Show I G 0 I F First Court Session I O p 0 O OIt It t was in 1851 that the first United States court was held in Utah with ustice Snow or of Salt Lake Lak presiding He was associate justice ol ot the territory A A. meeting meeting- of ot the majority majority majority ma ma- of ot the court had been held by b- Justices and Brocchus prior to tho the firing tIring of Ume a. a and place by tho the legislature lature and governor forthe for tor forth th the holding of ot court They granted an injunction to prevent event anyone actIng actIng acting act- act Ing on the authority of ot the legislature or purporting to be bo tho the legislature from Interfering with funds funda of of th the territory a Do decision from which Judge ludge Snow dissented on the ground that thal the session n of ot the court V was waa lUc illegal l and that any acts acta of oC the tho so called session i of ot tho the court were without avail vall vallI I Meanwhile both bolh Justices I and I ft tt tho the territory leaving leav hoax In ing Justice Snow as the only member of ot the court In that the tho proceedings of Governor Brigham Young Youns- in calling the tho and the legislation enacted bj by that bod body had to bo be passed upon regarding regarding re rc re- re garding the legality Justice Snow hela held helt helta helda a session of or the United States court courtin courtin in Salt SaIt Lake the legislature having ha designated Salt SaIl Lake Lako as one of or the tin places where whore court should bo be held H He held that the laws enacted were legal aa M also the tho of ot Governor Young Youn and his decision was afterwards afterwards afterwards after after- wards upheld by the tho federal govern govern- m ment en t. t Jud Judge e Snow was the presiding judge jude at the first murder trial In the tort terri tor tory of oC Utah when Howard Egan Eban shot and killed James Monroe The trial tria was held in the district court in in Sat Salt Lake Egan Es-an was acquitted |