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Show LATEST MU EY TELEGRAPH LAST NIGHT. Court Froceoihss in Prcvo. Arizona Indiau War. !3t D???re: Telcras'- Lie, Prtv?. -Ian. Yesterday mora-tr.g mora-tr.g the U. S. I'Lstric: Court met a: I 0 C. Xst. The arg-umen: on motion to quash tne i-iitr.mcnt :n the case of the United Uni-ted States :s. II. McKay occupied the morntttg -essiju. 'ihe mouon was overru-ed ty the Court, alter which it ajj-'irned t:h - p.m. At - p.m. t.ne Court resumed its sitting. sit-ting. Ihe Judge on seeing Justice L-aa; Higoee in Court, cal.ed htm up ani instructed him in the duties of a Justtce or' the Peace, to the erfect that icy had j'jr:si:ct:on in caseswherein ihe amount in controversy d;d not exceed SI..'..1, ani in criminal cases where the p..-;:a.ty set forth in the statutes does II t exceed s:s monttts imprisonment, and Sue. W here the penalty is 1 greater tnan that amount they musi commit or bind over o the lhstrict 1 Court and not to the Probate Court: 1 further stating that the jurisdiction of . the Prooate Courts had been considered consider-ed by ihe tupreme Court, and that said Court had decided that the Pro-i Pro-i bate Courts had only jurisdiction in 1 probate matters. The same question w.U be up bclore the Supreme Court i again in a lew days, after which the 1 rulings wi.l be .given to the public and i said decisiou wii, be the law in this : Territory, unless overruled by the Su-: Su-: yreme Court of the United States. The case of the I uited States vs. H. i McKay continued. Mr. Baskin, for j defendant, tiled a plea iu abatement on I the legality of the grand jury, they having becu summoned by a deputy I marshal who had been appointed, but i had not qualified by taking the oath I required by law. Adjourned till l'J a. m. to-morrow. January 11. Court called at 10 a. m I he case of' McKay continued, j Mr. Hempstead proceeded with argu-1 argu-1 ment against the plea iu abatement as i fi ed yesterday. Mr. llaskin submitted without argument. The Court ruled that the plea came too late ; the grand iurv had been eniDannelled and dulv recognized by the Court, and the defendant de-fendant having bad proper time to have made his objections at the time of the empauneling of the juiv. due grand jury came into Court, all present. They piesented two bills, also one lull, ignored, against John Stewart, of Sanpete, the grand jury considering him of unsound mind. Mr. Hempstead remarked that said Stewart was more tit for a lunatic a-ylum than any other place, and that he appeared before the crand jury on his own coufes-ion of his guilt. The Conn ordered that John Stewart be discharged from custody, that lie could not be convicted on his own siatement even if he was of sound mind. The grand jury retired. II. McKay called, and on being arraigned ar-raigned plead not guilty. Mr. Baskin Hied at' affidavit for continuance, for the purpose of obtaining witnesses, which he desired to obtain to prove the previous good character of McKay, also for an aliOi. Mr. Hempstead submitted the matter without argument. argu-ment. After consideration the Court continued the further hiring of the case until Tuesday, May, 4, 1S71, at 10 a.m. The witnesses lor the prosecution prose-cution appeared and cntbred into recognizance re-cognizance for their appearance at the above date. The traverse jury were called and di-charged from further attendance orj the court, as the question on the validity va-lidity of the manner in which the juries ju-ries had been summoned had been pros' pro-s' mod, the Judge thought it best to discharge dis-charge them now and they would not i come together again, until they were summoned. Court adjourned till 2 p.m. Court resumed its session. The grand jury came into court, all present, pres-ent, whereupon the Judge thanked ihcm for their diligence in their deliberations, delib-erations, and discharged ihem from 1 fun her attendance. I 'flic Court adjourned till the ','d day ; of May, ls7l, at pj a m. 1 r |