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Show COURT PROCEEDINGS. I'HOBATK COi nT, SALT LAKE C0UXTV, ELIAS SMITH, J., PRESIDING. Wednesday, Sept. 3. Court met at 0 a. m. The People r.. W. It. Kcithly, indicted in-dicted for embezzlement from James Bobbins; Snow for the People and Tilford for the defendant. The morning morn-ing session of the court was entirely consumed in tbo case, which was given to tlio jury at 1 p.m. After being out about thirty minutes, the jury returned a verdict of no-guilty as charged in the indictment. The Court took a recess till 2 p.m. After recess the ease of the People, tc. r. Henry Gillen, indic.ed for forgery, was called up. The defendant defend-ant was' brought into court, plead guilty to theeharge, and was remanded remand-ed to custodv to await the sentence of the Court". The People, Ac. r.t. Charles Buckley, Buck-ley, indicted for larceny, in stealing a horse from Michael Fitzgerald. The witnesses were examined, arguments made, and the case was given to the jury, but up to a late hour hist evening even-ing they were still out. Court adjourned till 9 a. m. Thursday. Thurs-day. POLICE COURT, CLINTON', J., PRESIDING. Late Tuesday night tho police heard noises proceeding from a certain cer-tain private room on East Temple Btrcct.aud the rattling of faro "chips," and suspecting that parties were gambling, the officers pulled off their boots and quietly ascended the stairs,' to the room from whence the noises proceeded. Arriving at the door they found it open, and five gentlemen playing cards, as the police supposed, ior money, ine men were arresicu, but were afterwards rclensed on security, se-curity, and on Wednesday they were each fined $20 for gambling. The question was asked many times during dur-ing the day, "Have the police the right to enter a private room and arrest ar-rest the inmates without process?" And another question was, can the law take cognizance of any act in a private dwelling that is not an offense against the public? Ah Sam, Ah Lee and Ah Jim, the almond-eyed "pigtails" caughtgamb-ling caughtgamb-ling Tuesday night, were before the Court Wednesday, when the evidence given was most clear as to the guilt of the defendants; but owing to the able manner in which their eminent counsel, Mr. K. Haslep, conducted conduct-ed the suit, the celestials were fined only ,$10 each- "Consistency, thou art a jewel!" W. Nixon and J. Thomas imbibed so much "red-eye" that they became noisy, and wcra final $10 each, whilo F. Harlan paid only $-5, he being drunk but not disorderly. |