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Show WRIT OF MANDATE ISSUED TO JUDGE Fourth District Court Is Directed to Hear an Appeal From a Justice Court. A writ of mandate directing the Fourth district court to hear a caso on appeal from a justice court was issued yesterday by the supreme court on application ap-plication of the stato of Utah. The writ is directed against Judge A. B. Morgan of Provo. lie is directed to hear the appeal of one Dart, who was convicted in justice court of a misdemeanor misde-meanor and sentenced to pay a fino of $lii0. When tho caso wnp appealed to the district court Dart demurred on thc ground that nn affidavit for change of venue filed in the justice court had deprived de-prived the justice court of jurisdiction and that tho district court had no jurisdiction juris-diction to hear an appeal from a lower court that had no jurisdiction. The district court sustained this contention con-tention and the state applied to the supremo su-premo court for a writ forcing the district dis-trict court to hear the case. |