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Show COURT rilOCEKDINGS. -(o,-.ATE t'Ol'LT, SALT LAKE COt'NTYj Kl.l AS SMITH, J., rilHStMNd. Tne.-ilay, Sii t. 2. Court met at 9 a. m., pursuant to aiijoiirniiient, and wa,s openrxl by d. puty Sheriff li. J. CoKlint,'. Jn t lie e:isc of the lVviple iv. V. K. Ki ithly, for eiolxj-'a nu'iit, a cotitin-iiiiiu't: cotitin-iiiiiu't: wiw grantul until 9 a.m., Wednesday, Wed-nesday, at rerpiCMtof tlio defendant. I'etiple rs. .MeCahe, Jones and Crawford, Craw-ford, lor lareeny of eleven head of nxm. Indietinent read. rrixuicrs plead not guilty. Civee set fi.tr Friday at 9 n. in. A venire f r a Jury wa.s then taken. Two of the men drawn being exniM-d, one foi siekin, the other :s he had heen drawn for jury service hy the District Court, the sherilf was directed di-rected to summon two more jurors, and recess was Uiken till - p. in. - p. ni. Triple e-. Robert Mellen nnd Robert Rob-ert MiU-bell, for robbery of Cyrus Duel), pel for future hearing. 1'cople r.i. M. ri. Scott, for stealing uovernment horses. I. S tionlon, john3W. Cilbert, Abraham Jacobs, lieorge O'Connor, Kdwanl Patchin, Xonnan Fen ton and Mark Jlelvim-mins Jlelvim-mins testitinl for the people. The evidence was very direct and conclusive, conclu-sive, nnd when the c:ise was given to the jury, at half-past five, tho impression im-pression wax general that a prompt verdict would be rendered. The jury consisted of Mitlen Atwocxl, Thomas JLcLelland, Jesse West, Nathan Long, David Yearsley, Wal ter Conrad, Lntlior J witchcll, Andrew Calioon, Thomas II. Wax I tun, Samuel Sam-uel liringhurst, Charles Crismon, jr., and Joseph Woodmansec. Early in the evening a verdict of guilty was brought in, and the prisoner was sentenced to two years' imprisonment in the penitentiary at hard labor. Court adjourned until Wednesday at 9 a.m. tolici; col'ht, ct.iNTON, j., ntBtnisa. business wns light in this Court. One Susan Vance, an "aboriginal princess," vulgarily yclept a squaw, for imbibing the firewater of the palefaces'' to excess, was fined the traditional ". A man of peace, otherwise a laborer, labo-rer, with tho uncommon name of Smith; and a man of war, meaning thereby a soldier, name not given, had a hearing. The man of peace had become fxhubcnuit with "tangleleg" "tangle-leg" until his lighting weight and courage increased, the former to about"a ton and a-half and the latter to the dare-devil ferocity of Captain Kidd. He valiantly attacked the man of war with fierce and abusive words, and tho latter retorted by " putting a head " on him ; for which amusement $5 Ciieh was assessed. Some more "drunks" not disposal Of. |