1 ae I 1 c uld got get brandy whisky I y or r alcohol the piper paper read an and 1 r repeat ail pet which hichme meant ant to fill main when ever the applicant required it the witness had bad seen tran iran che abell deliver beiver liquor to anelon upon this prescription Q are those these prescriptions merely hold held there as aa an evasion of the law so whisky can be sold the response was equivocal fhe he prosecution objected to tills this I 1 pre tion going in as ev evidence bonce as it was e evidently vi dently made out for the apparent r ribose of evading the law was not dot within the ha meaning meaning of 0 the city ordin acce acca and only opened a way for au all clashes to get whisky at will the judge took a similar v vie and it was a means of beating the law both bath bv abi d doctor octor and the and the objection was sustained D 0 huntington did not think a piece of money could denominated a he distance fro from in which the war marshal bilal claimed to hare bare seen the i n this elf clr sed eed the ca cae e for tle tie defends an and d mr avil was called in rebuttal an ap tuai no could easily eaily detect the exchange chango cx of money the tha r arm arguments ments beius bein waived mr A G erlend made a few remarks and t e cise cae went to the jury I 1 county court the county court met yet yesterday erday at 10 a m judge jones selectman holdaway jones jonea an and bvans dEvans and officers of the court were present action on a petition of charles E malmstrom Malmst and otherl for a school district and precinct in mapleton was deterred deferred till march alth and the clerk was instructed to notify the trustees of springville Spring ville and spanish fork and the petitioners petition ers of mapleton Ma oleton to be present and bring brias records to aid the court in adjudicating the property rights of said precincts and the proposed new die I 1 brict the petition of F L saker et al for a new school district near alpine was reported unfavorably enfa bly upon hv by the committee who bad examined the 10 lo bality naked asked to be included in said district report accepted court adjourned till march at 9 ft a m court met this morning at 9 a m all AH the tha members and offices offie eis s were present the following claims of justices of tile peace were allowed allo wod WH W 11 brown brawn provo 0 marshal tilden payson pay son joseph francis lake shore 8 70 0 le soren salem claim of J E booth referred back for itemized bill of costs the following justices of ef the tha peace reported amounts due the county from sale s oi of est estrala es trava E healy alpine john S willis alpine 2505 the following claims were presented audited and allowed thomas fowler serving warrants and board of prisoners first national bank rent for county attorneys atto meys office to march 1892 the petition of john mcneil asking for 3 50 to build a bridge in american fork precinct yas was referred to selectman holdaway upon petition of mark ark bezzant eta atal J E gamett was appointed justice of the peace for pleasant grove precinct ri vice ca L P lund resigned the foils following wing bee inspectors were appointed jasper 0 mcclellan payson santaquin San spring lake salem baa and lake shore wm win B all the ibe to kofl ns between provo and spanish Span fork inclusive members of the court visited manic Mania tail teri this afternoon to examine the new school district asked forlow for by of that locality |