Show r v ayt iiii n FIRST DISTRICT COURT hank parrish declared not guilty of murder WILLIAM GILLIS GUILTY OF LARCENY AT WALLS BURGH A sentence in the ike dark case eliat astounds everybody friday afternoon the trial of henry parrish for the murder of enos blancett was continued albert ether being called bv the defense as another witness ether eaid he was acquainted with eureka pat corrall is a little out of town at the upper end pat place in town is known as pat livery stable to mr evans back of place in town is frequently called the corral back of place thomas nance in testifying for the defense stated that ho knew blancett in colorado and new mexico and his reputation there was bad A short time before the killing in eureka witness met blancett who said he meant to kill parrish that day blancett said lie knew parrish in colorado where he had a racket with a man named graham he said further that he would not give himself up and wanted witness to take charge of his property for lie know how alie matter would end to mr evans this was un the morning of the blancett was a married man his wife was with him at eureka am now awaiting trial for an assault with intent to murder I 1 just came in from the penitentiary the defense now rested mr evans delivered the opening argument to the jury FIVE MOKE indictments at the close of his remarks the grand jury entered the court and presented five indictments under U S laws and one under territorial laws they then withdrew mr geo sutherland then delivered his argument to the jury on behalf of the defense CHARGING THE JUBY the closing arguments of mr thurman for the defense and mr for the people occupied the rest of the afternoon and all session which lasted from 7 till 10 the jury was then discharged until next morning at 9 when his honor judge judd delivered his charge which waa a most able and lucid exposition cf the law and its degrees the charge occupied in delivery three quarters of an hour at 10 minutes to 10 the jury withdrew to their room THE D S K 0 CASE the case of the people vs W H harrison charged with stealing from a D R G passenger train some railway tickets money and other property belonging to conductor conlisk on the of july last came on for trial D evans prosecuted and geo sutherland and W H king defended ARRAIGNED wlliam M bromley was arraigned for adultery with his wife rosina singleton bromley and plead not guilty arraignments AND PLEAS niels L caristensen who had previously been arraigned on the segregated charges of unlawful cohabitation and adultery appeared to make his pleas and entered a plea of not guilty to both indictments john spencer was arraigned on the segregated charges of adultery and unlawful cohabitation took until 2 to plead saron S bonnon on arr for unlawful cohabitation took until 2 to plead henry tv sanderson waa another victim of segregation there being one indictment for unlawful cohabitation and one for adultery being read to him he took until 2 to plead excused S F mount a grand juror was excused from further attendance and newel J knight was called upon to fill his place A VERDICT THAT CREATES consternation at 25 minutes to 2 the jury in the parrish murder case entered the court room and took their seats when asked if they had agreed upon a verdict the flieman fo ieman mr grier said they had when asked what the verdict was mr grier answered not guilty the verdict appeared to astound everybody in the courtroom it ft as so different to almost universal expectation even defendants counsel had scarcely hoped for any lighter verdict than one of manslaughter though they were prepared to expect a verdict of murder in the second degree his honor on alio bench seemed scarcely able to conceal hia and from his remarks afterwards to the jury and his admonition to the prisoner it was evident his honor anticipated a different verdict the verdict will undoubtedly be regarded by a great many fair minded people acquainted with the facts as a very inconsistent one when compared with the facts developed throughout the trial THE JURY RETIRES shortly after 2 the jury in alie W H harrison case retired to consider their verdict PLEAS IX U henry W sanderson came forward to plead to unlawful cohabitation and adultery adult erv and entered pleas of not guilty soren S jensen plead guilty to unlawful cohabitation and was given until november for sentence ben tence john spencer plead guilty to unlawful cohabitation and not guilty to the of adultery adult sentence to be given november jena E J knopp plead not guilty to the charge of adultery and guilty to that of unlawful cohabitation wm david graham charged with adultery plead not guilty ahns baker and alva caldwell indicted for grand larceny camo forward for arraignment they took until monday to plead christen madsen was ordered to bo in attendance november ard 3rd for arraignment on the charge of aaion soren C plead not guilty to adultery L c IARSEN came forward for sentence he was 44 came to this country when 15 have wives one ho married in 1865 and alie other in 1871 youngest child a vear old court sentenced him to d aag JENS said his youngest child was two years and 9 months old married his second wife nine years ago ha was 55 years old hc was io months and 50 and costs ARCHIBALD T said lie was born in scotland and 45 years old he