| Show THE CHURCH SUITS zane drops a bombshell in the camp of the spoilers A session of the territorial supreme court was held in salt lake city wednesday chief justice sanford and associate justices boreman and henderson being present judge judd was absent in this city united states attorney hubson of colorado was in court to represent tha j government in the suit against the church judge zane stated to the court that his petition in behalf of tha school interests had been reduced to writing as directed by the court attorney JM Zane then read the peti tion during the reading hobson Wi iiams and peters sat twirling choir mustaches and evidently very uneasy at its close judas zane said the petition had not been because the rules of chancery practice did not require it united states attorney hobson then arose his face was flushed and from his voice and action it was apparent that he was in anything but a peaceful of mind ha said such a document should be certified verti fied as if the allegations made nero true the receiver should be dismissed and his attorneys proceeded against judge zane this ih not a petition to remove the receiver judge sandford there are some very serious charges that some egregious wrongs have been committed mr williams next came to hia feet and there was blood in his eye he said he did not propose to sit quietly by ahila such charges made against him if he was guilty of was alleged he should be disbarred dis barred he protested against charges being written by any scandal monger and brought into court he wanted auch allegations verified eo the makers could be put to the proof mr hobson opposed the filing of the petition and thought if the statements were true all the attorneys should be dismissed judge zane we propose to proceed ander chancery rules and if permitted will offer evidence to prove the charges we have made we think we can do so fully if the court will allow us mr williams interrupted judge zane and moved that judge powers be allowed to appear as attorney for the rt beer as he williams was accused of a offense ofie nse judge powers was so allowed judge sandford said the petition should be presented to the government and the matters therein slated be brought to its attention the court ruled that the petition should be verified but they were willing to waiva eliat and hear the merits as to the legal points in the case judge zane said it would better please his clients if the hearing could bo had before the full bench judge judd now being absent mr hobson did not think there was anything in the casa to require it to be heard before the whole court judge sandford said it had not been possible for judge judd to be today to day and the discussion of the case could not be postponed as he julge judd was going east for a vacation in a day or two judge zane said there was no reason for pressing the matter as there was plenty of time before the case would be finally disposed of the court decided to hear the arguments at present judge zane then proceeded to discuss the case from his standpoint as to the legal interest ints rest of the schools in the property to be confiscated the school trustees trust eee were the representatives of the common schools they conducted all of the financial business for their respective school districts in regard to the property to be es cheated judge zane declared that no power on earth had any beneficial interest in it except the common schools that interest entitled them to be heard so that the amount would not be diminished in bums of more than at a lump |
