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Show cases shall be finished at one session. An intermission or a continuance is allowed by the statute only on an affidavit affi-davit showing cause. This (affidavit was not submitted nor was it stated that there were any Oth.r Eye Wltn.ii.... Judge Towers Yes there were; thero was Mr. Morrissey, who was playing pool at the time of the tragedy. The court And these witnesses" Judge Powers Are in the city. The court I cannot devote much time to this matter at present, the presumption pre-sumption is that the prisouer is where he belongs. Mr. Varian The evidence justifies the presumption that the defendant is guilty of the charge upon which he is held, and that he is correctly detained for murder in the first degree. He ordered, however, that all the eye witnesses he subptetiaed, and that the evidence be submitted on Thursday next at 10 o'clock, at which time the application for bail will be submitted and disposed of. fttiprenio Court. This department of justice will resume re-sume its labors January 12, at which time what promises to be a long and eventful sesion will be opened, Prom-inent Prom-inent among the issues that will engage attention is that of the church oases that have been reported on by Keferee Stone. At the same time the' report of the referee in the Dyer examination. The terms will also be characterized by a number of important decisions on several complicated questions, and taken altogether it will bo one, of the most interesting in the annals of the territory. ? THE COUUTSRESUME. The Holiday Expires and the Judges I Make Their Eeappeaaance in ' Excellent Spirits. t HE WANTS HIS LIBERTY. 1 Raymond, the New Star in the Tragic World' Asks for Bail-The Dockets for a Day. There was not much vitality about i the manner in which justice was courted I whim the mills began to grind at 10 j o'clock this morning after a week's . holiday. The local barrister had not i J et recovered from the effects of holi- I day inactivity. He had not warmed up i to a real vigorous pace and things J lacked the snap and animation of a i close contest. Judge Anderson, who had been handing down precedents from the sky chamber of the Wasatch, made his appearance in the Main room and mounted the bench that has been until the adjournment for Christmas festivities occupiod by Judge Zanc, the later mooring himself in the chambers of the territorial library. Both jurists appeared In Etc. I ent Spirit. Judge Anderson, who has boen in indifferent in-different health for some time, betrayed the wholesome effects of an elixir that i,s derived from relaxation, while his coiifrerc, Judge Zaue, engaged in the discussion of New Year calls with Judge Powers. "Tho practice," observed the court, "is not observed as generally in the frontier cities as in those where the traditions of the ancestor are as sacred ns divine teaching." "True," chimed tho formidable pleader. "It seems to have struck a period of innocuous desuetute; a sort of somnolent lassitude, as it were. However, How-ever, time will correct these omissions," and drawing troni the inside rocesscs of of his faithful Prince Albert A Voluminous Document the lawyer presented the application of Frank Kaymond, slayer of K. J. O'Brien, to be admitted to bail. Tho application, explained council, was based on evidence that had been adduced ad-duced by the examining magistrate, Judge Laney, and in addition thereto a number of affidavits from eye witnesses. Mr. Varian I submit, your honor, that the fate of this motion should not be permitted to rest on these affidavits. They show nothing of the business in which alliants are engaged, they disclose dis-close nothing whatever as to identity or personality. If the witnesses were in the city on the occasion of the examination examina-tion they should have appeared before The Committing Macl.trat. and given their testimony. Judge Powers stated in reply that the witnesses were in the court room, but Judge Laney had held at a late hour in the examination that a continuance continu-ance would not be allowed, and that the inquiry must be completed at one session. The court could not postpone the hearing? Judge Powers He so held. Mr. Murphy, speaking to the ruling, ' Hated that the statute was very specific in its instructions, and it provided pro-vided that the examination in such |