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Show THEY COULDN'T AGREE. TU Jury In the Hamilton Tan I'nabla to Arrive nt a Vinl.rl. The day in tho courts w as as destitute desti-tute of news as the Sahara is of water. The lawyers themselves presented an apathetic landscape, while tho court glanced at the docket and then settled back in its chair. Before Judge Anderson An-derson proceedings opened with a jury that w as unable to agree upon a verdict ver-dict in the case of the people against James Hamilton who was charged with a crime against nature. The jury was discharged and Hamilton returned to penitentiary to await another trial. In the case of the people against Homer Ho-mer ,1. Crandall the jury brought in .1 verdict of not guilty, and the defendant is now at liberty. Tho olVencn with which Crandalt was charged was the stealing of a pump of the value of a few dollars. As a defense the accused set up that he had been in the employ of the complaining- witness who was indebted to him. Unable to collect he seized upon n pump of very little valuo anil for this reason was arrested aud held to the district court. The case of J. t). Shatter vs. F. A. Mitchell ct al. opened the civil docket and w as the principle issue before J udge Anderson. The action is brought to recover '.'00 damages for the loss of a horse w inch the complaint charges was starved lo deal. The day before Judge Zane who was away above timber lino iu rooms 00-92 was featureless, and it was only a recollect re-collect ion of the ignominious ending of the case of J. II. Muck vs. Salt Lko City et al. that kept alive the fact that the (locket w as he'in run through. The case involved title to ground that had been originally set aside by tho city for psrk purposes. I.iuck delected a chance to secure ground enough for a home and according to his own testimony testi-mony consulted Arthur Brow n, Judge Meliridd and Thomas Higgins, each of whom were to secure a chip of the block iu the event that the title was proved up. The growth ami prosperity of Zion created a marked enhancement in values val-ues on old Arsenal hill and a vigorous tight w as made for its possession. Tim plaintiil' introduced his evidence and at its conclusion th defense, which was reprsuted bv Judge Dickson. J. L. Raw lim and W. C. Hall moved for a nonsuit. Judge Zane Mi-lained the motion on the ground that the locator had not complied with the requirements require-ments of tin! I.nv of location in that he had neglected to make application and have it d:si.o-ed of by private sale or miction. Mr. Liuck was staggered and the hundreds who hue interested themselves in the iswe are. anxious to lcaru what the next step will be. Court Notes, Judge Zane took a recess until 2 o'clock this afternoon. A flaw in the indictment has placed the ease of tin people against Charles B.azi-r in a position so problematical that tlie com t deemed il wise lo take a motion to dismi.-s and resubmit under advisement. Bluer was ropg"atulal-ing ropg"atulal-ing liime!l u nor. t he on i look tins looming loom-ing and bciiuUiS yet that Ho iiitu gut (.he-best (.he-best of it. Banker WUtmnre, the Napoleon from Ni phi who has had advertisement enough for one life-lime, was up Iron) Ptovo last iiielit, and in an interview with Sheriff .Burt states that he resorted to no more expedients I Man were ill-lowed ill-lowed by the ;iw. He admits to having put the tliumbstring upon Leonard, but denies that it was wound to a cruel extreme. ex-treme. Tin1 visitors probably resorted lo nothing more than occurs daily in the le:idi(ig prisons of the east, and thai tells the story Six thousand dollars were involved in this squeeze and some latitude is to lie granted. |