had two wives married the first cagl and the second in 81 his youngest is 18 months old sentence four months and 0 and coats jena E J KNOPP appeared for sentence H stilted lie married his plural af in 1873 and did was any law against his doing 60 he was living with bin first wife only and intended lo 10 live with only herin the future As soon as he learned he was living in violation odthe law ho made up hia mind to change his course ho commenced living only with hig first wife since the edmunds law of 1882 passed he moved his second wife out of his house into another house five or six weeks ago she had lived before that under the same roof as he and his first wife he was indicted also for adultery the court suspended judgment during his good behavior but he was to appear nest term to answer to the charge of adultery but if he would hereafter live within the law he would no longer be interfered with JOSS KNOX charged with grand larceny came up for sentence he had plead guilty and now made a statement said he was drunk and his companion drew him into the crime when he the prisoner was unconscious of the extent of his of fence I 1 they had blobbed lobbed a house at thistle the bonev stolen being about the court thought that perhaps a light punishment would enable him to reform he was sentenced to eighteen months ike dark came forward SICKLY sentimentality judee dusenberry made a statement iu his behalf the prisoner had been a bad boy it was true but in view of the young mans early surroundings and training which had not been what it ought to have been he would ask clemency for the young man the speaker thought there was still some hope for him he was the victim of a bad education and the judge asked for leniency principally in behalf of the boys aged mother hia honor judge judd stated that the mother had been to him he had told tier that he could not listen to her appeal outside of court she had said that she was the victim of adverse circumstances cum stances her husband had deserted her the court could not help but regard the case of this young man as the result of the system that lias grown up in this community air evans thought the case was of such a character that should appeal strongly to the court this young man had been induced to marry when he should not have married if he had been advised rightly he would not now be liere for adultery but for fornication the court sentenced him to six months BUEKI BOy came forward this man was indicted for unlawful cohabitation in other words he was accused of acknowledging and supporting his wives and in the judgment of the government was a crime he was sentenced to ninety days EMILY came forward this was a married woman who had committed adultery with ike dark mr evans asked the court to exercise even more leniency in the comans womans case than in her paramours par amours he would like the court to suspend sentence the court told her to go sentence would be suspended during her good behavior the jury returned a verdict of not guilty in the harrison larceny cose yesterday morning court resumed business arraignments gustave was arraigned for adultery and plead not cuilty chas baker and alva caldwell were arraigned on a charge of grand larceny and plead not guilty SUSTAINED in the case of kichard R steele vs T H boley for ejectment the court sustained the demurrer to the answer and granted twenty days for the amending of the answer newell J knight was sworn in as u grand juror MADE FOR CONTEMPT an order for contempt in the divorce case of williams vs williams was made returnable by saturday in this case the defendant had failed to pay llie alimony ordered by the court when the divorce was granted AN indictment BE SUBMITTED albert hawa was arraigned on a charge of adultery on the indictment being read by the clerk the prosecution asked for the indictment to be resubmitted to the grand jury as there was an omission in the B of it an order was so entered an indictment was then rend him with unlawful CO to which he plead guilta november Xo vember was set by the court as the time for sentence THE GILLIS LARCENY CASE the case of the people vs william gillis charged with grand larceny was called A jury was paneled em and duly sworn dabid evans prosecuted in behalf of the people and J B appeared apo eared for the defendant the first witness called was M branea of wasatch county who testified as to being the owner of the heifer in question henry clegg was next sworn I 1 marked and branded the heifer in the of 1887 when she vas buckine her mother her in April when I 1 got her out of the pound from dickson H greer the drove her in brynes corral there was another murk on it when I 1 took cpr nut of the pound it was E G on the right ribs am certain there was no other mark it was shaved by some one to see if the part of a triangle brand could not be found on it win gilliss claimed the E G brand covered his triangle brand and the animal was shaved to see if the triangle brand could not be found D H greer was next called and sworn last spring I 1 lived in walls buie in wasatch county I 1 saw the do fend int there at that time and now in dispute mr gillis claimed lier it was in the pound gillis said he would like to sell her I 1 told him I 1 would buy her which I 1 did giving him 11 for her and he giving me a