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Show ! District Court. Busiasss Before Judge Blackburn Black-burn at Provo, Friday and Saturday Last. A t Pitiful Story of "Wrong and Shame. FRIDAY.FE3. 7. 1891. The grand jury came into court and reported five indictments n3 six cases ignored .asjlollows' John Dillion.assault, Henrv Cole, assault: John Quaniberg, unlawail cohabitation, William Kay, grand larceny. John W. Witt, unlawlul cohabit Hon; Henry Frickson, larceny. A PITIFUL STORY The case of the United States vs Steele, charged with fornication, was tried. King prosecuting and Dudley defending. de-fending. Mar ha Jenson testified I have lived in Goshen ever since I was born, Am nineteen years old and unmarried. Live with my parents. Know John Steele, He has resided in Goshen since I was thirteen years old. Don't think he is married miui. He told me he had married mar-ried twice. Dt. not say h had b'i divorced, but that his wives Ud le.fi him. I was kneaged to be married to Steele in Juiy. Regan keeping company with him in May. My brother objected. Kept company with him ever since. Never had another escort. Mr Steele is the father of mv unborn child. My inti macy with him began in Julv and lasted lor a month or more. He has been to see me frequently during August. We were engaged in June, and were to be married in July, but some trouble arose between him and his former wives. I told Steele ot my condition, and he said he would go and get work and come and marry me. He tried to get me to take medicine, that he would purchase it lor me. This was about January 1st. My mother became informed of this. Mr Steele came up to our bouse and said it was a hard case against both of us. I told hira to be a man of his word and marry me. He said he would sooner soon-er die, I asked him then for support. He said be would await developments. He came up agaiu and tried to compromise. compro-mise. I told him the only way he could do it would be to marry trie. He still refused re-fused He brought another lady- along from some other place whom he said; he had married in July. SATURDAY, FEB. 28. The jury in the case of the United Stales vs John Steele, charged with fnr-pication, fnr-pication, returned a verdict of guiltv. The delendant paraded his innocence before the judg;e, and was sentenced to pay a fine offiob and costs.""-- The grand jury came into court and reported two indictments. The folfow-ing folfow-ing bei ig ignored: ' . United Stales vs Jacob Burgerer, unlawful un-lawful cohabitaticn. People vs H H Jac-obson, Jac-obson, grand larceny People vs Morgan Moore et al, grand larceny; People vs George Whitmore, riot. John Chew pleaded not guilty to a charge of grand larceny. ' ' The petit iurors were excused - until Monday morning at 10 o'clock. |