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Show :f fi:-k iifihf f4 iliVMq :v! C Fr,r.A n? tiv.l 'UU.i""i i wUiiU 'Jy-iiif & tilL-ro Indictments and Ar-! rafgnmonts For Unlaw- j ivA Cohabitation. j A burglar and Jail Greaker Sent L'p for rivo Years by His Honor. The First District Court opened at 10 o'clock, Mo uday. J. C. Williams was arraigned on a charge of assault with intent to commit murder. He pleaded not guilty. A. G. Sutherland was appointed to defend him. . Don 11. Coray was sworn in as a grand juror vice M. M. Keign excused. The grand jury came into court and reported five indictments, the following follow-ing being ignored: The People vs. Moses Gibson, grand larceny; the People vs. "Daniel O'Connor, concealing conceal-ing property with intent to defraud. John M. Murdock wTas arraigned on a charge of unlawful cohabitation, lie took until to-momnv morning to plead. John A. Mower, charged with unlawful un-lawful cohabitation, took until tomorrow to-morrow morning in which to enter his plea.. The petit jurors were excused until Tuesday morning at 10 o'clock. Jas. Harrington, of Tiutic, was admitted ad-mitted to citizenship. Tiios. Jones was arraigned on a charge of house-breaking, committed at Thistle, by entering the store of llyrum Lundquist. lie pleaded not guilty. E. L. Brarahalle was arraigned on a charge of embezzlement, by appropriating appropri-ating $S0.GS, IVe i'u nds of ti.e Kansas Life Insurance company, lie pleaded g.iiity, and said lie v. as ready for sentence. He was seat no for one year, the term of confinement to begin J lo-ilay. j Court th:;n adiourned mi-;' Titesdny morning at Id o ciot'-.. I TUESnAY. J. A. Mower withdrevi hi. plea of not guiity to the ehargeyvf adultery, also ca ugitt'u'p 'on ;fclf!fi;c"yiun 'vxti'i fr cohabitation, to which he pleaded not guilty. Benjamin Bennett, who had been convicted of fornication, ca'.ae up for sentence. Kirg . indicated his character charac-ter before the Judge, who sentenced him lo pay a line of 100 and costs. William Howard pleaded guilty to a charge of unlawful cohabitation, and promised to obey the law in the future. He was lined Sdoo and costs. Martin Olsen and Richard Jenkins were arraigned on a charge of unlawful unlaw-ful cohabitation and took until 2 o'clock in which to plead. The case of the L'eople. ts. Rod Swazey came up for trial. He is charged with stealing cattle in Emery county, some time in November, IS'So. Varian prosecuted and .V. G. Sutherland Suther-land defended. The grand jury here came into court cud reported one indictment. The case against C. K. Hansen, unlawful cohabitation, they ignored. The Sw.izey grand larceny case was then resumed. Fredrick Otterson testilied: I live in Castle Dale; know Rod Swazey; about "S'o ember 1, ISSo, I was living in Emery county, and owned three head of cattle, and lost two of them; saw them in my held in October, saw them after that time in San 'Raefel canon, where I was hunting; this was about fourteen days after my boy was with me, when we found them. They were branded with a huge cono and bar beneath, that reached from the back to the Hank. There were a great many other cattle thero branded R. O. Saw the Swazey cowboys there. None of them claimed the c, lives at that time. The other calf that was lost, belonging to Larsen, was there, and was branded with an anchor, the E. L. being blotted out. Tu Suthcrl'tttd: The brand E. L. is E. Larsen; it looked fresh, as though it was not healed up; the other brand had bcn put on since Cue K. L.; do not know who the anchor brand belongs be-longs to. The ca-;e was b: ought before 'the court at Oranguviiie. No one claiaieu aiy calves at thiu time. Rod ,Sw.i'. y said that he had bou-hl the ! eaiu'S of Thomas Sinid:. and c'.aii-icd to have a bill of sale (.1' t. Oai. i.. iVter Oiti'1'.ii.v!, s o of the former w.tness, li stiiied: Was in CistloDalo in the summer of i-o'; know the calves spoken of; !iu, v. eie not branded; brand-ed; we turned tin. in out in the iield after the harvest; the land is nt enclosed; en-closed; E. L'irsi p. had one caif in our held; in thc lailt r part of October we missed the calves; my father and 1 hunted for them down the rivet; wc then went t the San IUei'ei and found the calves; they were branded as my father has described; the brands were fresh. Larseu's calf r.a- there with the E L blotched out ard the anchor j brand over it; we caught the calves ' uti I tied them np, and next day drove thi-m home; ,t few days alter there was j a hearing in the court when Rod Swa-i Swa-i zeyclaimed to liave bought the calves of Thomas Smith and produced what hec-il!e . bill of sale. CVw.s-c..; ...'