bill of sale I 1 ciote the bill aud gillis signed it no one was in company with gillia when he came to the pound and claimed the animal M clegg subsequently came along and claimed the reimal for mr byrncs the defendant when selling lier to me stated where she had been in the habit of running and to every appearance seemed to be the rightful owner the heifer had been running at large during last fall and winter when clegg came along and claimed the animal I 1 of course hunted up the defendant I 1 found him and he agreed to meet brynes and prove his rightful ownership they met and the animal was shaved in order to discover the brands claimed by defendant there was the brands claimed by brynes and also another brand lie did not claim under the E G which might have been a ec ratch but it locked as though it might have been a brand john baum knew the defendant last spring at alie time of alie sale but never knew him to have any stock I 1 heard him palled by the name of young in april last knew some of his relatives they went by the name of gillis george ferre I 1 live in provo know the range of wasatch county gillia never orned any stock to my knowledge I 1 have herded stock with him george bagley never knew gillis to own any stock the prosecution rented john awis was called for the defense and duly sworn know the defendant have seen alie heifer and know alie defendant had the heifer and her during 1886 7 lost her in the nuin mer of last year but he found in last spring aud criniti her I 1 helped bankd lier in hie spring of 1887 in a man named Tl was preset when the meeting was had between the defendant and mr brynes when the hunt was made for the brands found a blotch brand under the E G brand alie animal answered every description of the one lost the animal was taken in payment by the defendant for a herd bill from a man named cammet who then lived on the lake bottoms cammet I 1 understand lues somewhere north the animal was alien two or three months old and the mother was with her this was abent the first of march 1887 it was in may or june last when I 1 year helped brand her in north fork of prove I 1 canyon we put any marks on her there one brand on tho animal at alie time we our triangle brand put on her after being examined closely by the prosecution said he was in the the mistaken year animal was branded in 1886 1 william loveless was next called by the defense he testified eliat lie knew gillia saw him in the spring of asso in the north fork of provo canyon while be was after wood saw the dant there with john gillis branding cattle gillea asked me to helo bruij home cattle I 1 did eo the first one was a red calf a triangle brand as used there was neither e ir marks or brands on the animal at alie lime alie animal appeared to bo a eur old george was sworn and gave evidence of a similar nature to the previous witness saw the animal branded in north fork in and had been the animal at Walls burgh should aay aliey were tho same john gillis sr nest sworn and testified to the defendants proper name as being wm M sam young gillis alie defendant then took alie in his defense and rehearsed alie procuring and branding of the animal her being lost and her recovery the trade to the Walls burgh and the meeting mr and himself in proving the ownership my true name is william mos samuel young gillis was in colorado at I 1 traded a mare for the ow and took lier calf on n debt cammet was owins me for wintering stock in 1885 I 1 gut buth animal in alie early spring matt who then lived on provo bench was one of the parties for whom I 1 herded stuck as also jolin parkes a man named dillon and several parties on alie lake bottoms whose names I 1 cannot now remember alie calf when I 1 cot her was oliree or four months old I 1 sold alie mother to on the bench the court heie cautioned the jury against talking among themselves about the case or to anybody else had come to him of a previous jury during this term persisting in talking among themselves in to a casu that was then being tried and he warned all aurora against any such conduct as it was against the statutes and punishable they wre then excused till I 1 to which time the court adjourned on the reassembling of the court the gillis larcena caso was resumed the defendant underwent a cross examination by the after which wm roberta was sworn herded stock in the north fork of broo in 1886 never knew of defendant having any stock at the time he was herding cattle that summer belonging to different parties mr wright waa next examined was keeping toll gate in prove cabon in the spring and summer of 1885 never saw defendant arite cattle through the canyon in 1885 but did in 1886 on account of the absence of several witnesses for the prosecution alie court allowed the case to go over for a few minutes and tho following miscellaneous business was disposed of odolph J adderson Au derson was arraigned on a charge of unlawful cohabitation he took until this afternoon to plead alfred turner was arraigned on a charge of unlawful cohabitation on alie indictment being read to him he plead not guilty john F allred came forward and plead not guilty to unlawful cohabitation judge dusenberry stated that since the arraignment of this defendant his wife had been taken dangerously sick and one of his children had died and lie |