| Show FIRST DISTRICT COURT dr found guilty of illicitly selling liquor on tuesday afternoon defendants motion in the case of the people vs philip marx was overruled in the case of D S dana vs H W lawrence time to file bill of exceptions waa extended to may ast 1st next the court appointed geo sutherland S E thurman and A a committee to draft resolutions of respect to the late hon P H emerson formerly judge oe the fi district court on wednesday morning the trial of wash chipmin in and jease green charged with at ealing sheep begun D evans prosecuted and A de lauded the verdict of the jury was not guilty the two appeal cases of provo city vs C E were put on trial on wednesday afternoon it being agreed that both cases should be tried us one nd by the grand jury ebur man sutherland king appeared as counsel for brov i city and 1 evana as counsel for ernest green was the first witness he testified to purchasing from defendant a bottle or whiskey a bottle of alcohol and a bottle of beer on alie same day in january witness brother was with him edwin green corroborated coiro borated the testimony ot his brother bohu W turner city marshal testified that ho and policeman thurman entered the defendants drug store while witnesses green were in and defendant who at the time they entered was in ane front room ran into the back room followed by the officers and snatched a bottle of beer from the hands of one of the witnesses and tried to conceal it fhe grren en boys afterwards gave turner the alcohol purchased earlier in the day T E thurman testified to the same facts as tui ner the defense called mrs she stated that the two green boys came in with turner they stayed some time and after awhile turner seeing a bottle of warm beer she had left standing under the stove asked those present if they were not going to 1 treat it was a bottle of beer she had kept for her own use as she was sick they ask for the beer but helped themselves and did not pay for it dr the defendant acknowledged the sale of the whiskey but said one of the green boys claimed that he had the colic and wanted a half a gallon to take with him to leavington leamington Lea he did not sell them any beer they signed a book acknowledging they required the liquor for medical purposes the jury rendered a verdict of conviction in one case and not guilty in the other the court suspended sentence so that went off scot freeo pleasant bradford and sylvester brad ford plead not cuilty to unlawful colial j citation trial set for march the case of the people vs henry arrowsmith row smith and provo city vs ike fordonski were dismissed on motion of mr thurman tha morning in the case of provo city vs S M duggins an order was made by the court for the attachment of an absent witness frank van wagoner i the case of provo city vs jesee J knight came up for argument on demurrer mr milner arguing tor the demurrer and mr against it the demurrer was overruled the sentence in the case of samuel briggs was postponed until april |