.iff? by Sutherland: Cid i Swazey was called tor examination j and discharged. The case was then put upon Rod. We took our calves ! back home and have kept them there ' sinp; there are many herds of cattle passing through the country eastward. east-ward. Don C. Seeley: Live at Castle Dale; the Larsen calf was born iu February, 1SS-5, and I sold it to Lirsen's wife; it was brnnde 1 E L by them after the sale; saw it after the return from San Raefel, and the E L was branded over witli what was said to be Cid Swazey's brand; Rod claimed that he branded the calf with Cid's iron, because he owed him a calf; that the branding was after dark and he did not see the E L brand; Rod Swazey said lie bought the calf of Thomas Smith. To Sutherland: The Swazeys live about ten miles from the San Raefel valley; Cid claimed, at the time of ex-amination ex-amination he could produce a bill of sale of the calves; did not 'see him show it before the court. Mr. Olsen testified to having hunted for the calves spoken of, because of having lost one himself; he saw the Larsen calf and stated it had been branded as described. R. II. Seeley testified: The anchor brand belongs to Cid Swazey. Their company brand is R. D. Am experienced exper-ienced in cattle business. ,The Larsen calf, after it came from the San Raefel valley, looked as though the brand had been blotched out. Court here took a recess until 2 o'clock. AFTERNOON. John A. Mower was sentenced to three months' in the penitentiary, and to pay the costs of tha prosecution for adultery. Mariin Olsen was fined $50, having pleaded guiity to the charge of unlawful unlaw-ful cohabitation. Jas. Fitzgerald was arraigned on a charge of assault, committed upon Wm. P. Bennett in Provo. He pleaded not guilty. IBchatd Jenkins pleaded guilty to the charge of unlawful cohabitation. Sentence was set for Monday next. Geo. F. Churchill was arraigned on a charge of burglary. The offense is aliened to have been committed at Moab, by entertfie sJaTulbYyluu'e'iiT " "which' ttVpiead. '"Geo. Sutherland was appointed to defend him. Abe Hatch was called as a witness for the d' . . e in the Swazey grand larceny ta xnd testified: Was employed em-ployed by Cid Swazey at the time of the alleged stealing; saw Rod Swazey talking with Thomas Smith about buying some calves; Rod showed what he said was a bill of sale of the calves in the justice's court. Sidney Swazey: I was tried at Orangeville for stealing calyes and was discharged; Rod testified in court that he had bought the calves and had the bill of sale for them. Rodney Swazey, the defendant, testified: tes-tified: I bought calves ".from Thomas Smith, at Watsonville, in 18S5, at the time we were driving toward the San Raefel valley. Did not brand them until we reached the valley. Never saw Smith before. Paid him $21 for them. Was present at the trial of Sid . Swazey and testifie 1 as to where I got the calves and produced a bill of sale. Mr. York and Alex. Sutherland has j since seen the bill of sale. Have since j lost it. Jas. York testified to Rod Swazey having shown him a bill of sale-of some calves which bill was signed by one Smith. The case was' submitted to the jury ; after twenty .minutes argument oa ; both sides. J. D. Broman was arraigned on a jl charge of assault with intent to com-1 mit murder. He pleaded not guilty. The jury iu the Swazey graud larceny lar-ceny case brought in a verdict of guilty. "WEDNESDAY. Raa P. Johnson pleaded not guilty to the charge of embezzlement. The E. Yvr. Jones embezzelment cae was then taken up. Mr. Cox, superintendent of district schools, testified to a number of orders having been issued to the amount of about $800, which were unpaid by Mr. Jones into the districts. The excuse the collector gave was that not enough funds had been collected. Trustees of the various district con-finned con-finned this testimony, but no evidence had been brought 'into the ease to show that the defendant had misap-1 misap-1 propria led any of the funds of the county. Mr. .Varian stated that all the evidence evi-dence procurable had been introduced, none of whxdi von" I tend to convict the did'' ud of tho cr.mo ' i arced. The Jiii: '. e.ei .- inst racted the j.iiy to -.ct.ira ' .-onlht of i-ot guilty. ' i'TEi'.N V . i VY. :'" .'.iowf r was arvi-igr p ' on a ! eh-.;-!" .: !il ' oh: .;!:! Jon. and i ; phsu': . guilty. ! T '.o ; .-.." ' i into court and ! repo.'. ' nine imlictmentn.und ignored ! the fo.e'-. ioj.: To" United St-tr :S vs. I E'.iza' v: '! A ndovs'Vv, jom ''at too ; Po- I i le vs. Br-m-.is Neilsen, grand h.reeoy. i Geo. Th . -v.- ..na'mif d on a 1 j charge of bur- lary cn-pndttrd at the i ; residence of K. if. Do.ld in Proro. He i I (CONTINI-El) ON I OUUTi: PAGE.) r v . -- Before Judga Blackburn. (CONTINUED KI'.OM FIRST PAGE.) pleaded guilty and was sentenced to live years' confin-mewl in the penitentiary. peniten-tiary. Herbert A Talbot, a young man of twenty years who claims to be from London, was arraigned on a charge of stealing a horse m-ar Rnanish Fork. He pleaded guilty, staling that he took the horse in order to get out of the country. He kas sentenced to three years confinement. Edward Kell-y was arraigned, charged with grand larc.-nv. by stealing steal-ing a horse from W II Wilson. He pleaded not guilty md stated that he had no attorney. Mr. Whitecotton was appointed to defend 'im. Tiios. MeGratli. Michael McGinty and Frank Gren worn arraigned, charged with hnoJsry. committed at Spanbh Fork, bv entriaj the Co-op. store. They all pleaded not guilty. I - , rim . iii " E. Ai Wilson was appointed to defend them. The case of the People vs. Buckner which came up on appeal, was dismissed dis-missed on motion of the prosecuting attorney. Adjourned until 10 o'clock to-morrow. |