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Show FIRST DISTRICT COURT. Brock lrqalttrd. Other Important Proccedlnge. Court resumed session at 2 o'clock Tuesday afternoon, when tho trial of ilrock was resumoJi It. Watson was recillcd by the prosecution. He thought both Ilrock and Foote Intoxicated at the time of the shooting. Sir. Cole, recalled by the prosecution, prose-cution, had known Foatc as a quiet, inoffensive eltizcn. .Mr. Lund, of Nephi, corroborated this testimony. Other arltnessts were also called and staled that the deceased had a good reputation. The prosecution again rested. The judge stated taat the question of murder lu Die first or second degree de-gree would not be submitted, aud thecaseof mausLaughter would be considered! The argument of the prosecution was brief. For the defense Thur-mau Thur-mau and Ilrown made long and eloquent elo-quent addresses to the jury. About fifteen mluutes after the jury retired, they were ready to render ren-der a verdict. On the first ballot there were II for acquittal. The second sec-ond ballot decided that Brock was not guilty. WEDNESDAY UORMM. Court convened this morning pursuant pur-suant to adjournment, L. P. Miller -pas arraigned on a chargeof unlawful cohabitation, and took until Thursday morning to plead. The grand jury came into court and rewrtii ten indictments. L. P. Miller catm Into court and catered a plea of guilty to tbo eharge of unlawful oohabltatiiu. Sentence was set for today, Thursday. Thurs-day. Mr. Tbtlrman made a statement to the court that Mr. Ilrock, the defend aut in tlie homicide cae, was Impecunious. Impe-cunious. He was willing to make an affidavit to tliat efTeet, and asked tiiht the tier diem and mileage of witnesses bo palj by lite Terrltcr--. Mfi Iivaus objected to the Territory Terri-tory paying the said expeu-e-i. The defendant had bad ample means to employ counsel of thu very' highest order. It was shown In (he tstl-raony tstl-raony that ho was possessed of a ranch and other means. If suet a precedent Wtt-rettablL-ued, It would I'antirui A the TtKllorjr. His honor ruled that tho expense could not be Inrne by the Territory. A few other cases were disposed of during thu morning session and court took rrcv- till - o'clock. |
