| Show FIRST DISTRICT COURT gets eighteen months only t AIWOOD FOUND GUILTY OF raa RA 1 LARCENY the jm A aci beil bates et al dameie Dami ie on friday afternoon after the jury in alio herbert bate et at amar can fork city case held retired the tal of peter nielsen cli arged with cohabitation coha Citation vas commenced alie ei dence vias not cry lengthy and the case goon to the jury aho vho ere not loag in bringing in 1 vyrdice of not gubity and the defendant was liberated grand jury hlad court with sc en true bills six indictments acin under the united states aas and one under ane territorial statutes S and antone 0 bioren son ere admixed to hiie case of alte people s samuel I 1 li field ct aa for to day WAS continued on saturday momma II 11 J myrtea sen nas ou an indictment lii mith adultery no took until to plead hiie jury in ane herbert hate case returned into court with a for plaintiff for thirty days stay of proceedings were allowed the case of the people vs erick iel sen charged with illegally selling liquor was next called up two witnesses were examined and the jury returned a verdict of guilty defendant was sentenced to pay a line of 50 and costs tho second caso against the same de fondant was called up defendant entered a plea of not guilty and former conviction A jury was empanelled empanel led and duly sworn to try the case the same v witnesses it nesses were examined and the jury returned a verdict of not guilty liana olsen and peter zobell were admitted to citizenship the appealed liquor case of K S hinos was called up for trial after a jury was secured the evidence in the oasis vis adduced and shortly before 5 the enry retired to consider the verdict it was sunday morning before was heard from when they tiled into court and announced eliat they could not agree on a verdict and they were discharged in the case of the united states vs john B sentence was suspended until december 20 yesterday morning II 11 J plead guilty to adultery sentence was set for today to day the bonds of dohert caldwell charged with larceny were declared forfeited the case of the people va robert aiwood charged with grand larceny in stealing a black mara from alie stable of jesse knight of payson on the of the fourteenth of april last was called up and a jury emean belled and duly sworn mr david evans E vans prosecuted and mr george sutherland defended jesse knight was the first witness called he deposed he lived in payson was there on april 1 alth last knew the black mare in question it was mine had owned it but two or three weeks bought it from a man named wright of colorado on the of april I 1 found ahe mare missing from my stable she had been gone some oliree or four days I 1 did not loan it to any one on alic morning of llie day I 1 missed the animal I 1 met defendant and I 1 asked him it he knew the mare and he said yes that he at one time owned her I 1 told him that it had been taken from my stable and I 1 asked him if lie had seen her and lie said no he gave me quite a description of the animal I 1 promised him 5 if he would find her and return her to me he said he would try but remarked probably some ones taken her and never will bring her back mrs jesse knight wife of the previous witness was next called she testified that the mare was returned on the of april william levis took it back kni eliat he last saw alie mare on the night of the 1 etli of april on the it was returned walter lewis was next sworn he stated eliat he was acquainted with the defendant knew where the previous witnesses lived saw atwood on fathers farm about five miles from in april last he asked me to go to ashley I 1 told him I 1 had no rig to go with he preferred to furnish me a horse and saddle wo agreed to go tuesday following on tuesday lie came along bringing a black mare with him w e started for achley we got to spanish fork canyon and decided to go by way of hobble creek canyon about four in the afternoon we got to abe head of that canyon I 1 abde the black mare we found the snow so deep at the divide wo could not pass wo alien concluded to go back into alie valley and camp overnight next morning I 1 was saddling up and defendant said will do you know youve got yourself in a scrape I 1 thought he was joking he then said its the gods truth f stole that mare from jcsse knights stable I 1 then told him I 1 would take it him back I 1 returned and delivered the mare to mr knight I 1 got home about dark chas daniels was next called ife lived in salem am 15 years old I 1 heard defendant and lewis talking atwood told lews if ho would go willi him to he would furnish a and saddle elmer lewis now dead was also with us I 1 told willie lewis about this afterward he hid asked me it I 1 remember what atwood said to him wm hall I 1 live at springville Spring ville I 1 am city marshal my deputy arrested atwood and turned him over to me he defendant denied this jacob kallian testified to hearing certain conversation between william lewis and defendant about them going to ashley I 1 asked lewis how lie thought lie was going and he stated hp was going by horseback the prosecution rested and defense was given till after recess to see certain witnesses court then adjourned till 2 after recess the defense announced that they would offer DO evidence the case was submitted to tho jury without arguments and they were then briefly charged by the court v aion they retired to their they were out but ten minutes when they returned with a verdict of guilty two days were allowed in which to motion for a new trial jack dee was arraigned on an indictment charging him with forgery defendant plead not guilty M M kel lccy was appointed to defend the prisoner samuel ashby thought the laws of the country were superior to the laws af man and hp was admitted to citizenship all the jurors were excused until tuesday morning at 10 court reassembled this morning when abst district attorney evana made a motion sustained by affidavit for a continuance ti nuance in the lico cases against E W fpx and joseppi which had been set for the alio cases were continued for the term II 11 J who plead guilty to a charge of adultery with liis hired girl in the room where his wife lay dying the particulars of which have already been published appeared for sentence fiig attorney mr made a lie prisoner was ready to marry the girl but that she would abot consent A the court in passing allude sw to the affair as an unclean and demoralizing moral izing crime and stated that he was petitioned to be lenient yet he felt he ought to he severely punished lie was thereupon sentenced to a term of imprisonment of eighteen months court took recess till 2 |
