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Show THIRD DISTRICT COURT. " Trhl and Conviction 0r Jaran C. Hamilton. JHllaaeouj Business. Before Judge iane in tha Third District Court thla rooming, iudi-erd iudi-erd Woolf pleaded not' guilty to A clmge of housebreaking. The court instructed Mr. Joyer- to defend de-fend W'coir, stating that he had no means to employ counsel. J. IL Daly pleaded not guilty U two counts, charging him with forgery. Ileasked-jur time to en-ablo en-ablo him to Jcot ovvr the Indlct-ratnt, Indlct-ratnt, and the court granted him Snill Saturday morning. William Thompson pleaJd not guilty to a charge of forgery, and the court, upon the application of oounseh agreed not to take up the Case until Monday. THE IIAXILTDS CASE. The trial of James C. Harailtou, of Mill CresSc, Indicted for unlawful cohabitation, was besun. Mr. Haw Hue appeared for the defendant. Several jurors were challenged by the defease and ordered to withdraw with-draw from the box. Ella Hamirton, aged 10, daughter of the defendant by the first wife, said that Belle Hamilton was her father's second wife, and as such was recognized by the family. Hhe ha J one ehild, Florence, nearly four years old. Utforu Christmas, 1SS3, during tho time her father was In the penitentiary, Belle Hamilton Ham-ilton lived, with witness' mother. moth-er. Cpsa his release, she went to live with her (witness') grandmother, and had since continued con-tinued ta remain there. Belle had beea engsged in school teaching, tut had not been In "he habit of assLstlaj witner' testher.rn the UuG)e3t!jC duties. She might have come to the house On one or two occasions oc-casions while other persons were visiting there. Cross-examined She had never known her father introduce Belle to anyone as his wife, and was not aare of her having remained a single night In her fiber's house. She di 1 nit remember her father U. In remained away from home at night. John Hill, Jr., Mill Creek, was acquainted with JlLnop Hamilton, the defendant, and hh) family, am! lived near them. He knew Belle, Who vas Understood to be defend-nut's defend-nut's plural wife. During thu ear 1Ss3 he saw her a dtfendaut's house, in the day time, on three or four occasions, and once or twice this year. When Belle went, there the boys took her home. C'rOas-examincJ: She goes by the uameol White iu Mill Creek. Benjamin Hill said he wis at a dance last Christmas, but lutd no recollection of fcing defendant and Belle there dancing together. On this polut the witness was pressed by Mr. Yarian, but ho adhered to his statement. He had never seen her at the house. Itobert Hamilton, a young sou o the defendant, was called but his evidence liad very little bearing on the case. Belle White said she was married mar-ried to defendant on June Htb, 1SS5. At that time he had a wire living. Wituess never took the name of Hamilton. After the marriage, mar-riage, she lived with her mother, "she liad bad one child only; It was nowoier three years old. In the year ISaS and subsequent to lbiS she was living wltli defendant's defend-ant's mother. Prior to Christmas, Christ-mas, ISSs. She stayed at defendant's de-fendant's house for a short time. Wituces was at the house to receive the defendant, with the others, when he left tlie penitentiary, but left there Immediately afterwards. Site called at the house on three different differ-ent Sundays last spring. Ihirag the time she was enagnl iu teaching, teach-ing, her child remain d at defendant's defend-ant's house. She did not consider he was ever lawfully roamed to defendant. When he was first arrested ar-rested they agreed to Uveuort, and so obey the law. Her child had not b-eu registered. When she had gone to defendant's houe she had done so publicly aud openly. Defendant De-fendant did not visit her at tlie graniTn-.t'ier'is residence. Cross-examined: She once went t defendant's house to visit when his wife w-is sick, because she could not obtain anyone else, liut returned home at night, and It was against the defendant's wish that she did so. He had requested tier to keep away. Parley Hamiltou, son of the de-eiri&n!. de-eiri&n!. gave evidence which was not material. This was the case for the prosecu-tiou, prosecu-tiou, and tha jury were then addressed ad-dressed by Mr. Yarian aud Mr. Hau lius the latter of whom lolntcd out that tlie evidence brought forward for-ward by the prosecution entirely failed to show any wrongful act on the part of the defendant. The court took a recess until two O'clock. Ujmh the court re-assembling, the jury came in. with a verdict of s'"lr- Mr. Rawlins asked for a stay of proceed lugs for one month. air. Critchelow (in the absence of Mr. Ysriau) ottering no objection, Judge Zane fixed October ISth for passing sentence. Samuel J. Bennett was arraigned on a charge of a.ault uppu a ehild under the age of thirteen, pleaded lint guilty, and was ordered to come up on Saturday morning. John Kavanaugh, charged with grand larceny, pleaded not guilty. I lie Judge appointed Mr. Kenny to defend him. |