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Show SANPETE. The Alleged Laud Juiupiug "Sanpete Dave" Defeuds His Course. Mount Plkjsant, Jan. 5 1S7. Willi the us'i.d reliability of the "feaileeasheet," its readers are at;iu misled as to -the perjury case before United Stales Cumumsioiier Cbaries Emerson at Provo, December 26th to 2ULb. After these several days of patient investigation, the result was reached, viz: Jcni Stohl, tbe principal, wu bound over to the grand jury in $300 bonds; Andrew Madsen, one of the witnesses iu proving uo the commuted com-muted homestead, waived an examination, exami-nation, and was bound over in $1,500 bonds. So you perceive that "nevertheless "never-theless his three brethren," etc., is another evidence of unreliability. There were just two. For my own self no higher praiie can be bestowed on me than the article. "Bound Ovtr," ol January 3d, 1S77. The character of the poor old man Stobl, bis wretched family, some u( whom are deaf and dumb, the parties, par-ties, originators, aiders and abettors, the direful results to a community where land-jumping proclivities are indulged, were enough to urge a 1 defence against the "merciless lawyers," law-yers," etc. Certainly Judge Hoge was merciless on "Dave of Alanti," for in his tirade he raked up from the embers of an ill-concealed wrath Dave's errors, as he deemed them, as justice of tbe peace, and turning to tbe prosecuting Sanpeters, begged them to ex hort the good people peo-ple ol this county never to elect poor Dave again. He next , glowingly and most gushingly alluded to Dave's "impecuniosity." This was a clincher. 1 was out of money, grievous gin! My client was poor. My fee was love of right, justice and equity; the other by courtesy only, on the prosecution, Judge Duaeuberry being the appoinlO of the First judicia dulriut, and Judge Tdlord for tho Third, in the absence uf Mr. Howard, the United States prosecuting prosecut-ing attorney received, so well founded rumor said, a very handsome fee paid him before leaving Provo. Ho could afiord to be "merciless." He must tickle the ears of the San-petors San-petors and convince them, as he did, that it was this "Manli Dave." they were after, and not the United Statei, for that sunk into insignificance compared com-pared with the enormity of Dave's magisterial errors and hie "impecuniosity," "impecu-niosity," Had I received so large a fce to prosecute, I, too, could have afforded in a closine sneech to have ventilated my wratb. The "merciless" "merci-less" overhauling was not replied to because of tbe name end corresponding correspond-ing conduct. Certain it is thai the originator, the informer, was driven out of Thistle valley in 1S74 for his land jumping; came to this place and pursued tbe same course, and in tbe sarty part of 1S75 we expected to have seen the re-enactment of iCansai scenes, for it was openly asserted in our courts and on the street that laud jumping wag tbe game, and they, the jumpers, proposed to have a hand in it. The courts pointed out the legitimate way to contest claims, whether preemption or homestead, viz., the local laud office, and as in this case above alluded to, tbe door and resources of tbe land office stood open lor this person, had he chosen to file his notice to contest con-test Stohl's claim, but not a word, though in the city just prior to Stubl proving up, but comes down here and in tbe absence of this poor old man takes forcible possession of bis bouse, and because ho is ejected 1 he and others Hie an aUidavit that tbe forthcoming patent is in fraud. It was asserted by an eminent attorney at-torney on this case that il this was perjury, then thousands of cases might be provoked in Utah from the past necessity of living in towns, irrigating dithculties, etc. The people could not live out as in places where tbey depend on rain. Tne condition and circumstances of the people of Utah demand special legislation in this direction, but there is a hunger iug and thirsting after what now pro ees to be valuable acres, and some oager lawyers, being like myself short of money, are now wiliiag to take land as fees, to break up, disorganize, litigate a whole people and disfranchise disfran-chise good, honorable citizeus, and because some one, even "pcttifoging Dave," dared to lift bis voice in defence de-fence of what was nover dreamt ot us a perjuring villain. Then the small dote of welcomed Blander must be added to the vial of the wrath of the "fool-balling merciless lawyer." Pruisu from such a source is positive death, while its coudeinniitiou is consummate praise. Snow and keen cold weather have formed a united alliance, and heavy clouds have obscured the sun perhaps per-haps iu abashment of this grand perjury per-jury caie. The parlies are Jens Stobl, a poor Swede, and Andrew Madson, superintendent of tbe co-op. store here, who was a witness for Stohl iu proving up. A lack of due care is the foundation of this case. No fraud was intended, else why pay $200 to commit a perjury. D. C. |