Show S BEFORE JUDGE ZANE The Setting of the Civil Calendar YORE MORMONS SENTENCED rho enJensenCase of Assault I and Battery 1leadlngs Continuances I Continu-ances and Dismissals Judge Zanes court was thronged yesterday with spectators witnesses jurymen and lawyers and the bustle and interest was maintained until the close at 5 oclock The main husiness of the morning was the setting of the civil calendar as followsthe few criminal cases noted being those put over at the request of the various attorneys at-torneys concerned The following civil cases were set for trial at the morning session of the District Dis-trict Court yesterday THURSDAY MARCH 3o 9 Daniel H Wells administrator vs George Crismon et al File 38S9 i 15 The People vs Alfred Solomon et al suit for bonds of Fannie Davenport I Daven-port File G125 2UJJ A Goodhue vs James E Fulton Ful-ton et al File 6779 FRIDAY MARCH 4TH 33John Hilliar vs Edward Senior File 5753 5 34 Walter J Wisconib vs Edward Senior File 5754 61 Owen Dix et al vs A F Lawrence Law-rence File 5812 MONDAY MARCH 7ru The Peoole vs Musselmauand Harrington Har-rington two cases United dtates vs B F Schettler unlawful un-lawful cohabitation TUESDAY MARCH 8rn 110 Henry Buhring vs William Heath File 6137 144 Henry Carrigan vs R G Mc Neice et al File 6416 WEDNESDAY MARCH 9rs 127 Thomas C Devlin vs Elmer I Stanchtield File 6175 172B S Flerschiem vs the Fisher Brewing Company File 6657 181 fliza DuruelLvs Joseph Sowden File 6717 5 5 5 THURSDAY MARCH 10TH 175 Neohi Z CM I vs B F Grant Co File 6503 i S 180 William Ayerton vs Thomas A Tennant to its 6715 211 Herbert L Griffin vs John A Fitchette File 6793 174A W Moore vs M H Lipmai File 6414 MONDAY MARCH 14TH People vs Shively People vs Marsh People vs Casey People vs McDonald and Slade TUESDAY MARCH 15rH Salt Lake City vs William D Palmer File 6463 133Salt Lake City vs C H Mfy Agfamonte File 6464 137Sall Lake City vs William D Palmer File 6466 I WEDNESDAY MARCH 16rH 133Salt Lake City vs Milo Vincent File 666d 5 5 39Salt Lake City vs Charley Ohmg File 6669 143David E Buell et nlvs Harvy Hardy et al File 6510 174 Salt Lake City vs Mark Tobias File 6667 THURSDAY MARCH 17xn 158 Edward Austin vs Tribune Publishing Company File 6135 202 Frank Baiershy vs Denver Rio Grande Railroad Company File 6751 5 FRIDAY MARCH ISrn 203 Maria Evans vs Sanpete Valley R R Co File 6758 People vs Sadie Noble People vs Nordlinger People vs Fitzgerald Four cases MONDAY MARCH 21sT 53 Olds Wagon Works vs Isaac L Lyon File 6166 186GermaniA Lead Works vs Bullion Bul-lion Beck and Champion Company File 661 THURSDAY MARCH 24m Eudora3haughnessy Va E Neid ringhaus File 6547 S FRIDAY MARCH 25m Andrew Brixen vs Deseret National Bank Company File 6402 142 William A Dunbar vs John Morgan et al File 6193 CASES SET AHEAD A number of criminal cases were set for dates in March they appear undsr their respective dates in the civil calendar cal-endar above S David R Musselman and John Harrington Har-rington the two Bingham miners in dicted for an assault with deadly weap ons on two Finnish miners and also indicted for baticry on the same par ties came forward and plead not guilty At Mr Dicksons request the trials wei e set down for Monday next and at Mr John A Mar halls request a separate trial was orderedon the tirst indictment that for assault with a deadly weapon BARNEY HUGHES indicted for obtaining money under false pretenses came forward and plead guilty to that charge Mr Dickson made a statement to the effect that the mans employer Mr 0 Reilly and C M Brown the two parties from whom money had been tamed on the OReilly and Daly checks the forger of which has never been found united in stating that the man had been intoxicated when the offense had been committed After a few questions the Judge sentenced Hushes to three months Imprisonment in the County Jail 10 fine and the costs of prosecution Hughes looking very pale and care vorn was lead out ot theroom l The following cases were continued until March 18th The People vs Sadie Noble the People vs J A Fitzgerald four cases and the People vs Nordlmger THE BASSESJESSES BATTZRLS S The Hansen Jensen boys of Brighton indicted for battery onjjirs Stevens and her son came up for trial land l-and a jurY was calledT 1 Ificfijon and Varian prosecuting H R Watroua defending Mr Stevens and her little boytold their story to the effect that on February 14th the defendants drove Bock of sheep upon their land that they went out to remonstrate when Hansen seized her by the throat and twice knocked her down with a pistol or some other blunt weapon her boy running out and seeing his mother assaulted as-saulted went back fora gun which was taken away from him and he too beaten 1 Mrs Stevens stated that she called on I Jensen for help and instead of helping her he helped Hansen and himself assaulted as-saulted her violently She said she had at oncecome