Show the ubel cae 1 on judge king yesterday banded down his decision in the mandamus proceedings against dr liike brought by sheriff hardy of salt lake for the admission of james aladden to the asylum without the teal of the court his honor held that the beal was necea sary and denied the application for a writ of mandate the jury in the case of the people vs mccune charged with befouling water returned a verdict of guilty as charged the next case to come up waa that of philip TB david mcpherson aon both parties ara butchers of provo their trouble will be remembered aa having originated through certain advertisements which appeared in the provo papers mr sues tor damage for articles written by mr Pherson SIc and published in the enquirer the articles which aar alleges were libelous were published last spring in which reference was made to the big jawed cow and boree met all of which our readers sie familar with george sutherland kellogg and corfman appear for plaintiff and arthur brown and ira W kenward represent defendant A jury was empanelled empanel led and M M kellogg stated the case for the prosecution the articles alleged to be libelous published in the enquirer were referred to and the pieces of poetry published by defendant in hia advertisements were read philip was the first witness calad for the prosecution he testified that the proceeds of his business after the articles were published dropped nearly one half he had slaughtered a boree for dr alien the leg of the horse was given to david loveless the flesh of the horse was not used in business he had purchased a cow of mr and has still got her the cow was not afflicted with the big jaw he had never cheated the poor and had never slaughtered animals that were not fit for human food mr left the witness stand to get his receipt slips geo shumway was called he had a conversation with mcpherson and had told him the cow in question had a big jaw and a running eore while she was in the pasture mr mcpherson requested him to sign a written statement which he did with the ir that mcpherson make a correction in sama to the effect that he could not swear whether or not the eore was running when she was taken from the pasture by on crosa examination he testified that he had seen the sore running prior to the time she was taken out the cows left eye was swollen shut and wag running D mcpherson was next called he testified that he had secured the publication of the statement of mr shumway it had been denied that the cow ws deceased and this was his reason for securing the statement said mr mcpherson on croaa examination mr was again call and on cross examination was questioned at considerable length by mr brown in relation to the proceeds of hafl just after the publication of tb alleged libelous articles ho testified that he had bought old bulls for the purpose of making bologna he had nevar killed a big jawed cow or any deceased hogs but canby scott at one time butchering for him had killed a sheep that wae |