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Show Hat tut Tsrftet lcsUinilath taatiCatr. Ia the Third District Court this BBorsaag, before Judge Zane, ths trial of the People vs. Ilsbasllsn Kuats aad Barbara Knots, charged with maliciously poknBlag a horse and raule belonging to Jobs Jtre-mj, Jtre-mj, was resumed. The parties are neighbors. It la alleged that Jeremy's nimif had been accustomed to trespass on the defendant's land, and that, becoming becom-ing greatly annoyed, at this, defendants de-fendants laid poison upon the ground within easy reach of the offending sjilmals. As a consequence conse-quence of this act, a hone and a mule belonging to the prosecutor died. Expert evidence was given yesterday yes-terday in regard to ta asalyssa ef the contents of the anlsaals stomachs, and this morning witnesses wit-nesses for the derease were ailed by Mr. Schroder. Among these were tbe accused themselves. The male prisoner admitted that he bought poison for the purpose-of killing akunka; Insects, efe,-rwlth which they were troubled, but both denied most positively that they placed the potion on the ground with tbe intention ofjnjurlng or killing animals belonging to the Prosecutor, to whom the had never spoken until the present case came up. Mr. Schrceder argued that the evidence against tbe accused was purely circumstantial, and that this charge should never Lave been brought against them. He pointed to the entire absence of malice In the case. The jury, after about fire minutes' min-utes' consultation, returned a verdict ver-dict of not guilty. |