to town told her story to Mr Varian and had been taken by him to see Ur Hall Dr Hall testified that Mrs Stevens had come to him and he had bandaged her head it was severely oruised and bad been bleeding In their defense Hansen and Jensen brought D Caok David DuncanEph raim Smith Peter Bill Alfred Yorkland and Anna Jensen to the stand and they themselves were sworn They denied dome any beating whatever and claimed their sheep were not on Mrs Stevens land at all Their neighbors testified to the veracity of the two defendants de-fendants and to the fact that Mrs Stevens bore a quarrelsome reputation in the community The jury retired at 5 minutes to 5 oclock and remained out an hour and a quarter when they agreed on a verdict which was handed sealed to the bailiff and will be opened in court this morning The genen1 opinion ot those who followed the case was that an acquittal would be the result re-sult The following cases were ordered dismissed dis-missed L B Mattison vs Champion Machine Company Morri vs Pascoe et al Hallstrom vs Larkins D P Tarpey vs J H Clark C R Van Norman vs E A Ireland Judgment for amount admitted in swer George M Scott Co vs Bullion Beck Mining Company Continued on motion of the plaintiff owing to the absence of John Beck a material witness wit-ness S THREE MORMONS SENTENCED Three Mormons came forward simply to receive their sentences on the charge of unlawful cohabitation A W WINBERO was the first In reply to the court he said he had no promises to make and was sentenced to six months imprisonment and to pay a fine of 300 and costs THOMAS BUTLER next came torward and having no assurance to give that he would observe the Edmunds law in the future also received the lull penalty of the law BISHOP HARRISON SPERRY came up for arraignment on the same charge Being asked for his plea he said If having two honorable virtuous wives and living with them is a crime I am guilty He then said he was ready for sentence and stated that he felt it his religious duty to obey the doctrine of plural marriage He was an honest man and could not violate his conscience con-science by making the promise required re-quired by the court The price demanded de-manded for his liberty was too great He had no feelings toward the court and prosecutor and prayed for his enemies as the Savior commanded He could say Father forgive them and was willing to abide by the law of God and if it must be suffer for it JUDGE ZANE made the usual reply that all people must submit to the law or take the consequences Many believed be-lieved polygamy to be right but the law said it must be prohibited The full penalty was then inflicted HANNAH BBIOHTMORE GETS ONE YEAR I Hannah Brightmore the old woman known as the Terror of Tooele County convicted the other day of grand larceny lar-ceny came forward to receive sentence Her attorney Mr Woodsmoved for an arrest of judgment and was opposed by Mr Dickson The court overruled the motion in arrest of judgment and I also for a new trial The defendant when asked by the court if she had any thing to say stated that she was innocent inno-cent of any intention to steal the money but intended giving it to the proprietor of the place where she found it she was over 50 years of age and asked the leniency of the court The Judge said the circumstances oLtheqase were such as toindicate that she intended keeping the money especially as she had concealed con-cealed it he regretted very much the necessity of imposing penalty but the law required it Discretion was allowed the court to imprison for not less than one nor more than ten years and the court imposed the minimum penalty one year in the Penitentiary Theold lady took it calmly and retired re-tired in charge of an officer to commence com-mence her termS term-S NINE YEARS IN ALL Peter Miller the ideal 1ck Sheppard who commenced a six years terrain December last came forward to receive his sentence for grand larceny and the stealing of Mrs Lymans sealskin sacque Being asked what he had to bay he handed the judge letter which that functionary read and then imposed a sentence of three years imprisonment making nine years in all MR MORRISON ARRAIGNED During the afternoon Thomas A Morrison of the Seventeenth Ward was arraigned on the charge of unlawfully unlaw-fully cohabitating with his wives Emily Morrison and Susanna Baker Morrison He made a plea of guilty and sentence was set for this afternoon at 2 oclock > S BEFORE JUDGE BOREMAN John Sheriff and Michael Jensen were admitted to citizenship In the case of Louis Cohn et al vsj Mrs L Madstu the appeal was dismissed dis-missed S Willard Snofr and Jas Higgins two Mormons served out their terms for unlawful cohabitation yes I erday and both were released on payment of their fines and costs Mr Snow was in on a threecount indictment and a special order had to be obtained from the court for his discharge |