Show FIRST DISTRICT acis one coln n ta ry TIlE JUltY DISAGREE JENSEN LIQUOR echt for acquittal Acquit tul unil four for conviction on tuesday afternoon alie misdemeanor ase jos pago and E W fox for appropriating postoffice post office funds was set for trial november 15 1889 at 5 alio cabe of alie people vs peter M jensen of mount pleasant on appeal for bellini liquor without a waa called up for trial bent eliat in january jast lie saw defendant in a small room behind his drugstore lie asked defend int fur ana paid ten centa for it defendant said this is my treat or ill stand this I 1 only paid for my own drink I 1 have leen there several times for whisky the store belongs to a man named hunter defendant merely works for him andrew deposed tu accompanying compa nying the previous witness on liis errand for whisky we biad been pool there was a billiard table in the room I 1 arst called for whisky but defendant said it waa in the cellar and he gave me brandy I 1 saw ivansen get his drink but did not see him pay for it the defendant took the stand in liis own and testified eliat on the day in question he was working for J B hunter and had been for a month I 1 passed aud alie bottle of liquor and drank with them the ten cents paid me by hansen was not for the liquor but in settlement of a debt ended the testimony and at a quarter to six alie case was given to alie jury the whole trial only having lasted three quarters of an hour As this jury left alie jury in alie luther C illmer grand larceny case cli arged with stealing three calves hied into court with a verdict of guilty sentence was set for november ath up to 10 tuesday night alie jury in the jensen liquor case had not arrived at a verdict and they were locked up for the night court was thereupon adjourned until wednesday morning at half past y on wednesday morning on tha opening of the airet district court peter nielsen was arraigned on an indictment charging him with unlawful cohabitation to which he plead not guilty trial was set for the dinst A motion for a new trial in the case of john B charged with adultery was argued by mr W II 11 king and deferred until november 2 1889 a bill of exceptions is to be presented by the defense and submitted to judge judd soon after alie nf court the bailiff in on alie jury in the jensen liquor case appeared and stated eliat the jury wanted to come into court audgo blackburn sent him to enquire athey had agreed and that if aliey had not that ho did not want to return the jury had been out fifteen hours then judge blackburn remarked that lie did not see why they could not agree on a verdict in a cast like this just as court was adjourning for re the jensen liquor case filed into court and announced that they had not agreed on a verdict nor were they likely to agree judge blackburn baid you may be discharged dont want this to be set bownas u precedent mr evans asked the case to be set for trial on friday as alie witnesses were all in town it was so ordered it is understood that eight stood for acquittal and four for conviction yesterday morning upon the reassembling sem bling of court mr evans stated that obrian cn alie eyewitness eye witness to alie murder of emmett by grimaldi tie italian for whom the salt lako officers biad been searching had been found this morning but too late to bring him on the utah central he would however be here by noon as he was coming down on the D 11 G mr ebany stated that ho was desirous of alie witness giving his testimony before alie prosecution rested and he would there fore ask for a continuance of alio case until noon tho court so ordered mr Thur roan then made a motion for a new trial in the wright murder case on tho grounds that the court erred in ruling out certain evidence eliat the defense deemed admissible and pertinent mr thurman recited facts in alio case as brought out in alie evidence for the benefit of judge blackburn alio was not on tho bench when alie case was tried the defendant who was in court at the time the motion was being made appeared to be suffering much mental agony he maat ains that if he biad been allowed by the court to have stated certain things ruled out he would have cleared himself the motion was overruled the italian murder case was then resumed at 11 court took until p m yesterday afternoon james wright found guilty ot voluntary manslaughter appeared for sentence had nothing to say why sentence should not be alie court proceeded to sentence een tence him alie judge had been solicited by counsil on both sides tc be lenient yet still he felt that human life should be bield sacred und for reason he felt constrained to sentence him to a term of imprisonment in alie penitentiary for one year defendant took his seat and commenced crying A stay of execution was allowed till friday night when counsel for defendant would determine what they would do in the matter of appealing to the supreme court for a new trial |