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Show JUDGE RIMER SITS 88 FEDERAL BENCH Wyoming Jurist Disposes of a Number of Cases in Salt Lake. The United States Court convened promptly at 10 o'clock Saturda. Judge Jtiner of Cheyenne was on the bonch. A number of attorneys, principally from Ogden, were present in court. Judge Riner came direct, from St. Paul, Minn., where as a member of tho Circuit Court of Appeals of the Eichth circuit he sat in judgment on thirty appealed cases. At Saturda s session, upon motion of the United States District Attorney, the following cases wero dismissed: United f atcs against P. C. Scorup, same plaintiff against John E. Magel-by, Magel-by, John E. Ilirish and Kay Stevens. These were criminal actions brought against the parties named for wrongfully wrong-fully grazing sheep upon the Pish Lake forest reserve. In the case against Scorup a demurrer de-murrer was interposed in which it was alleged that the information did not state facts sufficient to constitute a public offense. Judgo Marshall sustained sus-tained tho demurrer on the ground that there was no United States statute which authorized a criminal action to bo instituted by information. Prom this ruling the court authorized an appeal ap-peal to be taken. The matter was submitted sub-mitted to the United States Attorney-General, Attorney-General, and he urged that the appeal be not pressed. On the point at issue is-sue he construed the law as did Judge Marshall in sustaining the demurrer. l"t was for these reasons that the District Dis-trict Attorney moved to have all the cases dismissed and the bondsmen released. re-leased. Thomas England against the Ogdon Water Works company is a case wherein where-in the plaintiff sued for himself and a lartje number of others who assigned their claims to him for damages to their crops by reason of the wrongful appropriation of water by defendant, which it is claimed belonged to plaintiff plain-tiff by virtue of prior use and appropriation. appro-priation. The assigned claims range in amounts from $50 to $1600. Plaintiff mado a motion to amend his complaint and also argued a motion mo-tion to remand the case back to the State court, where it was originally commenced. Both motions were denied, the demurrer to the complaint was sustained. sus-tained. Twenty days were allowed plaintiff in which to amend and the same time granted defendant in which to answer. Thirty daj's were allowed in which to file a bill of exceptions. In the case of the Ogden Wnler Works company against the Union Pacific Pa-cific Coal company for damages for the alleged wrongful uso of water, the demurrer to defendant's cross bill was sustained. Twenty days were allowed to amend and twenty days given in which to plead to the amended cross bill. The same ruling was made in the case of Elizabeth B. Gill against the Union Pacific Conl company. In the case of the United States against the Utah Fuel company et al. a stipulation to take depositions was filed and an order of the court made granting to plaintiff and defendants each 120 days in which to take depositions, deposi-tions, and thirty days additional in which to fike depositions' in rebuttal. The case of the United States against the Colnmbus Con. Mining company, charged with trespass in running its water over plaintiff's property without a permit, waa dismissed as per stipulation. |