Show PROVO POINTS The Grand Jury for the First District Selected JUDGE BLACKBURNS CHARGE Thomas Woolley Pleads Guilty to the Charge Unlawful Cohabitation and is Fined SI00 The following business was transacted in the First district court today Judge Blackburn on the bench Mr C S Rathbone was made a member of the bar on motion of J W N White cotton I George Sutherland was appointed to empanel em-panel the grand jury In the case of Jane Memmott vs James WMemmott divorce a motion was made to set aside publication of summons Motion Mo-tion overruled and twenty days given to answer James C York jr vs J D Jones I demurrer to complaint overruled Rasmus C Anderson vs Christian Anderson demurrer to complaint overruled over-ruled and twenty days given to answer Alma Hague vs R H Dodd et al demurrer de-murrer to complaint sustained and ten days allowed to amend Ole Madsen vs Huns Marquardsen demurrer de-murrer to complaint overruled Nephi Plaster Manufacturing company vs H T McCuno motion to retax costs Motion sustained as to X10 Overruled as to the balance George W Jaques vs Ephraim Button et al demurrer to complaint Motion for a new trial with leave to amend complaint Chester I Paddock vs Worthy Nash demurrer to amended complaint overruled twenty days given to answer Agnes I Rigby et al vs Thomas Hitch ings demurrer to complaint sustained and leave given to amend the complaint twenty days taken to see the parties Neils S Elias vs Henry F Daniels es al motion to retax costs overruled J B Milner vs Provo City motion to retax costs case referred to M MKellogg to collect evidence Frances M Wilson vs George Ercon brack et al motion to retax and motion for new trial each party was required to pay their own costs attorney fee of 20 disallowed motion for new trial overruled Mary B Westfall vs Walter K Barton demurrer to complaint overruled Fountain Green vs AntonaChristensen appeal demurrer sustained Thomas Woolley pleaded guilty unlawful unlaw-ful cohabitation promised to obey tho law in the future He was sentenced to two months imprisonment and to pay i100 and costs The name of Lydia Fordonski was changed to Mary Jane Fordonski by order of the court At 2 pm the empaneling the grand jury was proceeded with by George Sutherland Suth-erland representing the government and it stands as follows I JC Gray H C Edwards George W Williams Thomas Burt Hall F Gear James Mendenhall M Keign Hans Poul sen Ben R Eldredgo C Fairbanks Henry Coats Gideon Wilson H H Noyes P C Neilsen and Ole Madsen John Mower was arraigned on a charge of adultery and entered a plea of not guilty B F Milner vs George Needham demurrer de-murrer overruled and ten days time granted The following bailiffs were sworn in J L Chambers John Saxey and Felix Bachman Bach-man manThe judge charged the jury to inquire into the various crimes that would be I brought before them by the district attorney attor-ney Crimes against the United States the violation of postoffico laws sel1in liquor to Indians laws in relation to timber lauds and also to enquire into the violations of the laws against polygamy adultery fornication fornica-tion unlawful cohabitation Prosecution of these offences is not persecution and they are a disgrace to the territory They were instructed to investigate tho offences against the laws of the territory such as theft burglary assault with intent to do bodily harm the liquor violations Thoso who violate the liquor laws should be punished severely Bring gamblers before you and make them tell who gambles and where they gamble This is a very demoralizing demor-alizing practice for young men and you arc urged to indict those who are guilty of practicing it PKOVO February 10th |