Show TO CHEW CASE argued tel to the jury CHECKS is chareen with passing them his light moustache SATURDAY NOON court resumed cession at aso the case of tha people vs john chew t al was resumed john chew am one of the defendants in this case beside in gunnison field on tha of december 1986 I 1 left home went to the san juan river returned in march and on the way I 1 overlook some men with a band of horses traveled with them a day and a half liked the looks of this colt and bought it they told me the colt was three years old bought the colt of mr leet this was in the beginning of january 1887 brought the colt home with me As I 1 did not have my brand at nome I 1 branded the animal J H L on the left thigh in branding the colt my brand slipped this brand belonged to J H laceney for whom I 1 was buying stock shortly after this I 1 went to bull vidlet and ot my own brand I 1 then vented the J H L brand by covering it with the brand turned upside down and put my own brand on the right hip and turned the colt out in the mountains commenced working the horses in in turned him out and he got kicked and scratched making a blaich on the left thigh have seen what is known as the bar X horse hays not seen it since it was a black horse inclined to be a little gray it wag brought to my corral in and with about SO other forsea I 1 drove it to the mountains herded horses for the people remember seeing a dead horae at the side of the road dont remember speaking to any one about it mrs john chew wife of the defendant testified that her husband had left home iu december 1886 aad had return turned in march 1887 bringing with hind the horsa in question ane horae had been branded as her husband testified to the horse had been scratched and kicked on the left thigh which had caused the blotch referred to maurice nay the other defendant corroborated alie testimony of the two previous witness he denied ever stating that he was implicated in the mat ter mr huffine testified 10 seeing the baix horse and mr chews horse he did not think they were the same the bar X bores was a heavier librae than horae it also had a star in its forehead which tha chew horae did no heber christensen gotfredsen and others offered corroborative testimony the case was argued by the prosecution court adjourned until monday morning at arguments in the case of the people vs john chew grand larceny the jury was charged and retired the case of the people vs rane P johnson obtaining money fraudulently was called and a jury paneled em air zane and air mcgarty appeared for the defense this is the case referred to by the some time since where mr had beckma sed of a number of old cancelled checks the cancellation marks of which he had the checks were subsequently passed at the several points in the territory the defendant has served a term of imprisonment at richfield for passim one of these cancelled checks there joa D reynolds live at spring vitle am a merchant was living there ic tho month of november baat tear saw defendant at about 7 on the of last november he came into the store as I 1 was closing up and bought a suit of dollies in payment for the clothes he gava me a check for a hundred dollars aly eon cashed tho check and gave the man hia change the suit of clothes was sold for eighteen or twenty dollari the mo leit the store arter purchasing the clothes across examined by mcca ty the de had a light moustache light in cohr and light in weight he wan shabbily dressed arthur W Koy the check referred to by the previous witness wag handed to this witness received this check from the defendant he purchased a suit of claths cloths and I 1 gave him cash in changed chan gei the check was auk mi tied in evidence to mr AI cCarty am eure the defendant was the man who passed alie check he had a light moustache my father did nt see the check H S aliye in provo in 1888 1 was a member of the firm of maiben co this check the one submitted was drawn on the first national bank i f prova in favor of ahe sierra nevada lumber co the date of the check ia august 8 1888 the was returned to me after being candled by the bank placed it on file it wa thrown out with some old papers ane fait marks appear on this check thera are several endorsements on alie back of the check LA Glazier live in provo am assistant cashier in the first national bank this check the came has been cant slate tho data of the payment the cancellation mark has been erased mads live in richfield sevier county am a clerk in taft richfield Working mens store remember seeing the on the of last kluve a check with me ic was brought to the slora by a stranger the defenso admitted pass aug this check the check ia dated i february uh air mcgarty desired that the case should be continued until he could secure A witness irom salt lake who would th aibe defendant had no moustache mousia che when le was in springville Spring ville court tucki a uncil 2 |