Show A W HOURS I 1 SESSION SES SlOiN run fill DISTRICT COURT 1 or OF SOME unfinished Ss ON ThoTh alio llio untie itic lierS joseph clark is granted dran leI in an appeal jullue henderson clerk U 9 8 district attorney peters anil and III lilu assistant 0 came to provo on oil saturday anil and held a R sassio ll 11 0 I 1 court lasting it a little over tw two U hours houra in tile MO cino of tile united states joseph cl irk I 1 motion for or it new trial was de buind died mr lilies made a motion that tile oriler A ermade made bythe by the court on oil march last lot for suspension of gen sentence tence iiii in tile case of john L E pace be set aside it was waa stated that paie pace who is it 11 bo hoy about 10 yearn 1 ars old had on march I 1 plead gu guilty it y to an indictment charging him with forgery but that I 1 in n consequence of 0 defendants youth and ana to behave himself in in the future the ourt court had suspended sentence the boy lind had since however lio committed another offense offence at west weber by stealing a watch for which lie ho was waa arrested und and win was now in court tile court on tills this showing thereupon granted tile motion to set bet aside the order on being ques tio the court ilia boy admitted that ho he had stolen the atch toe court severely reprimanded ilia young cut culprit rit lor for his hia persistence in evil doing an and sentenced enten ced him to bye years lit in t be penitentiary mr air peters moved that lit in the case of the united states vs barrett lUr rett the TOO me tion tor for a new trial be str struck 11 k front from the files the ilia motion not having been entered under abe he rules after botne 0 discussion between counsel mr air geo sutherland acting tor for harriett barnett Mr Peters withdrew withdraw his motion in tho the case of J A hyde vs s J NY green testimony was given as aa to attorneys leeland lee tessand tec sand 15 was waa allowed in the ilia came of II 11 bachman vs va 0 W jacques and J 13 milner Alil ner testimony was given as to attorneys ties fees 25 was allowed and judgment entered in tho ilia case casa of anthony Alete alf vs NY 0 petty at otal at it was ordered that the te award an aril of tho ilia B bo be made the pr der of court in ilia case of P L n vs wit botkA back A Taylor ray lor judge J fae r son moved for plaint plain tiu lir that demurrer heretofore a arguel agut da and sustained be set bet aside which was by the court exception was wai cleber 8 field an applicant tor for citizenship zen ship was put under ilia iho conscience catechism peculiarly Ilen dersons ile he passed triumphantly under the ordeal and was admitted one quintion tion asked this chis applicant was wae what was tho ilia purpose of tile tho lawmaking law making power in in providing forthe for the test oath i meaning the edmunds tucker oath applicants answer wag to ro scoop in the Alor cormons mormons the court next called upon tile the do da fend ants in ilia tintic lanchin c to stand up there were six 01 them namely patrick harrington patrick reagan eigan denis sullivan john quinlan quinlan alint T anu and philip oreen green ach one was then asked if lie ho had any hing to say bay before sentence was passed ill I 1 answered no ho except john r T wit n stated that he was the rhe court said that ilia evidence was not lot BO be clear about john F T harrington arrington II leing guilty but thought that the evi knee dance in the cases of of the others was clear claar na as to their guilt under tinder ilia ho charge the file testimony showed degrees of guilt lit in tile eases cases of patrick Harring harringtonn tonI phil ireen and patrick ilia ovi inco was explicit there was not a thing to excuse tile ho commission of tit alia 13 crime in the cases of sullivan quinlan and john T harrington there was wag tile the game bame degree of guilt though the evidence was w as not so cleir cleara cle ir as sinthe in the other cases the fact that grim green had a wife and children would be taken into consideration the fhe defendants had been already about a aar in the penitentiary awaiting the trial r liar 1 I 1 and that tinia time would gouldie wo uldie be allowed in the term they would bo be Benten sentenced ced to sone serve tile court then sentenced patrick har ington and patrick beagan to eleven years denis sullivan bul livan adhn john quinlan and nd john T harrington to seven years ears anti and philip green to five years joseph dark clark was wai then ordered to come forward to receive sentence As ha stepped te id up lie was aked it if lie ha had adyth anything 6 to hayand mr clark answered ansot ered that 1 he ie hal had prepared a 0 written statement spared which lare he acied ilia hia attorney mr thurman rii urman to road read mr thurman took the paper and read as follows may it please your honor I 1 have been convicted by a jury of the crime of unlawful I 1 am now brought to the bar of the court for sen bin fence I 1 aul am dependent der adent upon your henties honor bior for justice u ties that is is all I 1 nek ask I 1 I 1 9 adio I 0 O my JOY lawful 1010 will minor half my property tor for their ELI port aind maintenance I 1 used tho the bance balance is best beit I 1 could for tho the support of those who were dependent upon roe me find and abul helpless the law permitted me to live five and cohabit with one ona woman only I 1 was compelled to select ns as 1 I understood it and I 1 did w what hat 1 I believed tu to bu be honorable under an der tile the air cir I 1 inide my lay 1 v etli that bratich of my family that most needed my ear care anti and attention my lawful law ul wife had lia I 1 tour four young men her children and anine to look after her business for 1 or want A hat I 1 liae have lone done I 1 may bu be guily guilty and anjer r the lie law I 1 but my conscience is car clear b before e god and an 1 man 11 1 I was fifty nine zears of oe the day alio 1 0 jury pronounced nio mo guilty I 1 feel even older than that I 1 received per n tu arient lu juries through hardships liard ships and exposure contracted while serving my as aa a soldier in the Alex mexican ican war I 1 walked A two thousand miles with my musket upon my shoulder part of tile billic on oil quarter rations stud ud clothing in even to protecting protect my iny person from the burning sun I 1 loved my country atheni then I 1 love it still I 1 respect its lins laws when I 1 know hat flat they are 8 1 I thought I 1 was waa doing what mas my d duty t to a do and in taking the hi course 1 I did did i t believed it was it a duty I 1 owed oed to in myself elf at my time of life and in view or of my iny physical condition to keep out of pr prison 1 son und and try to raise my family this la is all may it your lionor honor I 1 do 10 riot not fee feel that I 1 tight to mako inake any pledges concerning my future course with reference to tile law until somo some ono one who knows can tell me ino aliat hat it is 11 for so 80 far as my own knowledge knowle ige is concerned I 1 am till all fit at sea se i andio and BO far have riot not been enlightened by the ilia ruling rulin i 0 of the courts the iho court then said you deserted the only family the law recognized rake tile the statement you make inake the example YO you u set would be to society injurious I 1 d dont 0 nt the object of t the I 1 to lie af is to set acido the lawful wita wife tivi ali i sentence in tenie is 11 that you ho be I 1 1 in in mhd ali for a period of six months and that you p iv a una line thurstan of tan WO ao mr ir Thurn arose and nl moved tor for an appeal lie felt great confidence in tho the ions involved in this case cage the I 1 he court granted nn an appeal on 0 tho the as n aurance tien given by mr thurman that the hearing would bo be hail had at the june jana term of 0 tile supreme court as aa lie ho the court desired to clear up all unfinished bui bals nea before lie ho left for the E ast and lie ho A lilied nothing left that could not be understood by others court then adjourned until june arh 2 p in |