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Show District Court. Of the First Judical District of Utah. What has boon Done Before I I Judge Ilhtckbiirii, As Reports have reached us Since our Lasr. TUESDAY March 3. Ransford R Johnson was arraigned on the charge ol obtaining money and goods under lalse pretenses. He took the stautory time in which to plead. E W Jones, embezzlement. Mr Jones is accused of appropiiating J3.009.6l from the funds of Emerv county, he being the collector up to 1889 WEDNESDAY, March, 4. The case against Jones was continued. After the evidence was all in. Mr Varian stated that he had introduced intro-duced all the evidence at hand, which disclosed the lact thai there had been a d screpancy in the accounts of Mr Jones, but nothing in the evidence went to show that the defendant had appropriated appropri-ated money to his own use. The Judge instructed the jury to return a verdict of not guilty. Morris Nay, grand larceny, stealing a horse. Pleaded not guilty. Orlando Herron withdrew his plea of 1 not guilty of adultery and pleaded guilty Sentence March J8. William Mower, unlawful cohabitation pleaded not guilty. The grand jury came into court and reported nine indictments. The following follow-ing were ignore : The United States vs Elizabeth Anderson fornication. People Peo-ple vs Rasmus Nielson, grand larceny. George Thomas pleaded guilty, sentenced sen-tenced to confinmeut for a term of five years. Herbert A. Talbot, grand larceny, plead guilty and sentenced to three years imprisonment. Ed Kelley, grand larceny plead not guilty Mr. Whitecotton was assigned to defend him. Thomas McGrath, Michael McGinty and FrankGreue, burglary, not guilty. E. A Wilson appointed to defend thtm. The people vs Buckner. larceny, upon appeal, dismissed on motion of the prosecuting pro-secuting attorney. |