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Show DAHAUKII HI 1 IIARACTr.lt. Nuillu on Trial for rlmlssl l.lbel-Other IHatrlrt I eert l aws. A Jury wan impatmelled In the district dis-trict eoiirt this morning to try the criminal crim-inal libel case a:ilnt Jumi-s L. Smith. Hols charged ttith having circulated a slanderous and libelous circular defaming the chancier of J. K. Middlcmns. Several witnesses wit-nesses were eiaiiiined and il is proba- ble that the case will go lo the jury this afternoon. James tiormau, a fellow who was convicted thl morning of having burglarized burg-larized a Store at Park Cily some lime ago, was sentenced lo a term of three vears iu the penitentiary, Ity Judge 'aiie, in the district liirt. In the case of Mary J , Thumas ami William McNaal, the jury could not agree upon a verdict and tho court discharged them. The: defendants were cliarged with maintaining a nuisance in North Canon creek. |