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Show THE ESCHEAT CASES. U. S. ATTORNEY VARIAN ENCAGED IN PREPARING THE FINDINGS. Connsel for the Church Says the Great Issue Will Go to the V. S. Supreme Court Before it Kests A Iay's Orders Or-ders in the Various Courts. Deputy Court Reporter Fred McGurr'm was summoned before United States District Attorney Varian this morning with his stenographic copy of the evidence produced in the escheat eases under title of The United States vs. Certain Real Estate of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, that counsel might proceed to prepare the finding.? which will on Saturday morning next be submitted to Judge Zane for his approval. ap-proval. Hon. F. S. Richards, counselor-in-chief for the church trustees, was seen by a reporter re-porter this morning and in reply to questions ques-tions concerning the future movements of the defense said: j "We f-hall of course ask for and feel that we are entitled to a new trial. In the event this ia denied the case will then proceed upon its natural course, pausing before be-fore the supreme court of the territory. I say 'pausing' at that point, for I apprehend that neither the government nor our side will be. satisfied until the action has run its full course and a. decision is obtained from the United States supreme court at Washing-ton." Washing-ton." In the meantime counsel for both sides are tnxious to dispatch the work and reach a final settlement at the earliest day possible. possi-ble. For Embezzlement, George McCann, formerly in the employ of Henry Wajrencr, the well-known brewer, came before Commissioner Greenman this morning on a charge of having absconded with the receipts of a saloon run under the patronage and backing of the complaining witness. Morris Sommers, the financial representative rep-resentative of Mr. V. agener, had been upon the road several days, and during his absence the defendant is charged with having taken his departure with moneys iu the sum of $lt50. Court Notes, Lc Grand Youuar, esq., attorney for the Utah Central Railway Co.', said yesterday wheu two more judgments were entered up against the unfortunate road that it was impossible to sav when the company wonld be prepared to meet its indebtedness, in-debtedness, although the management was doing everything in its power to disentangle matters. A decree was yesterday afternoon entered in the case of M'ary Ann Jackson vs. George A. Jackson, on the crourds of desertion. Jackson whs convicted on a charge of bigamy big-amy at the February term of the district court and sentenced to imprisonment for six months in the penitentiary. He served his time and in July last came forth, j Larry King, the alleged swindler who fig-I fig-I tired in the gold brick fraud bv which Bank-i Bank-i er Whitmore was mulcted of 0000, is in jail at Provo pending his examination which is now iu progress at that place. Whitmore was due there this morning, at which time King was to be presented for identification. The taking of testimony was resumed in the Dillon murder trial before Judge Miner at Ogden this morning. The trial has awakened awak-ened intense interest, and Judge Powers and Dickson have a hard tight before them. The case of Pi( kard vs. Bills, involving title to a large number of sheep, was before Judge Zane again this morning on an application appli-cation for execution upon a recent judgment. judg-ment. Clerk Bache of the territorial supreme court has moved his offices to rooms 1 and 2 in the Wasatch block, where he will have a little more light and a better quality of air. Counsel for Manager McKeown of Gil-more's Gil-more's band have filed a document calling on Inncs to show cause, why the attachment should not be dissolved. LTni'.ed States Examiner Stutsman is w ind-iner ind-iner up his labors on the court records and wjil leave in a few days for Beaver, where he will continue his researches. In the case of William Carroll vs. T. K. Morris, the fact that the case was in ''process of settlement'' was announced, and the case temporarily passed. Judge Marshall went to Provo this morning morn-ing on a professional mission. |