Show Seeks a New Trial IT Most of the afternoon in Judge Mer ritts division was occupied by arguments argu-ments upon a motion for a new trial in the case of Julian Riley against the Rapid Transit Railway the plaintiff in th ° trial before Judge Zane having obtained a judgment for 5000 The company was represented by J C Marshall esq and the plaintiff by Judge Henderson Young Riley met his death some two years ago after which it was set up that the car was moving at an excessive rate of speed and that his untimely taking off was due entirely en-tirely to the defendants negligence < The evidence showed that the youth was fl hanging to the back of a farm wagon as the car pushed on its way and that he wa darting across the track when the aroident occurred The motion was exhaustively argued upon the grounds that the finding of the jury was excessive exces-sive that the court had erred In giving certain instructions and in denying others oth-ers after which it was submitted |