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Show THE HIV AM) POLITICS A Curious Compound Arises from tho Application Ap-plication of the Hasty Stockton for a New Trial. THE EAILWAT CASES SUBMITTED. The Day's Proceedings Before Judge Zane A Eedivivus Eefore the 0jnimissionor3. Proceedings in tho district court today to-day were peculiarly compounded, and while they related to the criminal calendar cal-endar and again revived the case of the People vs. Stockton, there was a decided de-cided atmosphere of politics. Le Grande Young, Lsq., appeared for the prisoner, who, recently convicted by a jury of perjury, asked for a new trial, a second show, as it were, for his liberty. In presenting his application, counsel for tho prisoner reviewed the evidence on which the defendant was convicted at considerable length, contending that the prosecuting witness was at the time of the election and is still a non-resident; that he had no more right to the electoral franchise than a man who admitted ad-mitted allegiance to some foreign potentate. For thepeoplo, Mr.Varian, the United States district attorney, made bis appearance and presented present-ed vigorous argument in support sup-port of a denial. The defendant said he had been before no jury that might have been prejudiced by the animosities animosi-ties of political strife. It was a jury plucked from the representatives of the People's as well as the Liberal party, and a verdict of guilty tempered with recommendations for mercy had been rendered. The prisoner is the party who had an elector at the last election, arrested for illegal voting and tho case has been one of the most interesting on the docket. The case was submitted and a new trial was granted Stockton. Tha Caw. Suitmtt ted. The fate of the railroad cases is now in tho bands of Judge Zane, Arthur Brown, esq., having closed the argument argu-ment for the property owners last evening, even-ing, whereupon tho issue was submitted, sub-mitted, His argument was very flat-footoll. flat-footoll. He charged the defendants with operating their rolling stock at the rate of twenty miles an hour, while (ho franchise limited them to twelve. He arraigned tho companies in the severest terms, alleging that if a similar rate of speed were exercised by a team the driver would land in durance. Attention At-tention was called to tho elovation of the steel above tho grade, aud tho danger it presented to the conveyance. In the opinion of tho speaker, it was simply an attempt to rob the property owners in order to enrich tho favored few. He therefore appealed to the court to stand by the owners of property prop-erty along the route anil to render the in such redress as the facts in the case justified: The Mnhnney Kstmte. What threatened to culminato in a reign of almost endless litigation was last eveuing settled to the apparent satisfaction of all parties who were seeking a block of the Mahoney estate. By consent of the litigants Judge Zane ordered a decree of partition and appointed ap-pointed Francis M. Bishop, Elmer C. Darling, and Hiram Booth as commissioners commis-sioners to make the partition. The court, in its decision rendered heretofore, hereto-fore, found that Micheal and William Mahoney were entitled to an undivided five-sevenths of the property in addition addi-tion to one-fourth of a one-seventh interest in-terest convoyed to them by Norah Mahoney; that Hannah Lynch was entitled en-titled to a one-seventh interest, ami that Daniel Mahoney and Willian Mahoney and John Mahoney were entitled en-titled t tho three-fourths of the remaining re-maining one-seventh interest. The estate involves property of large values and the parties to the action are to be congratulated on the propriety of their course. Short oarinrs. The case of Lloyd T. Dorsey vs J. Whitehead, jr., in which tho defendant was charged with criminal libel has been settled between tho parties. The defendant was the correspondent of the Illustrated World when the otfeuse is said to have been committed. Judge Anderson has gone to Ogden and returning tomorrow will open court on Thursday at 10 o'clock. |