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Show " SUED FOR LIBEL Justice Lochrie Institutes Proceedings ' Against the "Deseret News." 1 HE CLAIMS $5000 DAMAGES. The News Charges Him With Being Ignorant Ig-norant as a Lawyer and Corrupt as a Judge, The Deseret Xews of last evening contained an editorial criticising Justice Lochrie for his action in the matter of the suit brought by the Tuscarora democrats against the straight outs, and stating that the justice not only overruled the demurrer, but decided de-cided the case on its merits before it had been tried. The article says that he was expected ex-pected to overrule the demurrer, and that his association with the plaintiffs, his hold-hie hold-hie court in Judge Powers' office, and the whole manner of the proceedings led to that anticipation. The article then goes on to say that the defendants will take proper steps to have the matter settled by a competent com-petent court; that although the whole thing is looked upon as a farce, the purpose and intent of it were such that it cannot be treated with the contempt that it deserves ljhrrted by the ridicule, it everywhere evrffes. Judge Lochrie's answer to all of this came this afternoon ih the form of a suit against the Deseret Xews company for $5000 damages for libel. Tho complaint alleges that the plaintiff is n attorn ey-at-law and justice of the peace for Salt Lake City, aud that he has always demeaned himself with honesty and fidelty both as an attorney and as a justice ; that he lias never been suspected of incapacity or dishonesty in his profession or office, and has always demeaned himself in such a way as, to secure the esteem and respect of members of his own profession and of the community in which he has lived. The d fend:it, well knowing the premises, published pub-lished the alicious, false .nd defamatory article above referred to with the intent to Wrong and injure the plaintiff; that by the article the defendant intended to con-v.y con-v.y that the plainli as a .awyer i is ignorant of the principles of ine law and unfit to practice his profession as an attorney, attor-ney, and unfit, through ignorance to hold 1 and exercise the power and authority of his j office as a justice of the peace; that the ! defendent thereby charged the plaintiff with I corruption in office as a justice of peace, by I', charging that he held his court in the law office of one O. W. Powers, and that said Powers had corruptly influenced him to render ren-der a certain decision in the case referred ito; that said words were, aud at the time of their publication as aforesaid well known by the defendant i to be false and were so as aforesaid published pub-lished with express malice, and by reason of the publication of the same as aforesaid, plaintiff has been greatly injured and dam-aged, dam-aged, to-wit: in the sum of $5000. Wherefore plaintiff prays judgment against the said defendant for the sum of $5000 and the costs of this action. Coad fc Coad are the attorneys for the I plaintiff. |